[1] In 1902, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad acquired the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway along with the rest of the Plant System.
[3] In the final years of the Seaboard Coast Line, the branch was operated as a local road switcher with permanently stationed locomotives on the line or with an as-needed local launched from Dothan to work the Stone Container Corp woodchip mill in Abbeville.
In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation.
[4] However, the Stone Container Corporation, operator of a woodchip mill near Abbeville and the parent company of the Bay Line Railroad, sought to purchase the branch and preserve service, which it did on March 1, 1989.
[5] Rail Services Inc. was responsible for operations of the Abbeville–Grimes Railway using locomotives and rolling stock was supplied by the Bay Line Railroad.