| 词条 | Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway |
| 释义 |
|railroad_name = Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway |logo_filename = Alabama Gulf Coast Railway logo.png |logo_size = |logo_alt = |system_map = |map_caption = |map_size = |map_alt = |image = |image_size = |image_caption = |image_alt = |marks = AGR |locale = Alabama, Florida and Mississippi |start_year = {{Start date|1997}} |end_year = |predecessor_line = Burlington Northern |successor_line = |gauge = {{Railgauge|ussg}} |electrification = |length = {{convert|348|mi|km}} |hq_city = Monroeville, Alabama |website = {{Official site|http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/alabama_gulf_coast_railway}} }} The Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway {{reporting mark|AGR}} is a Class II railroad[1] owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates {{convert|348|mi|km}} of track[2] from the Pensacola, Florida export terminals, west of downtown, north to Columbus, Mississippi, with trackage rights along BNSF Railway to Amory, Mississippi. A branch uses trackage rights along Norfolk Southern from Kimbrough, Alabama west and south to Mobile, Alabama, with separate trackage at the end of the line in Mobile. HistoryPredecessor linesThe current AGR is composed of numerous lines built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which were gradually consolidated into a system that was purchased by the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway and remained under that railroad or its successor's control until 1997, when it was spun off into an independent company. Pre-1922The earliest ancestor of the AGR was the Pensacola and Mobile Railroad and Manufacturing Company, which in 1861 constructed {{convert|5|mi|km}} of track between Muscogee, Florida and Cantonment, Florida. This line was dismantled by Confederate forces during the Civil War so that the iron rails could be used elsewhere.[2] The railroad was not rebuilt until 1877. In 1874, the company took control of the Pensacola and Perdido Railroad, which ran west from Pensacola about five miles to a lumber mill at Millview, Florida on Perdido Bay. In 1892, the system merged with the Pensacola, Alabama and Tennessee Railroad, which connected the Millview and Muscogee branches. Shortly thereafter, the railroad was renamed the Gulf Ports Terminal Railway.[3] In 1910, the Gulf Ports Terminal Railway was acquired by Southern States Lumber, which operated {{convert|68|mi|km}} of track to move lumber from forests in Baldwin County, Alabama, to its large mill at Muscogee, and on to the port of Pensacola for export. The combined system had a total length of around {{convert|80|mi|km}}.[3] In 1911, the railroad was acquired by the Gulf, Florida, and Alabama Railway. Soon after, construction of a line from Cantonment to Pensacola was begun, being completed in 1913. Almost immediately following the completion of this line, another, much longer line was begun, this one from Cantonment north via Atmore and Frisco City, Alabama to an interchange with the Southern Railway at Kimbrough, Alabama. The line, including a large bridge over the Alabama River, was completed in 1915.[3] 1922-1997In 1922, the Gulf, Florida, and Alabama Railway was acquired by the Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad (MSB&P), which only three years later was bought by the Frisco (St. Louis – San Francisco Railway). After the acquisition, the Frisco constructed a line from Aberdeen, Mississippi to Kimbrough, connecting the former MSB&P with the rest of the Frisco's system. This line was completed in 1928. During the middle of the 20th century, the railroad operated as part of the Frisco, moving bulk products south to Pensacola for export and produce products north, although chemical and paper products took on increased importance by the 1970s. Passenger service over the line continued until 1955, when the Sunnyland, operating between Pensacola and Kansas City, Missouri, via Amory, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee, was discontinued. In 1980, the Frisco was acquired by the Burlington Northern Railroad (BN), itself a product of a merger of several railroads in 1970. In 1995, the BN merged with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to form the BNSF Railway. Current railroadIn 1997, when BNSF spun off the route between Kimbrough and Pensacola, the Alabama and Gulf Coast was formed to take over operations. In 2003, BNSF sold additional trackage to the AGR: a line between Kimbrough and Columbus, Mississippi, as well as isolated trackage near Mobile, Alabama formerly part of the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad. As part of this deal, the AGR gained trackage rights on BNSF between Columbus and Amory and on the Norfolk Southern Railway between Mobile and Kimbrough.[3] In 2002, the AGR, which had been formerly owned by States Rail, Inc., a short-line holding company, was acquired by RailAmerica.[4][3] In late 2012, Genesee & Wyoming acquired the railroad as part of its acquisition of RailAmerica. TrafficThe railroad's traffic comes mainly from industrial materials such as metals, coal, paper products, chemicals, and limestone. The AGR hauled around 61,000 carloads in 2008.[4] ConnectionsConnections are made at the following locations:
See also{{Portal|Railways}}
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.al.us/moweb/Rail/2014%20RailDirectory_Final.pdf |title=2013 Alabama Rail Directory |work=Alabama Department of Transportation |date=June 2014 |accessdate=3 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303140746/http://www.dot.state.al.us/moweb/Rail/2014%20RailDirectory_Final.pdf |archivedate=3 March 2015 |df= }} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Pensacola & Mobile|url=http://www.csa-railroads.com/Pensacola_and_Mobile.htm|work=Confederate Railroads|accessdate=5 April 2011}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/randycarnley/agrhistory.htm |title=History of the Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway |publisher=The Unofficial AGR Railfan Site |accessdate=16 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919040711/http://www.freewebs.com/randycarnley/agrhistory.htm |archivedate=19 September 2011 |df= }} 4. ^1 2 {{cite journal|date=June 2010|title=RailAmerica's Empire|journal=Trains Magazine|publisher=Kalmbach Publishing}} External links{{commons category|Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway}}
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