Buena Vista & Ellaville Railroad This southwestern Georgia line was incorporated on December 3, 1880 as the Buena Vista Railroad Company. Its name was changed to Buena Vista and Ellaville Railroad Company in September of 1885. The eastern terminus of the line was originally intended to be at Oglethorpe; it was later changed to Andersonville and finally Americus. By 1889 the 30-mile Americus-Buena Vista line was complete and a 35-mile connection to Columbus was under construction. The BV&E was controlled by the Central of Georgia which, in July, 1888, consolidated it and several other lines into the Savannah and Western Railroad. 1886 map (96K)   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home