[2][3] The twenty-five miles of track operated by PBRR in Russell, Bullock, and Macon Counties was constructed as part of the Mobile & Girard Railroad in the mid-19th century.
By the outbreak of the Civil War, the line had been completed from Girard to Union Springs.
Traffic on the line was 95% sand (US Silica Company west of downtown Hurtsboro), 4% logs, and 1% inbound finished lumber.
On May 1, 2002, PBRR filed a Notice of Exemption with the Surface Transportation Board for abandonment of the line.
Central of Georgia corporate successor Norfolk Southern sold the line to PBRR on August 9, 1995.
The line serviced the East Alabama Lumber company and the Langly Wood Yard in LaFayette.
[7] A group of local governments consisting of Lee County, Chambers County, and the City of LaFayette, led by the City of Opelika intervened in the STB hearings in an attempt to establish a Rails to Trails multi-use path to be known as the Johnny Ray Trail.