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The '''Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad''' {{reporting mark|ATN}} was a [[short line railroad]] operating within the state of [[Alabama]]. It was founded in 1897 as the '''Carrollton Short Line Railway''' to link the city of [[Carrollton, Alabama]] with the [[Mobile and Ohio Railroad]] at [[Reform, Alabama]]. Through mergers, acquisitions and the building of track, the railroad eventually reached the port of [[Mobile, Alabama]]. In 1948, the railroad was purchased by the [[St. Louis-San Francisco Railway]] (the "Frisco"), who operated it as a separate entity until 1971, when it was absorbed into the parent company.


The '''Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad''' {{reporting marks|AT&N}} was a railroad that operated within the state of [[Alabama]]. It was absorbed into the [[St. Louis–San Francisco Railway]] in 1971.
In 1950, under the auspices of the ATN, the Frisco began freight service to and from, and on Blakeley and Pinto Islands by way of two car floats across the Mobile river. The service was continued after the SLSF was merged into the BN, until about 1994.


==History==
==History==
The Carrollton Short Line Railway was chartered in 1897. By 1906, when its name was changed to '''Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad''' (AT&N), it had built a line from [[Reform, Alabama]] through [[Carrollton, Alabama|Carrollton]] to [[Aliceville, Alabama|Aliceville]] amd was pushing slowly down the western edge of Alabama toward the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The company underwent foreclosure and reorganization in 1918, and by 1920 the railroad reached south to [[Calvert, Alabama]], where the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] offered a connection to [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]].<ref name=drury>{{cite book | last = Drury | first = George H. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930 | publisher = [[Kalmbach Publishing]] | year = 1994 | location = [[Waukesha, Wisconsin]] | pages = 16 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-89024-072-8}}</ref>
In 1897 the Mobile & Ohio Railroad chose to route through [[Pickens County, Alabama]] by way of [[Reform, Alabama]] — rather than the county seat of Carrollton — since the Reform route would be faster. Having failed in their appeal to the M&O, leading citizens of Carrollton set up a corporation to connect their city with the railroad; this was chartered by the State of Alabama as the Carrollton Short Line Railway in June 1897. John Taylor Cochrane, who had constructed the [[Tuscaloosa Belt Line]], began building this new railroad.


In 1928, AT&N completed its own line frmo Calvert to Mobile and that same year entered into an agreement with the [[St. Louis–San Francisco Railway]] (nicknamed "The Frisco") (which had just built a line from [[Aberdeen, Mississippi, to [[Pensacola, Florida]], making a connection with the AT&N at Aliceville) for joint handling of through traffic between the [[Port of Mobile]] and points on the Frisco.<ref name=drury/>
In 1925 AT&N reported 15 million ton-miles of revenue freight on 187 miles of line; in 1967, 543 million ton-miles on 214 route-miles.

AT&N's finances were again reorganized in October 1944. On December 28, 1948, Frisco purchased 97.2% of AT&N's common stock (later increasing its holdings to 100%) and unified AT&N's oeprations with its own. The AT&N was officially merged with the Frisco on January 1, 1971. Frisco itself became part of [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] on September 21, 1980.<ref name=drury/>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite book

|title=The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: 160 Lines Abandoned or Merged Since 1930
==External links==
|author=Drury, George H. (ed.)
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* {{cite web | author = Osborne, John | url = http://www.demopolis.ws/Frisco_Lines/AT&N.htm | title = Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad | work = Railroad Yesterdays |accessdate = December 30, 2005 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050717093549/http://www.demopolis.ws/Frisco_Lines/AT&N.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> | archivedate = July 17, 2005}}
|publisher=Kalmbach Publishing
*{{cite web | author = Lutzenberger, Mike | url = http://www.frisco.org/vb/showthread.php?t=1181 | title = Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad Company History | w ork = Frisco Railroad Library | accessdate=September 29, 2007}}
|location=Waukesha, WI
|year=2000
|isbn=0-89024-356-5}}
* {{cite web
|author=Osborne, John
|url=http://www.demopolis.ws/Frisco_Lines/AT&N.htm
|title=Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad
|work=Railroad Yesterdays
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|accessdate=2005-12-30 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050717093549/http://www.demopolis.ws/Frisco_Lines/AT&N.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2005-07-17}}
*{{cite web
|author=Lutzenberger, Mike
|url=http://www.frisco.org/vb/showthread.php?t=1181
|title=Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad Company History
|work=Frisco Railroad Library
|accessdate=2007-09-29}}


{{US Class III - Alabama}}
{{US Class III - Alabama}}
{{Former Class I}}
{{Former Class I}}

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[[Category:Defunct Alabama railroads]]
[[Category:Defunct Alabama railroads]]

Revision as of 20:40, 14 March 2013

Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Overview
HeadquartersMobile, Alabama
Reporting markAT&N
LocaleAlabama
Dates of operation1897–1971
SuccessorSt. Louis–San Francisco Railway
Technical
Length224 miles (360 kilometres)

The Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad (reporting mark AT&N) was a railroad that operated within the state of Alabama. It was absorbed into the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway in 1971.

History

The Carrollton Short Line Railway was chartered in 1897. By 1906, when its name was changed to Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad (AT&N), it had built a line from Reform, Alabama through Carrollton to Aliceville amd was pushing slowly down the western edge of Alabama toward the Gulf of Mexico. The company underwent foreclosure and reorganization in 1918, and by 1920 the railroad reached south to Calvert, Alabama, where the Southern Railway offered a connection to Mobile.[1]

In 1928, AT&N completed its own line frmo Calvert to Mobile and that same year entered into an agreement with the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (nicknamed "The Frisco") (which had just built a line from [[Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Pensacola, Florida, making a connection with the AT&N at Aliceville) for joint handling of through traffic between the Port of Mobile and points on the Frisco.[1]

AT&N's finances were again reorganized in October 1944. On December 28, 1948, Frisco purchased 97.2% of AT&N's common stock (later increasing its holdings to 100%) and unified AT&N's oeprations with its own. The AT&N was officially merged with the Frisco on January 1, 1971. Frisco itself became part of Burlington Northern Railroad on September 21, 1980.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Drury, George H. (1994). The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 0-89024-072-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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