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Atlantic Coast Line

ACL Sidings and Spurs

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ACL Routes

Wilmington & Weldon RR

Fayetteville NC to SC/NC State Line
46.00 miles
Built by Wilmington & Weldon RR 1887-92
to Atlantic Coast Line RR 5-1-1900

Fayetteville NC to Contentnea NC
70.00 miles
Built by Wilmington & Weldon RR 1885-86
to Atlantic Coast Line RR 5-1-1900

Fayetteville NC to Sanford NC
36.00 miles
Built by Western RR 1858-60
to Atlantic & Yadkin Ry (Southern Ry)
to Wilmington & Weldon RR
to Atlantic Coast Line RR 5-1-1900

Fayetteville NC to Wilmington NC
Built by Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley RR 1889-90
to Wilmington & Weldon RR

Wilmington NC to Rockfish Creek (Wallace) NC
Built by Wilmington & Raleigh RR 1836-38
to Wilmington & Weldon RR 2-14-1855

Rockfish Creek NC to Waynesboro(Goldsboro) NC
Built by Wilmington & Raleigh RR 1837-39
to Wilmington & Weldon RR 2-14-1855

Waynesboro (Goldsboro) NC to Enfield NC
Built by Wilmington & Raleigh RR 1838-40
to Wilmington & Weldon RR 2-14-1855

Enfield NC to Weldon NC

Goldsboro NC to Smithfield NC
Built by Midland North Carolina Ry 1881-83

Wilmington NC to Jacksonville NC
Built by Wilmington Onslow & East Carolina RR 1889-91
to Wilmington Newbern & Norfolk RR 6-12-1893
to Wilmington & Newbern RR 7-27-1897

Jacksonville NC to New Bern NC
Built by East Carolina Land & Railway 1890-93
to Wilmington Onslow & East Carolina RR
to Wilmington Newbern & Norfolk RR 6-12-1893
to Wilmington & Newbern RR 7-27-1897

N Wilmington to Belt Jct

Warsaw NC to Clinton NC
Built by Wilmington & Weldon RR 1887

Rocky Mount NC to Tarboro NC
Built by Wilmington & Weldon RR 1859-60

Pender NC to Scotland Neck NC

Scotland Neck NC to Parmele NC

Parmele NC to Kinston NC

Parmele NC to Washington NC

Rocky Mount NC to Spring Hope NC

Tarboro NC to Williamston NC
Construction started by Williamston & Tarboro RR 1872
completed by Albemarle & Raleigh RR 1883

Williamston Jct NC to Plymouth NC
Built by Albemarle & Raleigh RR 1888-89

Charleston & Western Carolina RR

Port Royal SC to Yemassee SC
Built by Port Royal RR 1871
to Port Royal & Augusta Ry 7-10-1878
to Charleston & Western Carolina Ry 10-3-1896
controlled by Atlantic Coast Line RR

Yemassee SC to Augusta GA
Built by Port Royal RR 1873
to Port Royal & Augusta Ry 7-10-1878
to Charleston & Western Carolina Ry 10-3-1896
controlled by Atlantic Coast Line RR

Augusta GA to Greenwood SC
Built by Augusta & Knoxville RR 1882
to Port Royal & Western Carolina Ry 10-27-1886
to Charleston & Western Carolina Ry 9-26-1896
controlled by Atlantic Coast Line RR

Greenwood SC to Spartanburg SC
Built by Greenwood Laurens & Spartanburg RR 1885
to Port Royal & Western Carolina Ry 10-27-1886

Laurens SC to Greenville SC
Built by Greenville & Laurens RR 1886
to Port Royal & Western Carolina Ry 10-27-1886

McCormick SC to Anderson SC
Built by Savannah Valley RR 1886

Savannah Florida & Western Ry

South Florida RR

Sanford to Kissimmee
Built by South Florida RR 1880-82
to Savannah, Florida & Western Ry 3-10-1893

Kissimmee to Tampa
Built by South Florida RR 1884
to Savannah, Florida & Western Ry 3-10-1893

