Bay Line Railroad
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Reporting mark | BAYL |
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Locale | Florida Panhandle and southeastern Alabama |
Dates of operation | 1994 | –
Predecessor | Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Length | 103 miles (166 km) |
Headquarters | Panama City, Florida |
Website | Official website |
The Bay Line Railroad (reporting mark BAYL) is one of several short line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates between Panama City, Florida, and Dothan, Alabama, including a branch from Grimes to Abbeville, Alabama, reached via trackage rights on CSX's Dothan Subdivision between Dothan and Grimes. The line interchanges with CSX's P&A Subdivision at Cottondale, Florida, and their Dothan Subdivision at the trackage rights section near Dothan, Alabama. It also interchanges with the Chattahoochee Bay Railroad in Dothan.
A wide variety of commodities are carried, including aggregates, brick, cement, chemicals, coal, food and feed products, forest products, metallic ores and minerals, steel, and scrap.[1]
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History
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The company's main line between Panama City and Dothan was constructed in 1906–1908 by the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad (ASAB).[2] The Abbeville branch was constructed in 1887–1893 by the Alabama Midland Railway and came under the control of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902.[3] CSX Transportation, eventual successor to the ACL, sold the line to the Abbeville–Grimes Railway Company (AG) in 1989.[4] This company was merged with the Bay Line Railroad on June 26, 1996.[5]
The Stone Container Corporation had owned the ASAB since 1987.[6][page needed] Effective January 1, 1994, it sold the assets of the railroad to Rail Management Corporation, which created the new Bay Line Railroad company to operate it.[7] Genesee and Wyoming acquired all the assets of Rail Management on June 1, 2005, including the Bay Line Railroad.[8]
Notes
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- ↑ Moody's 1921, p. 352
- ↑ Owens 1921, p. 71
- ↑ Lewis 1991, p. 8
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- ↑ Smiley 1989
- ↑ Lewis 1996, pp. 40–41
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