Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad
The railroad's Byromville, Georgia station in 1938 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Reporting mark | AB&C |
| Locale | Alabama Georgia |
| Dates of operation | 1887–1945 |
| Successor | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 640 miles (1,030 kilometres) |
The Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad was organized in 1926 to replace the bankrupt Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway. The AB&C was controlled by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which owned a majority of the stock. In 1944 it reported 763 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 33 million passenger-miles; at the end of that year it operated 639 miles of road and 836 miles of track (the main trackage plus all sidings, spurs, terminal tracks, and shared tracks).