Bartow to Croom
Built by South Florida RR 1884-85
to Savannah, Florida & Western Ry 3-10-1893

Croom to Inverness
Built by South Florida RR 1890-91

Sanford to Oviedo
Built by Sanford & Indian River RR 1881-85
To South Florida RR 3-10-1893

Oviedo Spur

Tampa to Port Tampa

Lake Alfred to Bartow

Kissimmee to St. Cloud
Built by St. Cloud & Sugar Belt RR 1888
To South Florida RR 3-10-1893

St. Cloud to Narcoosee
Built by St. Cloud & Sugar Belt RR 1888-89
To South Florida RR 3-10-1893

Waycross to Albany
Waycross to Waresboro
Built by Brunswick & Florida RR 1855-60
dismantled by Confederate government
to Brunswick & Albany RR 12-16-1861
to Brunswick & Western RR 12-19-1882
to Savannah Florida & Western Ry 7-1-1901
Waresboro to Albany 104.00 miles
Built by Brunswick & Albany RR 1869-71

Waycross to Brunswick
Built by Brunswick & Florida RR 1855-60
to Brunswick & Albany RR 12-16-1861
dismantled by Confederate government
rebuilt 1869-70
to Brunswick & Western RR 12-19-1882
to Savannah Florida & Western Ry 7-1-1901

Gulf Jct to Inverness
Built by Silver Springs, Ocala & Gulf RR 1890-91

Ocala to Homosassa
Built by Silver Springs, Ocala & Gulf RR 1885-88

Juliette to Morriston
Built by Savannah, Florida & Western Ry 1893

High Springs to Archer
Built by Savannah, Florida & Western Ry 1893

Live Oak to Branford
Built by Live Oak & Rowland's Bluff RR 1881-82

Branford to Newmansville
Built by Live Oak, Tampa & Charlotte Harbor RR 1882-83

Newmansville to Gainesville
Built by Savannah, Florida & Western Ry 1884

Lake City Jct to Lake City
Built by Savannah, Florida & Western Ry 1884-85

Milldale (Jacksonville) to Newberry
Built by Jacksonville & Southwestern RR 1899

Elba Branch
Waterford to Elba 37.22 miles
Built by Southwestern Alabama Ry 1896-98
to Savannah Florida & Western Ry 9-2-1901

Waterford wye

Montgomery to AL/GA Line
Montgomery to Sprague
Built by Montgomery Southern Ry 1880-82
to Montgomery & Florida Ry 5-24-1886
to Northwestern & Florida RR 7-14-1888
to Alabama Midland Ry 12-31-1889
to Atlantic Coast Line Ry 7-1-1902
Sprague AL to AL/GA State Line
Built by Alabama Midland Ry 1887-90

Luverne Branch
Montgomery to Ada AL 20.00 miles
Built by Montgomery Southern Ry 1880-82
to Montgomery & Florida Ry 5-24-1886
to Northwestern & Florida RR 7-14-1888
to Alabama Midland Ry 12-31-1889
to Atlantic Coast Line Ry 7-1-1902
Ada AL to Luverne AL 31.00 miles
Built by Montgomery & Florida Ry 1886-87

AL/GA Line to Waycross
AL/GA State Line to Bainbridge GA
Built by Alabama Midland Ry 1887-90
to Atlantic Coast Line Ry 7-1-1902
Bainbridge GA to Thomasville GA 36.00 miles
Built by Atlantic & Gulf RR 1865-67
Thomasville GA to Waycross GA 104.00 miles
Built by Atlantic & Gulf RR 1858-61

Waycross to Savannah
Waycross GA to Screvin GA 28.00 miles
Built by Atlantic & Gulf RR 1858-59
Screvin GA to Savannah GA 68.00 miles
Construction started by Savannah & Albany RR 1853
completed by Savannah Albany & Gulf RR 1856
to Atlantic & Gulf RR 5-1-1863

Savannah to St Andrews (Charleston) SC
Built by Charleston & Savannah RR 1856-60
to Savannah & Charleston RR 1-31-1867
to Charleston & Savannah Ry 7-9-1880

