The Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad (CR&C) was a railroad in

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. Originally chartered in 1881 as the Rome and Carrollton Railroad, the railroad's name became the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad in 1887, before any tracks were constructed. The railroad started construction between

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and Cedartown, Georgia, as a

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railroad, but the of rail were quickly torn up and made . By 1888, the railroad had more than of track, including a line from

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, to Carrollton, Georgia, and several smaller

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s. In 1891, the Savannah and Western Railroad purchased the CR&C, but when the S&W went bankrupt, Federal Courts returned the CR&C to its original owners. In 1897, the railroad was sold to Simon Borg and Company and renamed the Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad.

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