The Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad (B&B) was a railroad in southeastern United States. Its main route ran from Brunswick, Georgia to Sessoms (just east of Nicholls, Georgia).
History The Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad was chartered on December 11, 1900. In 1902–03, it built a line from Brunswick, Georgia to Offerman, Georgia and a line from Bushnell, Georgia to Ocilla, Georgia. The B&B purchased the Offerman and Western Railroad on July 1, 1902,Offerman & Western Railroad (RailGA) and the Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad on February 19, 1903. The railroad ran into financial troubles and was purchased by the Atlantic and Birmingham Railway in April 1904.
The Atlantic and Birmingham then became part of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad (AB&A) when it took over the A&B network on April 12, 1906. The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad was acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1926. The Atlantic Coast Line operated the AB&A network as the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad (AB&C) until 1946, when they fully merged the AB&C into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. This gave the Atlantic Coast Line a second line to Brunswick (their first route to Brunswick was the former Brunswick and Western Railroad).
The segment of the line built between Brunswick, Georgia and Alma, Georgia was abandoned by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1953. The remainder of the line survived the 1967 merger of the ACL and Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, and the acquisition of the Family Lines (CRR, L&N, GA, AWP) into the Seaboard System Railroad in 1982. The remaining segment was known as the Alma Subdivision.Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Florence and Atlanta Division Timetable (1982) After the Seaboard System became CSX Transportation, the line between Sessoms and Alma was abandoned in 1986.Brunswick to Nichols (Abandoned Rails)
Current conditions
The railroad's former headquarters are today the Ritz Theatre in the Brunswick Old Town Historic District.
A small segment of the line in Brunswick south of Southern Junction is still in service and is part of CSX's Brunswick Subdivision (which primarily uses the former Brunswick and Western Railroad north and west of Southern Junction).CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable (2005)
Much of the railroad's former right of way parallels State Route 32 and much of it is now a power line corridor.
Historic stations MilepostCity/LocationStationConnections and notesAOB 532.0BrunswickBrunswickAOB 538.0Brunswick YardAOB 541.0Southern Junctionjunction with:AOB 543.0GreenlandAOB 544.4 BrobstonAOB 545.9BuffaloAOB 547.8AnguillaAnguillaAOB 549.0LeichtAOB 551.2BluntAOB 553.0ThalmannThalmannjunction with Seaboard Air Line Railroad Main Line AOB 555.7LottAOB 559.1BrowntownAOB 560.4Old GradeAOB 563.0FendigAOB 566.0NeedmoreAOB 570.0HortenseHortensejunction with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Main Line AOB 574.0GilesAOB 575.8ZirkleZirkleAOB 581.0Offerman Offermanjunction with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Jesup—Folkston Line AOB 585.0AspinwallAOB 587.6BristolBristolAOB 591.4WoodsAOB 592.4MershonMershonAOB 592.7BynumAOB 594.6CoffeeCoffeeAOB 599.5New LacyAOB 602.1Rockingham RockinghamAOB 605.4AlmaAlma AOB 606.1Southern PinesAOB 609.2GuysieAOB 613.0Sessomsjunction with Waycross Air Line Railroad (AB&C/ACL)
References
External links Brunswick & Birmingham Railroad, Steve Storey, Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage Brunswick & Birmingham Railroad Office, Steve Storey, Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage