Rome Railroad The Rome Railroad Company, chartered in 1839 as the Memphis Branch Railroad and Steamboat Company, built its 20-mile line from Rome to Kingston in 1848-49. The company changed its name to the Rome Railroad Company in 1850. One of the line’s early investors was the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company, which had constructed the Georgia Railroad between Augusta, Athens, and Atlanta in the 1830s and early 1840s. In 1894 the railroad was sold to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, with which it connected at Kingston. It was abandoned in 1943. 1883 map (30K)   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home