Editing Ocilla, Georgia (section)

====The Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad====
The [[Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad]] was chartered in 1903 with plans to connect [[Valdosta, Georgia|Valdosta]] with [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]]. By 1906, the railroad had completed its first line from [[Broxton, Georgia|Broxton]] to Ocilla and had begun the construction on its line from Ocilla to Fitzgerald. It also purchased a line between Broxton and [[Hazlehurst, Georgia|Hazlehurst]] in 1905 and had started to absorb the Fitzgerald, Ocmulgee, and Red Bluff Railway. Due to financial issues, it sold the Broxton-Hazlehurst line in 1907. In 1908, its remaining properties became the property of the new Fitzgerald, Ocilla, and Broxton Railroad. Like the Ocilla-Irwinville line, the Broxton-Ocilla line was abandoned in 1916.<ref name="auto"/>