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fmr. AB&C/ACL to Bessemer CSX S&NA South Subdivision ANJ 967.4 Parkwood Buck Creek CSX S&NA South Subdivision 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 Anniston District 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 Tallapoosa River 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 Chattahoochee River ANJ 825.3 Pyne CSX A&WP Subdivision ANJ 818.2 XXB 71.0 LaGrange CSX A&WP Subdivision 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 ← Fitzgerald Subdivision Manchester Subdivision →
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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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

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.

Historic stations

See also

• List of CSX Transportation lines
• Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad

References

1. http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/LN-Lineville_Sub CSX Lineville Sub
2. ^ "Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad (GEORGIA'S RAILROADS, 1833-2015: Historic Context and Statewide Survey)" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
3. ^ Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Florence and Atlanta Division Timetable (1982)
4. "CSX Transportation Historical Society". CSX/NS - Bessemer AL, part 1, 10-04-2015. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
5. CSX Atlanta Division Timetable (2005)
6. "Georgia Railroads: Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). The Branch Line Society. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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