 A. D. Breed operated the line under lease between May 31, 1866 and August 8, 1866 in accordance with a contract to rehabilitate the railroad line and construct the extension dated May 25, 1866.In 1868 the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad was the beneficiary of one of the first convict leasing contracts in the state of Georgia.Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company constructed or reconstructed of railroad line between Blue Mountain, Alabama and Dalton, Georgia in 1870.