Augusta and Florida Railway

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|locale = Georgia, USA

|start_year = {{Start date|1904}} (chartered)

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|successor_line = Georgia and Florida Railway

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|length = {{convert|29.9|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTfzzX8Pf-MC&dq=Augusta+and+Florida+Railway&pg=PA1999| pages=1998–1999| title=Appendix: Extension of Tenure of Government Control of Railroads; Hearings before the Interstate Commerce Committee| volume=3| location=Washington, D.C.| publisher=Government Printing Office| year=1919| via=Google Books}}

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The Augusta and Florida Railway (A&F) was incorporated in 1904 and operated a line between Keysville and Midville, Georgia, USA. The railway company was chartered on November 16, 1904, with an initial capital stock of $1 million to build about {{convert|60|mi|km}} of line from Augusta to Midville.{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26772909/the_atlanta_constitution/| title=State Capitol News| newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution| location=Atlanta, GA| date=November 17, 1904| page=7| quote=The Augusta and Florida Railway Company was yesterday granted a charter ...| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} Construction began soon after incorporation with {{convert|16|mi|km}} of track completed by December 1904.{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26772439/union_springs_herald/| title=Local Items| newspaper=Union Springs Herald| location=Union Springs, AL| date=December 14, 1904| page=3| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} The A&F was sold in pieces to the Georgia and Florida Railway in 1907 and 1910.{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26772549/the_weekly_tribune/| title=New Railroad Planned Will Furnish Added Egress North| newspaper=The Weekly Tribune| location=Tampa, FL| date=August 8, 1907| page=4| quote=The lines acquired and to be connected [include] the Augusta and Florida Railway, 30 miles; ...| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26772672/news_and_observer/| title=Maj. Chas. H. Gattis Goes to New Field| newspaper=News and Observer| location=Raleigh, NC| date=December 26, 1909| page=5| quote=The short lines embraced in the system [include] the Augusta and Florida Railway; ...| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26772808/the_charlotte_observer/| title=To Connect Up Florida Roads| newspaper=The Charlotte Observer| location=Charlotte, NC| date=August 9, 1907| page=11| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite book| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kLgbTCc-AOcC&dq=Augusta+and+Florida+Railway&pg=PA1001| page=1001| chapter=Georgia & Florida Railway| title=The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States Porto Rico [sic] Canada Mexico and Cuba| publisher=National Railway Publication Co.| location=New York| date=January 1908| via=Google Books}} Several lines in and around Augusta made connections to the line in 1907 in association with the Georgia & Florida purchase.{{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T806AQAAMAAJ&dq=Augusta+and+Florida+Railway&pg=PA421| pages=417–421| title=Railway Building In Progress - Nearly 12,000 Miles of New Railroad Under Contract in the United States| magazine=The Railway Age| date=March 22, 1907| volume=XLIII| issue=12| publisher=The Wilson Company| location=Chicago| via=Google Books}}