Gulf Railway (LOP&G) Louisiana Southern Railway (LS) New Orleans and North Eastern Railway (NO&NE) New Orleans Terminal Company (NOTCO) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) Savannah & Atlanta Railway (SA) Saint John's River Terminal Company (SJRT) State University Railroad Company (54%) South Georgia Railway (SG) Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway (TA&G) Tennessee Railway (TENN) Major railroad yards Chattanooga, Tennessee – DeButts Yard (formerly Citico Yard) Atlanta, Georgia – Inman Yard Spencer, North Carolina – Spencer Yard Birmingham, Alabama – Norris Yard Knoxville, Tennessee – Sevier Yard Macon, Georgia – Brosnan Yard Sheffield, Alabama – Sheffield Yard Alexandria, Virginia – Potomac Yard Company officers Presidents of the Southern Railway: Samuel Spencer (1894–1906) William Finley (1906–1913) Fairfax Harrison (1913–1937) Ernest E. Norris (1937–1951) Harry A. DeButts (1951–1962) D. William Brosnan (1962–1967) W. Graham Claytor Jr. (1967–1977) L. Stanley Crane (1977–1980) Harold H. Hall (1980–1982) Heritage unit To mark its 30th anniversary, Norfolk Southern painted 20 new locomotives with the paint schemes of predecessor railroads. GE ES44AC #8099 was painted in Southern Railway's green and white livery. See also FM OP800 Southern Railway's Spencer Shops References Bibliography Further reading Harrison, Fairfax. A History of the Legal Development of the Railroad System of Southern Railway Company. Washington, D.C.: 1901. External links Southern Railway Historical Association covers Southern Railway history , which was replaced by a map version on AbandonedRails.com. Predecessors of the Norfolk Southern Railway Former Class I railroads in the United States Standard gauge railways in the United States Defunct Alabama railroads Defunct Florida railroads Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Defunct Mississippi railroads Defunct Tennessee railroads Railway companies established in 1894 Railway companies disestablished in 1990 Defunct Missouri railroads Defunct Illinois railroads Defunct Kentucky railroads Defunct Indiana railroads Defunct Virginia railroads Defunct South Carolina railroads Defunct North Carolina railroads Defunct Washington, D.C., railroads