Augusta and Savannah Railroad was incorporated in Georgia by special act of the General Assembly, approved December 31, 1838, as Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad Company. The name was changed to Augusta and Savannah Railroad on February 16, 1856. Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad Company built of railroad line between Millen, Georgia, and Augusta, Georgia, and of yard and side tracks prior to or during 1854. Augusta and Savannah Railroad's property, including equipment, was leased to the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, after October 31, 1895 Central of Georgia Railway Company, on May 1, 1862, and again on October 24, 1895. It was absorbed by the Central of Georgia Railway in 1948. See also Confederate railroads in the American Civil War Notes References Central of Georgia Railway Co., Volume 130, Interstate Commerce Commission Reports, p. 43 et seq. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Predecessors of the Central of Georgia Railway Railway companies established in 1838 Railway companies disestablished in 1948 History of Augusta, Georgia 1838 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 5 ft gauge railways in the United States American companies established in 1838 American companies disestablished in 1948