United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181868-09-30Annual Reports of the Officers of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, to His Excellency Rufus Bullock, Governor, for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1868The Western and Atlantic Railroad, was a state owned and operated railroad created by an enabling act of the Georgia General Assembly in 1836. The route ran from Chattanooga to a spot near what is now Forsyth and Magnolia Streets in Atlanta. The state operated the railroad until December 1870, when operations were transferred to the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company for twenty years. Various other railroads have leased the line from the state to the present. The current leaseholder is CSX Transportation.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Officers' Annual Reports, Western and Atlantic Railroad, RG 18-2-72, Georgia ArchivesWestern and Atlantic Railroad RecordsWestern & Atlantic RailroadRailroads--United States--GeorgiaRailroads and state--GeorgiaWestern and Atlantic Railroad, Officers’ Report, 1868Text