Alabama and Florida Railroad (1986–92)
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Reporting mark | AFLR |
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Dates of operation | 1986 | –1992
Successor | Alabama and Florida Railway |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Length | 79 miles (127 km) |
The Alabama and Florida Railroad (reporting mark AFLR) was a short-line railroad which operated in Alabama and Florida. The company operated a former Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) line between Georgiana, Alabama and Geneva, Alabama. Pioneer Railcorp acquired the line in 1992 and created a new company, the Alabama and Florida Railway, to operate it.
History
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The Alabama and Florida (A&F) owned two routes: Georgiana, Alabama–Geneva, Alabama and Crestview, Florida–Florala, Alabama. The Georgiana line was begun in 1898 by the Alabama and Florida Railroad and completed by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1902.[1][2] The Crestview line opened in 1894 under the Yellow River Railroad, which was acquired by the L&N in 1906.[3] Both lines passed to the Seaboard System Railroad, the L&N's successor, in 1982.
Gulf and Ohio Railways purchased both lines in 1986 and created a new subsidiary, the Alabama and Florida Railroad, to operate them. The railroad began operating on July 28, 1986.[4] The company abandoned the former Yellow River Railroad in December 1987. The A&F also leased a 2.9-mile (4.7 km) line from the Andalusia and Conecuh Railroad in the vicinity of Andalusia, Georgia.[5]
The Gulf and Ohio sold the railroad to A&F Inc. on August 12, 1990. Pioneer Railcorp acquired the assets of the company on November 23, 1992 and organized a new railroad, the Alabama and Florida Railway, to operate the lines.[5][6]
Notes
- ↑ Alabama Railroad Commission 1904, p. 61
- ↑ Klein 2003, p. 286
- ↑ Herr 2000, p. 141
- ↑ Lewis 1991, p. 11
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lewis 1996, p. 292
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- Defunct Alabama railroads
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- Spin-offs of CSX Transportation
- Gulf and Ohio Railways
- Railway companies established in 1986
- Railway companies disestablished in 1992
- 1986 establishments in the United States
- 1992 disestablishments in the United States