The Georgia Railroad was chartered Dec. 21 and construction commenced at Augusta in 1835, pushing westward toward the Chattahoochee Valley in western Georgia.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was reorganized between 1873 and 1878 during receivership and was renamed the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CandO) of July 1, 1878.
Chessie System Inc. was formed Feb. 26, and Chessie SystemRailroads was adopted as the new corporate identity for the CandO, BandO and WM railroads.