|
Alabama & Tennessee
River |
| Chartered in 1848, the road took
over work on an earlier road and intended to connect Selma with Gadsden
and other roads going north to Nashville. Construction began in
1851 and had reached Blue Mountain, northeast of Talladega, by May 1862,
when construction stopped (grading to Gadsden was well under way).
The Confederacy attempted to extend the road from Blue Mountain to
Rome, Georgia in order to provide another source of supply for the army
in the Chattanooga area. Though no rails were laid, the
graded bed was used by supply wagons.
|
| Black's Number |
111 (map) |
| Track |
135 miles of 5 foot gauge of 60# T rail |
| Locomotives |
6; 14 names |
| Cars |
146 |
| Stations |
39 |
| Officers |
Few |
| Shelby Purchases |
All |
| Significant Documents |
| LVA, TRED 10-18E-61 |
| NA, QM 4-1-62 |
| NA, ENG 9-16-62 |
| NA, ENG 11-11-62 |
| UA, A&TR 11-24-62 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 139 |
| NA, ENG 11-17-62 |
| NA, ENG 11-19-62 |
| NA, ENG 11-27-62 |
| NA, ENG 11-28-62 |
| NA, ENG 11-28A-62 |
| NA, ENG 12-2-62 |
| NA, ENG 12-2A-62 |
| NA, ENG 12-2B-62 |
| NA, ENG 12-2C-62 |
| NA, ENG 12-9B-62 |
| NA, A&TR 1-1-63 |
| UA, SIW 1-27-63 |
| NA, ENG 1-29A-63 |
| NA, ENG 1-30-63 |
| NA, ENG 1-30B-63 |
| SOR, Series 95, Page 123 |
| NA, ENG 2-11A-63 |
| NA, ENG 2-11B-63 |
| NP, YE 2-25-63 |
| UA, SIW 3-6A-63 |
| NA, ENG 3-9-63 |
| NA, ENG 3-10C-63 |
| NA, ENG 3-13-63 |
| NA, ENG 4-11-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-18-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-18A-63 |
| NA, ENG 7-18C-63 |
| NA, ENG 9-4B-63 |
| NA, ENG 9-5-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 28, Part 2, Page 410 |
| NA, ENG 10-16A-63 |
| NA, ENG 10-23D-63 |
| UA, SIW 11-5-63 |
| UA, SIW 11-19A-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 31, Part 3, Page 787 |
| NA, ENG 12-12-63 |
| NA, A&TR 12-23-63 |
| NA, W&M 1-5-64 |
| NA, ENG 2-4A-64 |
| UA, SIW 2-5-64 |
| NP, TAR 2-25-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 641 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 647 |
| NA, ENG 4-14A-64 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 312 |
| NA, ENG 4-28A-64 |
| NA, ENG 5-17-64 |
| NA, ENG 5-18B-64 |
| NA, ENG 5-19-64 |
| NP, TAR 5-19-64 |
| UA, A&TR 6-17-64 |
| NP, CE 7-10-64 |
| NP, TAR 7-14-64 |
| NP, TAR 7-28-64 |
| UA, A&TR 8-17-64 |
| UA, SIW 8-24-64 |
| NP, TAR 8-25-64 |
| UA, A&TR 9-4-64 |
| NA, QM 10-1-64 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 742 |
| NA, QM 10-21A-64 |
| NA, QM 10-22-64 |
| NA, QM 10-22A-64 |
| UA, A&TR 9-24-64 |
| UA, SIW 12-20-64 |
| UA, SIW 1-7-65 |
| UA, SIW 1-11-65 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 1095 |
| UA, SIW 1-26A-65 |
| UA, SIW 1-28-65 |
| UA, SIW 3-1-65 |
| UA, SIW 3-3-65 |
| NP, TAR 3-9-65 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 814 |
| NP, TAR 4-20-65 |
| UA, SIW 4-26-65 |
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