Johns Island to Ashley River SC
Built by Savannah & Charleston RR 1876-77
to Charleston & Savannah Ry 7-9-1880

Ashley River SC to Ashley Jct
Built by Ashley River RR 1876-78

Ravenel SC to Younges Island
Built by Charleston & Savannah Ry 1886-87

Toogoodoo Spur
abandoned 1952

Farming branch to Goshen

Hollywood Spur
abandoned 1952

Jacksonville to Jessup
Jessup GA to Folkston GA 55.00 miles
Built by Savannah Florida & Western Ry 1901-02
Folkston GA to St Marys River
Built by Waycross & Florida RR 1880-81
St Marys River to Jacksonville FL 37.00 miles
Built by East Florida Ry 1880-81

Folkston to Waycross
Built by Waycross & Florida RR 1880-81

Live Oak to Dupont
Dupont GA to FL/GA State Line 25.77 miles
reconstructed 1866
FL/GA State Line to Live Oak FL 23.00 miles
Built by Pensacola & Georgia RR 1864-66
to Atlantic & Gulf RR 7-17-1866

Albany to Thomasville
Thomasville GA to Camilla GA 31.50 miles
Built by South Georgia & Florida RR 1867-69
to Atlantic & Gulf RR 1-15-1869
Camilla GA to Albany GA 27.00 miles
Construction started by South Georgia & Florida RR 1869
completed 1870

Climax to Chattahoochee
River Jct (Chattahoochee) to FL/GA State Line
Built by Chattahoochee & East Pass Ry 1882-83
FL/GA State Line to Climax GA 28.31 miles
Built by Savannah Florida & Western Ry 1882-83

Otisca to Amsterdam
Built by Atlantic Coast Line RR 1903

Drifton to Thomasville
Built by Savannah Florida & Western Ry 1887-88

Albany Spur

Alma to Monticello

Jacksonville to Palatka
Built by Jacksonville Tampa & Key West Ry 1882-84
to Jacksonville & St Johns River Ry 6-5-1899

Sanford to Palatka
Built by Palatka & Indian River Ry 1884-5
to Jacksonville Tampa & Key West Ry 4-4-1887
to Jacksonville & St Johns River Ry 6-5-1899

Tampa to Vitis
Tampa to Thonotosassa 13.33 miles
Built by Tampa & Thonotosassa RR 1893
Thonotosassa to Vitis
Built ca1928

Eastport spur

Morriston to Archer
Built by ACL 1912-13

Fanlew Branch
Built by Florida Central RR 1907-08
to Atlantic Coast Line RR 1914

Savannah Spur

Savannah Union Station Lead

Savannah Garden City Spur

Punta Gorda to Fort Myers
Built by ACL 1903-04

Fort Myers to Marcos (Collier City)
46 miles
Built by Fort Myers Southern RR 1918-1923
(ACL Subsidiary)
Naples South abandoned by 1942

Newberry to Tyler
Built by ACL 1905-06

Tyler to Wilcox

Wilcox to Perry

Haines City to Sebring

Dunellon to Wilcox

Florence Villa to Niles
Built by ACL 1912

Lucerne Park Branch
Shown on 1927 soil survey map

Florida Southern

Arcadia to Punta Gorda
Built by Florida Southern Ry 1885-86
To Florida Southern RR 4-27-1892

Bartow to Arcadia
Built by Florida Southern Ry 1885-86
To Florida Southern RR 4-27-1892

Gainesville to Palatka
Built by Gainesville, Ocala & Charlotte Harbor Ry 1880-81
To Florida Southern Ry 4-8-1881
To Florida Southern RR 4-27-1892

Rochelle to Ocala
Built by Florida Southern Ry 1881

Micanopy Jct to Micanopy
Built by Florida Southern Ry 1883

Ocala to Leesburg
Built by Florida Southern Ry 1882-83

Proctor to Citra
Built by Florida Southern Ry 1884

Leesburg to Brooksville

Micanopy to Tacoma
Built by Florida Southern RR 1894-95

Yalaha to Okahumpka
Built by Yalaha & Western RR 1901-02

St Johns & Lake Eustis

Leesburg to Fort Mason
Built by St. John's & Lake Eustis Ry 1884 as 36" gauge
To St. John's & Lake Eustis RR 11-30-1896
Converted to standard gauge
To Atlantic Coast Line RR 7-1-1902

