Alabama Central Railroad
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5' gauge, later converted to Standard Gauge (4' 8 1/2") Headquarters: Selma, AL Years of Operation: 1871-1881 Predecessor Roads: Selma & Meridian RR Successor Roads: East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia RR Miles Operated: 91.07 miles owned plus 18 miles of trackage rights Locomotives Owned: 13 in 1879 |
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HISTORY:
The Alabama Central Railroad Co. was incorporated in Alabama on June 22, 1871 and acquired 77.3 miles of railroad from Selma, Alabama to York, Alabama from the purchasers of the Selma & Meridian Railroad Co. at the foreclosure sale of the Selma & Meridian Railroad Co.'s assets on May 1, 1871. The line had been constructed by the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad Co. between 1852 and 1864 and sold to the Selma & Meridian Railroad on November 29, 1864. The Alabama Central Railroad constructed 13.77 miles of railroad between York, Alabama and Lauderdale, Mississippi in 1878 and acquired trackage rights over the Mobile & Ohio Railroad between Lauderdale and Meridian, Mississippi, a distance of 18 miles. The Alabama Central Railroad was sold to the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad on June 15, 1881. ETV&G became part of the Southern Railway on July 4, 1894. The branch between York and Lauderdale was abandoned in 1899.
Source: Wikipedia article on Alabama Central RR HERE and Poor's Railroad Manual of 1879. |
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 January 1875 Official Guide of the Railways
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