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. No rails were laid, but the graded bed was used by supply wagons.

A 4-mile long Branch was constructed to reach a nail factory and coal fields.

Black's Number 111 (map)
Track 138 miles of 5 foot gauge of 60# T rail
Locomotives 6; 15 names
Cars 146
Stations 38
Officers Few
Shelby Purchases All
Annual Reports
4-1-66 President
4-1-66 Superintendent
Significant Documents
NP, SMR 4-4A-61
NP, SMR 4-4B-61
NP, SMR 6-4-61
LVA, TRED 10-18E-61
NA, QM 4-1-62
NP, SMR 4-28-62
NP, SMR 7-7-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 17, Part 2, Page 756
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, A&TR 6-2-63
NA, ENG 7-18C-63
NP, SMR 8-19-63
NA, ENG 9-4B-63
NA, ENG 9-5-63
TN, M&C 10-8-63
TN, M&C 10-8A-63
NP, M 10-10A-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, RR 1-9-64
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
OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 811
NA, SWR 4-26-64
NA, ENG 4-28A-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 858
OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 666
NA, ENG 5-17-64
NP, SMR 5-17A-64
NA, ENG 5-18B-64
NA, ENG 5-19-64
NP, TAR 5-19-64
UA, A&TR 6-17-64
AL, A&F 6-21-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 690
NP, CE 7-10-64
NP, TAR 7-14-64
NP, AC 7-21-64
NP, TAR 7-28-64
UA, A&TR 8-17-64
UA, SIW 8-24-64
NP, TAR 8-25-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 799
NP, AC 8-31-64
UA, A&TR 9-4-64
NA, QM 10-1-64
AL, A&F 10-13A-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
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 3, Page 844A
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 1, Page 796
OR Series 1, Vol. 45, Part 2, Page 716
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
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 1, Page 801
UA, SIW 3-1-65
UA, SIW 3-3-65
NP, TAR 3-9-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 49, Part 2, Page 1232
OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 814
NP, TAR 4-20-65
UA, SIW 4-26-65
AR, A&F(FL) 5-1-67 S
TN, M&O 9-5-67
B11, S&NA

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