Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad As successor to the Wills Valley Railroad, the A&C completed about 230 miles of a planned 293-mile line from Chattanooga to Meridian, Miss. About 25 of these miles were in the northwestern corner of Georgia. In 1877, the A&C was purchased by the British investors Emile Erlanger and Company and was renamed the Alabama Great Southern Railroad. 1870 map (380K) 1870 timetable (112K) 1871 map (390K)   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home