List of Alabama railroads
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[edit] Current common carriers
- Alabama and Florida Railway (AF)
- Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (AGR)
- Alabama and Tennessee River Railway (ATN)
- Alabama Railroad (ALAB)
- Alabama Southern Railroad (ABS)
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Bay Line Railroad (BAYL)
- Birmingham Southern Railroad (BS)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Canadian National Railway (CN) Parent Co. of Grand Trunk Corp and Illinois Central
- Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad (CGR)
- Conecuh Valley Railroad (COEH)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Eastern Alabama Railway (EARY)
- Georgia Southwestern Railroad (GSWR)
- Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority (HMCR)
- Jefferson Warrior Railroad (JEFW)
- Kansas City Southern (KCS)
- Luxapalila Valley Railroad (LXVR)
- M & B Railroad (MB)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Redmont Railway (RRCI)
- Sequatchie Valley Railroad (SQVR)
- Tennessee Southern Railway (TSRR)
- Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks (TASD)
- Three Notch Railroad (TNHR)
- Wiregrass Central Railroad (WGCR)
[edit] Railroads in 1941
- Alabama and Northwestern Railroad
- Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad (ASAB)
- Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad (ABC)
- Alabama Central Railway (ACR)
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL)
- Alabama, Florida and Gulf Railroad
- Alabama Great Southern Railway (AGS)
- Ashland Railway (ASRY)
- Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
- Birmingham Southern Railraod (BS)
- Central of Georgia Railroad (CG)
- Chattahoochee Valley Railroad (CHV)
- Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad (GMO)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad (LN)
- Manistee and Repton Railraod
- Mississippi and Alabama Railraod
- Meridian and Bigbee Railroad (MB)
- Mobile and Gulf Railroad (MG)
- Northern Alabama Railroad
- Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad
- Sumter and Choctaw Railroad (SC)
- Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL)
- St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (SLSF)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Western Railway of Alabama
[edit] Defunct railroads
- A&G Railroad (AGRD) 1994 - 1996; Abbeville - Dothan, AL Later BAYL
- Abbeville Grimes Railway (CHNY) 1989 - 1993.
- Alabama and Florida Railroad (AFLR) 1992; Renamed Alabama and Florida Railway (AF)
- Alabama Industrial Railroad 1984 - 1985; Sold to Huntsville and Madison County Railroad
- Alabama Mineral Railroad Part of L&N
- Alabama Southern Railroad (1985) 1985; York - Lilita, AL (Never Operated)
- Anniston and Atlantic Railroad 1883-1889; Sold to L&N; Sylacauga - Talladega, AL
- Atlanta and St Andrews Bay Railway Sold to Bay Line in 1994
- Andalusia and Conecuh Railroad 1983 - 1987; Andalusia - Gantt, AL
- Chatahoochee Valley Railroad 1992; West Point, GA - McGinty, AL
- Cheney Railroad (CHNY) 1989 - Before 2005; Greens - Carnes, AL
- East and West Railroad of Alabama
- H&S Railroad (HS, HSRZ, LNAZ, SHSZ) 1992 - Before 2005
- Hartford and Slocomb Railroad 1992; Sold to H&S Railroad; Dothan - Hartford, AL
- Manistee and Repton Railroad abt. 1905, Monroeville - Manistee, AL
- Mobile and Girard Railroad abt. 1870 - 1880s (later Central of Georgia)
- Montgomery Southern Railway
- Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
- Pensacola and Selma Railroad 1881, Flomaton - Repton, AL (Sold to L&N)
- Pine Belt Southern Railroad (PBRR) 1995 - Before 2005 Columbus, GA - Troy, AL
- Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad
- Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
- Alabama Midland Railway
- Abbeville Southern Railway today part of BAYL
- Alabama Midland Railway
- Southern Alabama Railroad (SUAB) 1988 - Before 2005 Troy - Goshen, AL
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Sumter and Choctaw Railway Disc 1983; Lilita - Bellamy, AL
- St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (SLSF)
- Talladega and Coosa Valley Railroad
- Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway Merged into NS in 1991; Ewing - Gadsden, AL
- Tombigbee and Northern Railway
- Tuskegee Railroad
- Tyson Railroad (TSNR) 1989 - Before 2005 Ivalee, AL
[edit] References
[edit] Associations
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Freight Railroads Operating in Alabama (PDF). Retrieved August 16, 2005.
- American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
[edit] Owners of Short Line Railroads
[edit] Books
- Worker's of the Writer's Program of the Works Progress Administration in the State of Alabama. (1941) Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South. American Guide Series. (New York: R. R. Smith)
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
[edit] External links
- TRANSCAN.com Reporting Marks Database
[edit] See also
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