Overview | |
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Reporting mark | AFLR |
Dates of operation | 1986 | –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.
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]