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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