Lakeland Railroad The 10-mile Milltown Air-Line Railway between Lakeland and Naylor opened in March 1904 and was abandoned in 1928. The next year it reopened as the Lakeland Railroad. (Milltown was renamed Lakeland in 1925.) It was again abandoned in 1957. Lakeland Railway listing in Official Guide of the Railways, 1929.   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home