TheSavannah and Northwestern Railway was arailroad in theU.S. state ofGeorgia. From 1906 to 1914, it was named theBrinson Railway after its owner, George M. Brinson, a businessman who had earlier built the Stillmore Air Line Railway. The line was originally planned to run fromSavannah toSylvania and had completed from Savannah toNewington by 1909. Around this time the Brinson took over the Savannah Valley Railroad and merged its lines into the Brinson. The company's property was sold to the Savannah and Atlanta Railway on July 16, 1917.[1][2]
The Savannah and Atlanta Railway operated a mixed passenger and freight train fromWaynesboro to Savannah (using its own terminal at the latter) until 1959.[3][4][5]
In 2012, theNorfolk Southern Railway paintedEMD SD70ACe #1065 in the Savannah and Atlanta paint scheme as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations.[6]
