before ceasing original operations.) Most of the AK&N's stock was purchased by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1902, which gave the L&N a complete route from Atlanta to Cincinnati via Knoxville. L&N moved its Atlanta division headquarters to Etowah, where the train station now serves as a museum owned by the city. After CSX Transportation was formed in the 1980s, the old M&NGR/AK&N lines were mostly sold off. The entire main line from Marietta to Etowah is in use by two companies today, the Georgia Northeastern Railroad for freight from Elizabeth Yard to Ellijay, since 1998 the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway (owned by GNRR) from Blue Ridge to McCaysville, and since 2004 the Tennessee Valley Railroad from Copperhill to Delano. The Georgia portion north of Ellijay is actually owned by the Georgia Department of transportation having been purchased from the GNRR. The historic trestle and loop at Bald Mountain were saved by Glen Sprigs Holdings, along with the rest of the railroad from the McMinn/Polk county line all the way to the Tennessee/Georgia State Line, and then leased to the Tennessee Overhill Association. Except for the east/west portion along the Hiwassee River, the entire route follows one road, numbered as Georgia 5 and Tennessee 68. References External links Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway (RailGA.com) Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Predecessors of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Railway companies established in 1896 Railway companies disestablished in 1902 Defunct North Carolina railroads Defunct Tennessee railroads 1896 establishments in North Carolina American companies established in 1896 1902 mergers and acquisitions 1896 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 1902 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state)