Astor to Eustis
Built by St. John's & Lake Eustis Ry 1879-80 as 36" gauge
To St. John's & Lake Eustis RR 11-30-1896
Converted to standard gauge
To Atlantic Coast Line RR 7-1-1902

Eustis to Lane Park
Built by St. John's & Lake Eustis Ry 1882-83 as 36" gauge
To St. John's & Lake Eustis RR 11-30-1896
Converted to standard gauge
To Atlantic Coast Line RR 7-1-1902

Tavares to Sanford
Built by Sanford & Lake Eustis RR 1885-87

Orange Belt Ry

Sylvan Lake to Oakland
Built by Orange Belt Ry 1885-86 as 36" gauge
To Sanford & St. Petersburg Ry 1-5-1894
To Atlantic Coast Line 4-1-1903

Oakland to St. Petersburg
Built by Orange Belt Ry 1886-88 as 36" gauge
To Sanford & St. Petersburg Ry 1-5-1894
To Atlantic Coast Line 4-1-1903

Sylvan Lake to Monroe
Built by Orange Belt Ry 1885-86 as 36" gauge
To Sanford & St. Petersburg Ry 1-5-1894
To Atlantic Coast Line 4-1-1903

Florida Midland Ry

Kissimmee to Harpersville
Built by Florida Midland Ry 1889-90

Harperville to Apopka
Built by Florida Midland Ry 1886-89

Apopka to Longwood
Built by Florida Midland Ry 1886-7
Abandoned 1904-06

Everglades City to Sebring
Completed by ACL 1928

Sarasota to South Fort

Tampa to Sarasota
Built by Tampa Southern (ACL Subsidiary) 1925

Winston & Bone Valley RR

Tiger Bay to Phosphoria
Built by Winston & Bone Valley RR 1900

Terracea Phosphate Mines to Phosphoria
4.00 mi.
Built by Winston & Bone Valley RR 1892-1893

Winston to Terracea Phosphate Mines
Built by Winston Lumber Co. 1890-91
To Winston & Bone Valley RR 1892

Tiger Bay to Fort Meade
Built by ACL 1909

Bonnie Wye to Bonnie

Kingsford to Nichols

Tancrede to WR Grace

Harrisburg to Clewiston
Built by Moore Haven & Clewiston RR 1925 (ACL subsidiary)

Sugar Jct to Lake Harbor

Keela to Duda

Sehanky Branch

Perry to Drifton
"Perry Cutoff"
Completed 1928

Charleston SC to Florence SC
Built by Northeastern RR 1853-57
to Atlantic Coast Line RR of South Carolina 7-18-1898

Sumter SC to Wilmington NC
Built by Wilmington & Manchester RR 1849-53
to Wilmington & Carolina RR 4-26-1870
to Wilmington Columbia & Augusta RR 3-1-1870
to Atlantic Coast Line RR of South Carolina 7-18-1898

Sumter SC to Kingville SC
Built by Wilmington & Manchester RR 1849-53
to Wilmington & Carolina RR 4-26-1870
to Wilmington Columbia & Augusta RR 3-1-1870
abandoned 1871
right of way later reused by Southern Ry

Florence SC to Cheraw SC
Built by Cheraw & Darlington RR 1850-53
to Atlantic Coast Line RR of South Carolina 7-18-1898?

Cheraw SC to Wadesboro NC
Built by Cheraw & Salisbury RR 1870-80
to Cheraw & Darlington RR 11-30-1892
to Atlantic Coast Line RR of South Carolina 7-18-1898?

Hartsville SC to Floyd SC
Built by Hartsville RR 1888-89
to Cheraw & Darlington RR 2-27-1895
to Atlantic Coast Line RR of South Carolina 7-18-1898?

