Valdosta Southern Railway The trip could have been better. (From: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory). The Valdosta Southern Railway, chartered in 1896, opened its 28-mile line from Valdosta to Madison, Florida, in 1901. Railroad executive John Skelton Williams acquired the line in 1907 and merged it into his new Georgia & Florida Railway. After nearly five decades as part of the G&F, the Valdosta-Madison line was sold to become the Valdosta Southern Railroad. Maps and Timetables: 1895 map (29K) 1903 map (179K) 1904 map (18K) 1904 timetable (43K) 1906 timetable, G&F system (437K) 1906 map (130K) RailGa.com. Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. © Steve Storey Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home