Private company

Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad

Former railway company in Florida

The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad (P&A) was a company incorporated by an act of the Florida Legislature on March 4, 1881, to run from Pensacola to the Apalachicola River near Chattahoochee, a distance of about 160 miles (260 km). No railroad had ever been built across the sparsely populated panhandle of Florida, which left Pensacola isolated from the rest of the state.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1881Founded1

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Pensacola and Atlantic RR map 1885
Photo: Chicago : Poole Brothers. 1885., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad (P&A) was a company incorporated by an act of the Florida Legislature on March 4, 1881, to run from Pensacola to the Apalachicola River near Chattahoochee, a distance of about 160 miles (260 km). No railroad had ever been built across the sparsely populated panhandle of Florida, which left Pensacola isolated from the rest of the state.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Louisville and Nashville Railroad1

Timeline

  1. 1881Founded Founded1

Sources

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