Bishopville SC to Lucknow SC
Built by Bishopville RR 1890-91
to South & North Carolina RR 1-9-1892
to Manchester & Augusta RR 1-1-1896

Atkins SC to Bishopville SC
Built by Bishopville RR 1886-87
to South & North Carolina RR 1-9-1892
to Manchester & Augusta RR 1-1-1896
Atkins to Elliott abandoned 1895

Sumter SC to Columbia SC
Built by Wilmington Columbia & Augusta RR 1870-72
to Atlantic Coast Line RR of South Carolina 7-18-1898

Denmark SC to Remini SC
Built by Manchester & Augusta RR 1893-94

Sumter SC to Remini SC
Built by Manchester & Augusta RR 1-1-1888-90

Creston SC to Elloree SC
Built by Manchester & Augusta RR 1895

Elloree SC to Pregnall SC
Built by Eutawville RR 1885-86
to Charleston Sumter & Northern RR 1-6-1890
to Charleston & Northern RR 2-25-1895
to Manchester & Augusta RR

Eutawville SC to Ferguson SC
Built by Eutawville RR 1889-90
to Charleston Sumter & Northern RR 1-6-1890
to Charleston & Northern RR 2-25-1895
to Manchester & Augusta RR

Vance SC to Sumter SC to Darlington SC
Built by Charleston Sumter & Northern RR 1890-91
to Charleston & Northern RR 2-25-1895
to Wilson & Summerton RR 2-25-1895
to Northwestern RR Co of South Carolina 2-28-1899
controlled by Atlantic Coast Line RR and Thomas Wilson
abandoned south of St. Paul 7-1-1895
Sumter to St. Paul abandoned 8-3-1935

Darlington SC to Gibson NC
Built by Charleston Sumter & Northern RR 1890-92
to Cheraw & Darlington RR

Lane SC to Sumter SC
Built by Central RR Co of South Carolina 1879-82
controlled by ACL

Denmark to Robbins SC
Built by Atlantic Coast Line RR of South Carolina 1898-99

Pee Dee SC to SC/NC State Line
Built by Florence RR 1886-88

Latta SC to Dunbar SC
Built by Florence RR 1890-92

Dunbar SC to Clio SC
Built by Florence RR 1894-95

Conway SC to Myrtle Beach SC
Built by Conway Seashore RR 1900
to Conway Coast & Western RR 7-4-1904

Conway SC to SC/NC State Line
Built by Wilmington Chadbourn & Conway RR 1886-87
to Wilmington & Conway RR 1-18-1895
to Wilmington Columbia & Augusta RR 6-1-1896

Conway SC to Aynor SC
Built by Conway Coast & Western RR 1905-06

Chadbourn NC to SC/NC State Line
Built by Wilmington Chadbourn & Conwayboro RR 1884-85
to Wilmington Chadbourn & Conway RR 3-7-1887
to Wilmington & Conway RR 1-18-1895

Chadbourn to Boardman NC
Built by Wilmington Chadbourn & Conway RR 1889-91
to Wilmington & Conway RR 1-18-1895

Ashpole to Boardman NC
Built by Atlantic Coast Line RR 1900

Elrod NC to Ashpole NC
Built by Southeastern RR 1897-98

Wilmington to Leland

Washington NC to Vandemere NC
Built by Washington & Vandemere RR 1907-08
Leased to ACL 5-1-1927

Spring Hope NC to Rolesville NC
Built by Montgomery Lumber Co
to Atlantic Coast Line 12-10-1924

Tarboro NC to Aulander NC
Built by Norfolk & Carolina RR 1889-90

Aulander NC to Drivers VA
Construction started by Chowan & Southern RR 1889
completed by Norfolk & Carolina RR 1889

Pinners Point VA to Drivers VA
Built by Western Branch Ry 1887-88
to Chowan & Southern RR 6-30-1888
to Norfolk & Carolina RR 2-14-1889

Bennettsville SC to SC/NC State Line
Built by South Carolina Pacific Ry 1882-85
controlled by ACL

SC/NC State Line to Parkton NC

Hope Mills to McNatt NC
abandoned by ACL

Weldon NC to Emporia VA
Built by Petersburg RR 1831-33
to Richmond & Petersburg RR 11-21-1898
to Atlantic Coast Line RR Co of Virginia 11-21-1898

Petersburg VA to Emporia VA
Built by Petersburg RR 1831-32
to Richmond & Petersburg RR 11-21-1898
to Atlantic Coast Line RR Co of Virginia 11-21-1898

Richmond VA to Petersburg VA
Built by Richmond & Petersburg RR 1836-38
to Atlantic Coast Line RR Co of Virginia 11-21-1898

Clopton VA to James River
Built by Richmond & Petersburg RR 1890-91

Walthall to Port Walthall
Built by Richmond & Petersburg RR 1842-44
abandoned
route uncertain

Collier VA to BX

Hicksford VA to Gaston NC
Built by Greensburg & Roanoke RR 1834-37
to Petersburg RR 11-13-1855

Columbia Newberry & Laurens RR

Newberry to Laurens SC
Built by Laurens RR 1854
wrecked and rails removed during Civil War
rebuilt by Richmond & Danville (Greenville & Columbia RR)
to Laurens Ry 2-1-1881
to Columbia Newberry & Laurens RR 1-15-1896
to ACL control 1924

Columbia SC to Newberry SC
Built by Columbia Newberry & Laurens RR 1886-90
to ACL control 1924

Atlanta Birmingham & Coast

AB&C Brunswick to Manchester
Brunswick to Offerman 48.70 miles
Built by Brunswick & Birmingham RR 1902
to Atlantic & Birmingham Ry 8-9-1904
to Atlanta Birmingham & Atlantic RR 4-12-1906
to Atlanta Birmingham & Coast
Offerman to Nicholls GA 35.50 miles
Built as logging railroad 1877
incorporated as Offerman & Western RR 1899
to Bruswick & Birmingham RR 7-1-1902
Nicholls to Douglas GA 13.60 miles
Built by Waycross Air Line RR 1898
to Atlantic & Birmingham Ry 11-27-1901
Douglas to Montezuma GA 96.70 miles
Built by Atlantic & Birmingham Ry 1901-03
Montezuma GA to Manchester
Built by to Atlanta Birmingham & Atlantic RR 1906-07

Thomasville to Fitzgerald
Thomasville GA to Tifton GA 55.80 miles
Built by Tifton Thomasville & Gulf Ry 1899 (controlled by Union Lbr Co)
to Atlantic & Birmingham Ry 12-3-1903
to Atlanta Birmingham & Atlantic RR 4-12-1906
to Atlanta Birmingham & Coast
Tifton GA to Fitzgerald GA 24.50 miles
Built by Tifton & Northeastern RR 1896

Waycross to Sessoms
Built by Waycross Air Line RR 1890
to Atlanta Birmingham & Atlantic RR 4-12-1906
to Atlanta Birmingham & Coast

Manchester to Atlanta
Completed by AB&A 4-14-1908

Atlanta Bellwood Yd

Atlanta Connection

Manchester to LaGrange
Completed by AB&A 3-3-1907

LaGrange to Roanoke
Completed by AB&A 8-4-1907

Roanoke to Wadley

Wadley to Talladega

Talladega to Pelham

Pelham to Readers Gap

Readers Gap to Birmingham

Bushnell GA to Ocilla GA
Built by Brunswick & Birmingham RR ca1903
route uncertain

Ocilla GA to Irwinville GA
Built by Ocilla & Irwinville RR 1900
to Bruswick & Birmingham RR 2-19-1903

Irwinville GA to Alapaha River
Built by Canda Lumber Co.
to Brunsswick & Birmingham RR 2-18-1903
route uncertain
parts of grade visible in aerial photos

AB&A LaGrange

Bessemer to Bessemer Jct

Bessemer Jct to ?

Dolomite to Mulga Mine
Built by Atlanta Birmingham & Coast RR?
sold to Woodward Iron Co.?

AB&A Sidings & Spurs

Birmingham