Abbeville & Waycross Railroad Incorporated in 1889, the Abbeville and Waycross Railroad Company built much of the former rail line between Abbeville and Fitzgerald. The 13-mile Abbeville to Bowens Mill section, constructed in 1890, was the first to open. A year later it was extended to Lulaville. In 1896 railroad entrepreneur John Skelton Williams bought the A&W (which had entered receivership in 1892) extended it nine miles from Fitzgerald to Ocilla. He soon absorbed it into his Georgia and Alabama Railroad. In 1900, the G&A was consolidated into the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The tracks from Fitzgerald to Abbeville were abandoned in 1971. The Fitzgerald-Ocilla line remained in operation until 1990. Maps: 1892 map (52K) 1893 map (108K) 1895 map (90K) 1953 map [Seaboard Air Line] (213K)   RailGa.com. Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. © Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home