The is one of several
Short Line railroad companies owned by the
Pioneer Railcorp . On
November 23 1992 , the Alabama and Florida Railway (AF) purchased the tangible assets of the A&F Inc., doing business as the '''Alabama and Florida Railroad''' Company. The line ran from Georgiana to Geneva, Alabama, a distance of 76 miles and interchanged with
CSX at Georgiana.
On
June 11 2001 , the Alabama and Florida Railway sold a 33 mile segment of its track from Georgiana, AL to Andalusia, AL, to the
Three Notch Railroad (TNR), which is owned by
Gulf And Ohio Railways .
CSX maintains
Trackage Rights over the line.
The line was built in 1901 by the and ran from a connection with the
Louisville & Nashville (now
CSX ) at
Georgiana, Alabama and terminated at
Graceville, Florida with a connection to the
Atlanta And St Andrews Bay Railroad (now the
Bay Line Railroad ).
The Louisville & Nashville (later
Seaboard System ), operated the line from 1901 until it was acquired on
July 28 1986 , by Mobile and Ohio Railways, and renamed its original name, the Alabama & Florida Railroad. The Alabama & Florida ''Railroad'' was purchased by
Pioneer RailCorp on
November 23 1992 , and renamed the Alabama & Florida ''Railway''.
The
Geneva, Alabama to
Graceville, Alabama section of track (23 miles) was abandoned. The
Andalusia And Conecuh Railroad that connected with the AF at Andalusia was abandoned in 1987.
The Alabama and Florida Railway sold its 33 miles of track between Andalusia - River Falls - Georgiana to the
Three Notch Railroad on
June 11 2001 .
- Edward A. Lewis, ''American Shortline Railway Guide 5th ed.,'' (Kalmbach Books, 1996).
- Mike Walker, ''SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States'' (Steam Powered Publishing & SPV, 2001) Ownership and detail of rail line.
- North America Railroad Map Software v 2.13, (Railway Station Productions, 2004) {Link without Title}
