Built in 1869 by the company's predecessors, it carried some of the Atlantic Coast Line's passenger trains on their routes from the Midwest to the Southeastern United States.

From Thomasville, it proceeded north and passed through Ochlocknee, Meigs, Pelham, and Baconton before reaching Albany's Union Depot.

[2] In 1869, construction of the line Thomasville north to Pelham, Georgia was complete when it was sold to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.

After the merger, the line was designated the company's Pelham Subdivision with only one local freight train running six days a week.

[7] In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation.