Seaboard Railroad of Alabama (1890-1900)

Tombigbee & Northern Railway (1900-1904)

36" Gauge Headquarters: Fairford, AL Years of Operation: 1890-1904 Predecessor Roads: none Successor Roads: Tombigbee Valley Miles Operated: Main line (SRRofAL): Nannahubba, AL to Turners, AL, 33 miles; branch: David’s Lake to River Junction, 6.75 miles. Main line (T&NRy.): Nannahubba, AL to Turners, AL, 33 miles; Turners to Higdons, AL, 5 miles — total, 38 miles. Locomotives Owned:	Equipment 12/31/1891: Locomotives: 6. Cars: 1 passenger, 2 baggage, etc., 4 box, 1 stock, 105 flat, 5 caboose, 16 other. 6/30/1897: Locomotives: 6. Cars: 3 passenger, 4 box, 2 stock, 10 flat, 78 other. 6/30/1898: Locomotives: 5. Cars: 3 passenger, 4 box, 2 stock, 10 flat, 2 tank, 76 logging. 6/30/1902: Locomotives: 5. Cars: 1 passenger, 1 baggage, etc., 10 box, 2 stock, 10 flat, 75 lumber.	Click Map for Larger Version
HISTORY by Gil Hoffman: The Seaboard Manufacturing Company built a large yellow pine sawmill at Fairford in Washington County, AL about 1888 together with a 36-inch gauge logging railroad. This railroad was chartered in Alabama on January 20, 1890, as the Seaboard Railroad of Alabama. The line was completed from Nannahubba, AL northward to Tuscarora, AL, 24.25 miles, in 1891. The line was extended to Turners, AL, 33 miles, in 1898.  S. T. Prince of Mobile, AL was appointed receiver of the railroad on July 6, 1896, and the road sold at foreclosure on May 10, 1897, to trustees of the bondholders. The receiver was discharged on June 7, 1897, but continued to operate the railroad as agent for the purchasers. On January 17, 1900, the company was succeeded by the Tombigbee & Northern Railway.  The Tombigbee & Northern Railway was succeeded by the Tombigbee Valley Railroad on March 5, 1904. The railroad was widened to standard gauge by June 1904.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   2-4-0   Porter   466   12/1881   10x16   40   36000   Montgomery Southern Ry. #1 Le Grand, Montgomery, AL Montgomery & Florida Ry. #1, Montgomery, AL, in 5/1886. Seaboard Railroad of Alabama #1, in 1890.   Tombigbee & Northern Ry. #1, Fairford, AL, on 1/17/1900. Tombigbee Valley R.R. #1, Fairford, AL, on 3/5/1904. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Baldwin Lumber Co. #1, Baldwin, LA, on11/7/1905.   3   0-4-2T   Porter   1019   2/1889   8x14   30   22500   Seaboard Manufacturing Co. #3, Calvert, AL Lettered “Mobile & Fairford Railway” on tank. Seaboard Railroad of Alabama #3, in 1890.   Last parts order 7/5/1918.   7   2-6-0   Grant           13x18   40   44000   Texas & St. Louis # Seaboard Railroad of Alabama #7, by 12/1891.   Tombigbee & Northern Ry. #7, Fairford, AL, on 1/17/1900. Tombigbee Valley R.R. #7, Fairford, AL, on 3/5/1904. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Cooke-Grafton Lumber Co. #2, Wesson, MS, on 10/20/1909.   22   2-6-0   Baldwin   4888   12/1879   13x20   42   44000   Cairo & St. Louis R.R. #22 St. Louis & Cairo R.R. #22, on 2/1/1882. Mobile & Ohio R.R., on 2/1/1886. Seaboard Railroad of Alabama #22, by 12/1891. Baldwin class 8-20 D 26   Tombigbee & Northern Ry. #22, Fairford, AL, on 1/17/1900 Tombigbee Valley R.R. #22, Fairford, AL, on 3/5/1904. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Smith Sons Lumber Co. #5, Magazine, AL, in 1/1906. Smith-McGowin Mill Co. #5, Magazine, AL, on 7/30/1908

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