Alabama and Florida Railroad (1986–1992)

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Alabama and Florida Railroad
Overview
Alabama & Florida 6011, an EMD GP9, in 1990
Reporting mark	AFLR
Dates of operation	1986 (1986)–1992 (1992)
Successor	Alabama and Florida Railway
Technical
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

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, Alabama.^[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.
^ ^a ^b Lewis 1996, p. 292.
^ Railroad Retirement Board.

References

Alabama Railroad Commission (1904). Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Alabama. Montgomery, AL: Brown Printing Company.
Herr, Kincaid A. (2000) [1964]. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850–1963. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813121841. OCLC 44128340.
Klein, Maury (2003) [1972]. History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813122635. OCLC 248817483.
Lewis, Edward A. (1991). American Shortline Railway Guide (4th ed.). Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-109-0.
Lewis, Edward A. (1996). American Shortline Railway Guide (5th ed.). Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-290-9.
Railroad Retirement Board. "Employer Status Determination: Alabama & Florida Railway" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

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