Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway (reporting mark LPSG) was a 123-mile-long Class III railroad that operated freight service in the United States between Florida and Georgia from its 1971 creation, which was the result of a merger, until it was merged into the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1994. The line was something of a "paper railroad," since it did not own or operate its own equipment. Instead, operations over the line were conducted entirely by its parent company, the Southern Railway, and later by the Southern's successor, the Norfolk Southern Railway.
The Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia, which ran from Live Oak, Florida to Springdale, Florida and Adel, Georgia, was created on December 31, 1971 after the merger of the Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad and the South Georgia Railway.[1] Beginning with its creation in 1971, the railroad had freight service operated entirely by the Southern Railway, which had owned a majority of the Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia's stock.
The Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad, which ran from Live Oak, Florida to Springdale, Florida, had been incorporated in October 1903 as the Live Oak and Perry Railroad and later was reorganized on June 16, 1905 as the Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad.[1]
The South Georgia Railway, which ran from Springdale, Florida to Adel, Georgia, was incorporated on March 6, 1896 and opened in October 1901.[1]
On December 31, 1990, the Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia's parent, the Southern Railway, was renamed the Norfolk Southern Railway. On February 5, 1994, the Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railroad was merged into the Norfolk Southern Railway.[2]
On December 15, 1995, the Norfolk Southern sold the 80-mile portion of line between Foley, Florida and Adel, Georgia to Gulf and Ohio Railways, which created a new subsidiary, the Live Oak, Perry and Georgia Railroad Co., to own the trackage. The Gulf and Ohio's affiliated Georgia and Florida Railroad provided the locomotives for service on the line.[3] The line today is in operation as the Georgia and Florida Railway.