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The Western Railway of Alabama (WRA) also seen as "WofA" [1] was created as the Western Railroad of Alabama by the owners of the Montgomery & West Point Railroad (M&WP) in 1860. It was built to further the M&WP's development West from Montgomery, Alabama to Selma, Alabama .
Georgia and Alabama Railway: Savannah, Florida and Western Railway: ACL: 1901 1902 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad: Savannah and Memphis Railroad: CG: 1866 1880 Columbus and Western Railway: Savannah and Western Railroad: CG: 1885 1895 Central of Georgia Railway: Seaboard Railroad of Alabama: 1890 1900 Tombigbee and Northern Railway: Seaboard Air ...
The Montgomery and West Point Railroad (M&WP) was an early 19th-century railroad in Alabama and Georgia.It played an important role during the American Civil War as a supply and transportation route for the Confederate Army, and, as such, was the target of a large raid by Union cavalry in the summer of 1864, called Wilson's Raid.
The following railroads have been known as Western Railroad or Western Railway: Western Railroad Company, builders of a Heavener, Oklahoma to Waldron, Arkansas line now operated by the Arkansas Southern Railroad; Western Railroad (Texas) of New Braunfels; Western Railroad of Alabama; Western Railway of Alabama; Western Railway of Arizona
Western Rail Road Company of Alabama. Under special act of Alabama, Feb. 23, 1860. Sold at foreclosure May 10, 1875, after receivership begun Apr. 1, 1874, and conveyed to 2, Sept. 1, 1875. 4 Montgomery and West Point Rail Road Company. Under special act of Alabama, Feb. 13, 1843. Merged with 3, Sept. 1, 1870. 5 Montgomery Rail Road Company.
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad; Alabama and Florida Railroad (1986–1992) Alabama and Florida Railway; Alabama Midland Railway; Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad; Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway; Andalusia and Conecuh Railroad; Anniston and Atlantic Railroad; Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad; Atlanta and Birmingham Air ...
Until the 1960s, the route carried Southern Railway passenger trains, such as the Crescent and the Piedmont Limited on New York to New Orleans service. [3] By the latter 1960s, the Crescent was the only remaining passenger train. In 1970, the Crescent was rerouted on its present-day more northwestern route, through Birmingham.
The station also served passenger trains of Atlantic Coast Line, Western Railway of Alabama, Seaboard Air Line, Central of Georgia, and Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The station had six tracks under a 600-foot-long (180 m) shed, with a coach yard on the south end of the station as well as a Railway Express Agency facility.