Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Railroad

Alabama and Mississippi Rivers RailroadOverview

Locale| Alabama
Dates of operation| 1852 (1852)-1871 (1871)
Successor| Selma and Meridian Railroad Company
then The Alabama Central Railroad Company
then East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company
then East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company
Technical
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Previous gauge| 5 ft (1,524 mm)
American Civil War era

The Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Rail Road Company was incorporated under special act of Alabama on February 7, 1850.[1]

The Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Rail Road Company constructed 77.3 miles (124.4 km) of railroad line between Selma, Alabama and York, Alabama during the years 1852 through 1864.[2]

On November 29, 1864, the name of the company was changed to The Selma and Meridian Rail Road Company.[1]

The property eventually became part of Southern Railway Company on July 7, 1894, through Southern's acquisition of a successor company, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.[3]

## See also[edit]

* Railways portal

* Confederate railroads in the American Civil War
* Selma and Meridian Railroad

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b Interstate Commerce Commission. Southern Ry. Co., Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931, p. 214. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. OCLC 297351688.
2. ^ ICC, Southern Ry. Co. valuation report, 1931, p. 220.
3. ^ ICC, Southern Ry. Co. valuation report, 1931, pp. 212, 571.

## References[edit]

* Interstate Commerce Commission. Southern Ry. Co., Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. OCLC 297351688.