East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad The ET&G was reorganized in Tennessee in 1848 from the Hiawassee Railroad Company, which had received its charter the year before but had not constructed any trackage. From its northern terminus at Knoxville it built a line in 1852 to the Western & Atlantic Railroad at Dalton, linking eastern Tennessee to the Atlantic coast. In 1869 it was merged with the East Tennessee and Virginia (Knoxville to Bristol) to form the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad. 1853 map (103K) Civil War period map (158K)   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home