alabama and gulf coast railway agr emd gp40 no. 4028 reporting mark agr locale alabama florida and mississippi dates of operation 1997 1997 track gauge 4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm length 348 miles 560 km headquarters monroeville alabama website official website the alabama and gulf coast railway reporting mark agr is a class ii railroad 1 owned by genesee & wyoming . it operates 348 miles 560 km of track 2 from the pensacola florida export terminals west of downtown north to columbus mississippi with trackage rights along bnsf railway to amory mississippi . a branch uses trackage rights along norfolk southern from kimbrough alabama west and south to mobile alabama with separate trackage at the end of the line in mobile . contents 1 history 1.1 predecessor lines 1.1.1 pre 1922 1.1.2 1922 1997 1.2 current railroad 2 traffic 3 connections 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit predecessor lines edit the current agr is composed of numerous lines built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries which were gradually consolidated into a system that was purchased by the st. louis san francisco railway and remained under that railroad or its successor s control until 1997 when it was spun off into an independent company . pre 1922 edit the earliest ancestor of the agr was the pensacola and mobile railroad and manufacturing company which in 1861 constructed 5 miles 8.0 km miles of track between muscogee florida and cantonment florida . this line was dismantled by confederate forces during the civil war so that the iron rails could be used elsewhere . 3 the railroad was not rebuilt until 1877 . in 1874 the company took control of the pensacola and perdido railroad which ran west from pensacola about five miles to a lumber mill at millview florida on perdido bay . in 1892 the system merged with the pensacola alabama and tennessee railroad which connected the millview and muscogee branches . shortly thereafter the railroad was renamed the gulf ports terminal railway . 4 in 1910 the gulf ports terminal railway was acquired by southern states lumber which operated 68 miles 109 km of track to move lumber from forests in baldwin county alabama to its large mill at muscogee and on to the port of pensacola for export . the combined system had a total length of around 80 miles 130 km . 4 in 1911 the railroad was acquired by the gulf florida and alabama railway . soon after construction of a line from cantonment to pensacola was begun being completed in 1913 . almost immediately following the completion of this line another much longer line was begun this one from cantonment north via atmore and frisco city alabama to an interchange with the southern railway at kimbrough alabama . the line including a large bridge over the alabama river was completed in 1915 . 4 1922 1997 edit in 1922 the gulf florida and alabama railway was acquired by the muscle shoals birmingham and pensacola railroad msb & p which only three years later was bought by the frisco st. louis san francisco railway . after the acquisition the frisco constructed a line from aberdeen mississippi to kimbrough connecting the former msb & p with the rest of the frisco s system . this line was completed in 1928 . during the middle of the 20th century the railroad operated as part of the frisco moving bulk products south to pensacola for export and produce products north although chemical and paper products took on increased importance by the 1970s . passenger service over the line continued until 1955 when the sunnyland operating between pensacola and kansas city missouri via amory mississippi and memphis tennessee was discontinued . in 1980 the frisco was acquired by the burlington northern railroad bn itself a product of a merger of several railroads in 1970 . in 1995 the bn merged with the atchison topeka and santa fe railway to form the bnsf railway . current railroad edit in 1997 when bnsf spun off the route between kimbrough and pensacola the alabama and gulf coast was formed to take over operations . in 2003 bnsf sold additional trackage to the agr a line between kimbrough and columbus mississippi as well as isolated trackage near mobile alabama . as part of this deal the agr gained trackage rights on bnsf between columbus and amory and on the norfolk southern railway between mobile and kimbrough . 4 in 2002 the agr which had been formerly owned by states rail inc. a short line holding company was acquired by railamerica . 2 4 in late 2012 genesee & wyoming acquired the railroad as part of its acquisition of railamerica . traffic edit the railroad s traffic comes mainly from industrial materials such as metals coal paper products chemicals and limestone . the agr hauled around 61 000 carloads in 2008 . 2 connections edit connections are made at the following locations bnsf railway at amory mississippi canadian national railway at mobile alabama columbus and greenville railway at columbus mississippi csx transportation at mobile alabama linden alabama and cantonment florida golden triangle railroad at columbus mississippi kansas city southern railway at mobile alabama and columbus mississippi m & b railroad at linden alabama norfolk southern railway at mobile alabama kimbrough alabama demopolis alabama and boligee alabama terminal railway alabama state docks at mobile alabama see also edit railways portal st. louis san francisco railway list of united states railroads list of florida railroads list of mississippi railroads references edit 2013 alabama rail directory pdf . alabama department of transportation . june 2014 . archived from the original pdf on 3 march 2015 . retrieved 3 march 2015 . a b c railamerica s empire . trains magazine . kalmbach publishing . june 2010 . pensacola & mobile . confederate railroads . retrieved 5 april 2011 . a b c d e history of the alabama and gulf coast railway . the unofficial agr railfan site . archived from the original on 19 september 2011 . retrieved 16 july 2010 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to alabama and gulf coast railway . official website pensacola & mobile at confederate railroads gulf florida and alabama railway at taplines short line and industrial railroading in the south ; includes pictures and map v t e railroads of florida common carriers agr an bayl csxt fcrd fcen fec fmid fnor fwcr gfrr gsf maup ns scxf sglr ttr passenger carriers amtk fgcx gcox ilrv jta mmr mmv okrr te & g teco trcx wdwm wdwrr private carriers cfiz cydx imcx nasa pfmx ppbd ppc railroad stations apopka boca grande boca raton tri rail boca raton fec boynton beach chipley crestview cypress dade city deland deerfield beach delray beach tri rail delray beach sal dundee fort lauderdale gainesville golden glades hialeah hollywood jacksonville kissimmee lake city lake placid lake wales lake worth lakeland live oak lloyd madison mangonia park miami miami airport milton mount dora naples ocala okeechobee opa locka opa locka tri rail orlando 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ntr oh & cc prv sbd slsf sou sr see also list of united states railroads by political division v t e regional railroads of north america current as of 2006 agr arr bprr cartier cc cmq corp dmvw eje fec glc iais inrd iory ko kyle mna mrl nkcr necr nysw npr ont pal par pnwr pw rrvw qns & l sjvr skol tner txpf utah we wsor former ac bar bcol ble ckry cv dme dh dm dmir dwp fvw gsf gswr gwwr ice imrl mma msrc ple rfp so sr sswn tpw tsby wc wcrc wict wrpi v t e genesee & wyoming canadian railroads cape breton & central nova scotia goderich exeter huron central knob lake and timmins ottawa valley quebec gatineau southern ontario st laurent & atlantique western labrador american railroads alabama & gulf coast aliquippa & ohio river allegheny & eastern an railway arizona & california arizona eastern arkansas louisiana & mississippi arkansas midland atlantic & western bauxite & northern bay line buffalo & pittsburgh california northern carolina piedmont cascade & columbia river central oregon & 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