W.H. Mims was employed by the Central of Georgia Railway Company as an electrical engineer in the Motive Power and Equipment Department from 1950 until 1954. In 1955, he was promoted to superintendent of the department, a position he held until 1964. The Motive Power and Equipment Department served as the mechanical drawing department for the Central of Georgia. The Central of Georgia Railway Company was incorporated on October 7, 1895. The following companies were merged into the new Central of Georgia Railway Company: Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia; Savannah and Western Railroad; Savannah and Atlantic Railroad; Macon and Northern Railway; Mobile and Girard Railroad; and the Montgomery and Eufaula Railway. Over the next several years, the Central of Georgia began to add new track mileage to its territory. In 1896, the Central absorbed the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway; in 1901 it absorbed the Dover and Statesboro Railroad and the Bruton and Pineora Railway; and in 1904, the Central absorbed the Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad. In 1909, the controlling interest in the Central of Georgia was sold to the Illinois Central Railroad. The Illinois Central remained in control of the company until 1932, when the Central of Georgia was forced into receivership. In 1940, the receivership was replaced with a trusteeship that lasted until 1948 when the company was reorganized. During the next few years, the Central purchased the Augusta and Savannah and South Western Railroads. In 1951 the Central purchased the Savannah and Atlanta Railway. This purchase also gave the Central control of the Port Wentworth Corporation. In 1963, the Southern Railway System purchased the Central of Georgia. On July 1, 1971, the Southern Railway formed a new company called the Central of Georgia Railroad Company. The Southern Railway and the new Central of Georgia Railroad Company eventually came under the control of the Norfolk Southern Corporation.
From the description of W.H. Mims collection of Central of Georgia technical drawings, 1889-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 47079243
