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The Plant System built the nearly straight {{Convert|54|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} [[Folkston Cutoff]] in southeast Georgia in 1901.<ref>[http://okefenokeepress.com/MALLARD.html Lawrence E. Mallard<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> This ran from the old Waycross and Florida Railroad at [[Folkston, Georgia|Folkston]] north via [[Nahunta, Georgia|Nahunta]] to Jesup on the SF&W mainline, allowing trains to bypass Waycross and save {{Convert|19|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} over the old route.
In 1901, the Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad, the [[Ashley River Railroad]], the [[Abbeville Southern Railway]]; and [[Southern Alabama Railroad]] were all consolidated into the [[Savannah, Florida and Western Railway]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FPpKAAAAYAAJ&
In 1901, the following companies were also merged into the SF&W:
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*[http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.151-p22-ead Plant Railway System Papers] at the [http://lib.usf.edu University of South Florida]
* [http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/70/florida-essays-and-poems/4604/henry-b-plant-genius-of-the-west-coast/ Glover, F. H. "Henry B. Plant - Genius of the West Coast"], originally published in ''Sunland: The Magazine of Florida'', February 1925.
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=cjFRAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA10-PT38
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