Lineville Subdivision

The Lineville Subdivision is a railroad line currently operated by CSX Transportation in Georgia and Alabama. It runs from Parkwood (a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama) southeast though Lineville, Alabama to Manchester, Georgia, a distance of 179.4 miles (288.7 km). It connects with CSX's Manchester Subdivision and Fitzgerald Subdivision in Manchester.[1]

Lineville Subdivision
fmr. AB&C/ACL
CSX
ANJ 967.4
Parkwood
Buck Creek
CSX
ANJ 959.6
Pelham
ANJ 949.0
Watkins
ANJ 945.1
Chelsea
ANJ 939.2
Westover
Wilsonville Branch
Norfolk Southern
Central of Georgia District
ANJ 929.7
Arkwright
ANJ 926.0
Coosa Pines
ANJ 913.1
Shocco
Norfolk Southern
Eastern Alabama Railway
ANJ 910.2
Talladega
ANJ 908.4
Bama Junction
fmr. Anniston and Atlantic Railroad (L&N)
ANJ 904.3
Carara
ANJ 902.8
Waldo
ANJ 895.8
Weathers
ANJ 881.6
Lineville
ANJ 872.1
Cragford
ANJ 857.2
Wadley
ANJ 852.3
Blake
ANJ 849.7
Dickert
ANJ 843.1
Roanoke
fmr. East Alabama and Cincinnati Railway (CoG)
ANJ 834.2
Standing Rock
Alabama
Georgia
ANJ 825.3
Pyne
CSX
ANJ 818.2
XXB 71.0
LaGrange
CSX
LaGrange Yard
ANJ 805.0
Stovall
fmr. Savannah and Western Railroad (CoG)
ANJ 799.7
Durand
ANJ 793.3
Warm Springs
fmr. Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad (SOU)
ANJ 788.1
Manchester
CSX
Note: Not to scale

History

The Lineville Subdivision was complete in 1908 by the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway (AB&A). In 1926, the AB&A went into receivership and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) purchased a majority stock in the AB&A. The Atlantic Coast Line reorganized the AB&A as the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad (AB&C) and continued to operate it as a separate company.[2] The Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad operated passenger service on the line from Birmingham, which continued south on the AB&C network to Waycross, Brunswick, and Thomasville.[2]

In 1946, the Atlantic Coast Line fully absorbed the AB&C and it became their Western Division. The Atlantic Coast Line became the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL) in 1967 after merging with their rival, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL). The Seaboard Coast Line adopted the Seaboard Air Line's method of naming their lines as subdivisions which resulted in the from Manchester to Parkwood being named the Lineville Subdivision. The former AB&C/ACL track beyond Parkwood to Birmingham was designated as the Elyton Subdivision.[3] The Elyton Subdivision was abandoned in 1988 and the Lineville Subdivision now merges with the S&NA South Subdivision (a former Louisville and Nashville Railroad line) at Parkwood. An overpass that once carried the former Elyton Subdivision over Carolina Avenue in Bessemer still stands abandoned today.[4]

In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation. The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately until 1986, when they were merged into CSX Transportation, who operates the Lineville Subdivision today. A short segment of the Lineville Subdivision has been abandoned in LaGrange, which has been consolidated with the A&WP Subdivision.[5]

Historic stations

Manchester to Birmingham
State Milepost City/Location Station[6][3] Connections and notes
GA ANJ 788.1 Manchester Manchester
ANJ 793.3 Warm Springs Warm Springs originally Bullochville
junction with Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad (SOU)
ANJ 797.1 Camp Ground
ANJ 799.7 Durand junction with Savannah and Western Railroad (CoG)
ANJ 800.6 Carlsbad
ANJ 805.0 Stovall
ANJ 809.5 Big Springs
ANJ 812.0 Knott
ANJ 818.2 LaGrange LaGrange junction with Atlanta and West Point Railroad
ANJ 825.3 Pyne
ANJ 828.7 Abbottsford
AL ANJ 834.2 Standing Rock junction with Chattahoochee Valley Railway
ANJ 837.1 Cedric
ANJ 843.1 Roanoke Roanoke junction with East Alabama and Cincinnati Railway (CoG)
ANJ 847.7 Peavy
ANJ 849.7 Dickert
ANJ 852.3 Blake
ANJ 853.4 Abanda
ANJ 857.2 Wadley Wadley
ANJ 863.8 Malone
ANJ 872.1 Cragford
ANJ 873.2 Berwick
ANJ 881.6 Lineville Lineville
ANJ 886.6 Highland
ANJ 888.0 Pyriton
ANJ 892.2 Erin
ANJ 893.7 Clairmont Springs
ANJ 895.8 Weathers
ANJ 897.5 Chandler
ANJ 902.8 Waldo Waldo
ANJ 904.3 Carara
ANJ 905.8 Stockdale
ANJ 908.4 Talladega Bama Junction junction with Anniston and Atlantic Railroad (L&N)
ANJ 910.2 Talladega junction with Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad (CoG)
ANJ 913.1 Shocco
ANJ 919.5 St. Ives
ANJ 924.0 Grasmere
ANJ 926.0 Coosa Pines
ANJ 929.7 Arkwright
ANJ 932.0 Harpersville Harpersville
ANJ 939.2 Westover Westover
ANJ 945.1 Chelsea Chelsea
ANJ 947.8 Scotia
ANJ 949.0 Watkins
ANJ 955.1 Deerhurst
ANJ 959.6 Pelham Pelham
ANJ 961.7 Helena Helena junction with South and North Alabama Railroad (L&N)
ANJ 967.4 Parkwood
ANJ 971.2 Purser
ANJ 974.3 Bessemer Bessemer
ANJ 974.6 Bessemer Yard
ANJ 984.0 Birmingham Elyton
ANJ 985.9 Birmingham

See also

References

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