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The Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum (initialised HOD, reporting mark CSMX) is the official state railroad museum of Alabama.Dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and operation of historically significant railway equipment, the museum is located at 1919 Ninth Street, Calera, Alabama, on I-65 approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Birmingham.
The Citronelle Railroad Historic District is a historic district in Citronelle, Alabama, United States. It is roughly bounded by Centre and Main streets from Union to Faye streets. The district covers 42.3 acres (0.171 km 2) and contains 28 contributing properties. [2] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 25 ...
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Houston County was the last county created in the state, on February 9, 1903. [3] According to 2023 U.S. Census data, the average population of Alabama's 67 counties is 76,246, with Jefferson County as the most populous (662,895), and Greene County (7,341) the least. [7] The average land area is 756 sq mi (1,958 km 2).
The Madison Station Historic District is a historic district in Madison, Alabama.Madison was first settled around 1818 as a farming community, but significant growth began in 1858, when the first depot was built along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad line.
The North Alabama Railroad Museum, Inc. is a railroad museum in Huntsville, Alabama.The museum, incorporated in 1966, is an all volunteer organization. The museum has a collection of rolling stock, a small train station, and a small heritage railroad called the Mercury and Chase Railroad which operates between April and December.
The depot was built in 1907 along with the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Atlantic Railroad line as part of an expansion from West Point, Georgia, to Talladega, Alabama. The Callaway Corporation, who operated numerous textile mills along the Chattahoochee River and later founded Callaway Gardens , purchased the land that would later become the town ...
A new gateway marks the connecting point at the state line. Now that the Chief Ladiga and the Silver Comet trails are connected, there is a 90-mile (145 km) paved corridor for non-motorized travel from just west of Atlanta, Georgia to Anniston, making it the 2nd longest paved trail in the U.S (the longest being the Paul Bunyan State Trail in ...