Western and Atlantic Railroad
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The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a railroad owned by the State of Georgia and currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
Reporting mark | W&A |
Locale | Tennessee, Georgia |
Dates of operation | 1836āpresent |
Successor | Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Previous gauge | 5 ft (1,524 mm) and 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm)[1] |
Length | 138 miles (222 km) |
It was founded on December 21, 1836. The city of Atlanta was founded as the terminus of the W&A, with the terminus marked with the Atlanta Zero Mile Post. The line is still owned by the State of Georgia from Atlanta to CT Tower in Chattanooga; it is leased by CSX Transportation.
The W&A Subdivision is a railroad line leased by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Georgia. The line runs from Chattanooga to Marietta, Georgia for a total of 119.1 miles (191.7 km). At its north end, it continues south from the Chattanooga Subdivision of the Nashville Division and at its south end it continues south as the Atlanta Terminal Subdivision (Chart A).[2][3]
This line, originally built to 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge,[4] is famous because of the Great Locomotive Chase, also referred to as Andrews' raid, which took place on the W&A during the American Civil War on the morning of April 12, 1862.