Warrior River Terminal Co.

Standard Gauge Headquarters: Birmingham, AL Years of Operation: 1926-1941 Predecessor Roads: Ensley Southern Successor Roads:  Miles Operated: Fairfield, AL to Birmingport, AL18.130 miles. Locomotives Owned:	Equipment 12/31/1928: Locomotives: 3. Cars: 40 gondolas, 11 work. 2/29/1932: Locomotives: 5 (1 ouf of service). Cars: 102 gondolas, 11 work. 12/31/1937: Locomotives: 2. Cars: 102 gondolas, 10 work.	Click Map for Larger Version
HISTORY by Gil Hoffman: The Warrior River Terminal Company was incorporated in Alabama on January 18, 1926, as the Port of Birmingham Railway. On February 12, 1926, the name was changed to Warrior River Terminal Company. On April 28, 1926, the company purchased the property of the Ensley Southern Railroad. The Warrior River Terminal Company was controlled by the Inland Waterways Corporation through ownership of its capital stock.  The line extended from a connection with the Birmingham Southern and the Southern Railway at Ensley Junction (Fairfield), on the outskirts of the city of Birmingham, in a northwesterly direction to Birmingport, a landing on the Little Warrior River, 18.130 miles. The company also had trackage rights over 1.98 miles of the Birmingham Southern at Ensley Junction.  The country traversed for the first 6 miles was rolling, while the remainder was rough and rugged. The line followed closely along Short Creek for the first few miles. The principal industry was the manufacture of iron and steel. The road derived most of its revenue from hauling ore, sulphur, timber, sugar and other miscellaneous commodities from the Inland Waterways Corporation’s boats operating on the Warrior River to its connections at Ensley Junction. Most of the ore was destined for the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, owners of large mills near Birmingham.  In December 1928 the main line was laid chiefly with 75 and 80-lb. rail. The tracks were ballasted principally with cinders and crushed slag.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:     Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   0-6-0   Porter   6021   3/1918   18x24   48   104000   U. S. Army, Aberdeen, MD Warrior River Terminal Co. #1, in 1928.   Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1850 Solvay Process Co., Hopewell, VA, on 3/30/1937.   2   0-6-0   Porter   6157   3/1918   19x26   50   122000   U. S. Army Ordinance Dept. #5, Washington, DC Warrior River Terminal Co. #2, in 11/1929.   Mississippi Warrior Service Co. #5, Memphis, TN Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Southern Phosphate Corp. #4, Ridgewood, FL, on 12/2/1937.   3   0-4-0T   Porter   5980   11/1917   14x20   40   72000   Re. from #100.   Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1803 Edgmoor & Manetta Ry. #5, Lando, SC, on 4/10/1941.   100   0-4-0T   Porter   5980   11/1917   14x20   40   72000   Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, MA Warrior River Terminal Co. #100, in 1927.   Out of service 2/29/1932. Re. #3.   300   2-8-0   Baldwin       1917   21x28   56   166000   Unknown. Warrior River Terminal Co. #300, in 1928.   In service 12/31/1937.   301   2-8-0   Baldwin   47566   1/1918   21x28   56   166000   Built as: United States Government, for France #449. Diverted to: Norfolk Navy Yard, on 1/17/1918. Warrior River Terminal Co. #301, in 3/1929. Baldwin class 10-36 E 1781   Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1847 Gaylord Container Corp. #301, Bogalusa, LA, on 2/28/1941.

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