East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad The ETV&G was created in Tennessee in 1869 by the consolidation of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad and the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. The former linked Knoxville and Dalton while the latter connected Knoxville to Bristol, Tennessee. In 1880-81, the ETV&G purchased the Georgia Southern Railroad (the former Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad), giving it a line from Dalton to Selma, Alabama. In 1881 it bought the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, a 174-mile road between Macon and Brunswick. To connect these widely separated lines, the ETV&G built its “Atlanta Division” from Rome to Atlanta to Macon, a distance of 158 miles. It was completed in 1882. In 1886 the railroad was sold under foreclosure and reorganized as the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway. It was controlled by the Richmond Terminal Company from 1887 to 1892. In 1890 the Rome and Decatur Railroad was added to the system. In 1895 the ETV&G and the Richmond and Danville Railroad were merged to form the new Southern Railway. 1870 timetable (142K) 1882 timetable for Macon-Brunswick div. (130K) 1882 map of Macon-Brunswick div. (115K) 1882 map (151K) 1883 map Rome-Atlanta (101K) 1883 map Atlanta-Macon (98K) 1886 map Rome-Atlanta (84K)   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home