It ran almost due south through Cuthbert and Edison to reach Arlington, where it crossed the Central of Georgia Railway.

[5] Hannibal Kimball promoted the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad to run north-to-south through southwest Georgia in 1869.

Although work began on construction in 1870, it was never completed, and in 1872 the project was abandoned amidst financial problems and bond endorsement issues that stirred allegations of impropriety against Kimball.

During the 1880s, attempts were made to revive the railroad, with some activity taking place in the middle of that decade, but this too came to nothing.

[6] Finally, in 1895 local entrepreneur J. D. Williams laid rails on part of the route creating the Georgia Pine Railroad connecting Bainbridge to Arlington.

From Carrabelle, the paddle steamer Crescent City, owned by the CT&G, made daily round trips to Apalachicola, to which there was no road or rail access at the time.

[17] CSX sold the remaining segment from Attapulgus to Tallahassee to the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad in 2019.

This is due to the fact that the numbering still reflects the line's full length to Carrabelle, which was mile 0 before the track between there and Tallahassee was abandoned.