Lineville Subdivision

The Lineville Subdivision is a railroad line currently operated by CSX Transportation in Georgia and Alabama. It runs from Parkwood (a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama) southeast though Lineville, Alabama to Manchester, Georgia, a distance of 179.4 miles (288.7 km). It connects with CSX's Manchester Subdivision and Fitzgerald Subdivision in Manchester.^[1]

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Legend
Milepost fmr. AB&C/ACL to Bessemer CSX S&NA South Subdivision ANJ 967.4 Parkwood Buck Creek CSX S&NA South Subdivision ANJ 959.6 Pelham ANJ 949.0 Watkins ANJ 945.1 Chelsea ANJ 939.2 Westover Wilsonville Branch Norfolk Southern Central of Georgia District ANJ 929.7 Arkwright ANJ 926.0 Coosa Pines ANJ 913.1 Shocco Norfolk Southern Anniston District Eastern Alabama Railway ANJ 910.2 Talladega ANJ 908.4 Bama Junction fmr. Anniston and Atlantic Railroad (L&N) ANJ 904.3 Carara ANJ 902.8 Waldo ANJ 895.8 Weathers ANJ 881.6 Lineville ANJ 872.1 Cragford ANJ 857.2 Wadley Tallapoosa River ANJ 852.3 Blake ANJ 849.7 Dickert ANJ 843.1 Roanoke fmr. East Alabama and Cincinnati Railway (CoG) ANJ 834.2 Standing Rock Alabama Georgia Chattahoochee River ANJ 825.3 Pyne CSX A&WP Subdivision ANJ 818.2 XXB 71.0 LaGrange CSX A&WP Subdivision LaGrange Yard ANJ 805.0 Stovall fmr. Savannah and Western Railroad (CoG) ANJ 799.7 Durand ANJ 793.3 Warm Springs fmr. Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad (SOU) ANJ 788.1 Manchester CSX ← Fitzgerald Subdivision Manchester Subdivision →
Note: Not to scale

History

The Lineville Subdivision was complete in 1908 by the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway (AB&A). In 1926, the AB&A went into receivership and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) purchased a majority stock in the AB&A. The Atlantic Coast Line reorganized the AB&A as the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad (AB&C) and continued to operate it as a separate company.^[2] The Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad operated passenger service on the line from Birmingham, which continued south on the AB&C network to Waycross, Brunswick, and Thomasville.^[2]

In 1946, the Atlantic Coast Line fully absorbed the AB&C and it became their Western Division. The Atlantic Coast Line became the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL) in 1967 after merging with their rival, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL). The Seaboard Coast Line adopted the Seaboard Air Line's method of naming their lines as subdivisions which resulted in the from Manchester to Parkwood being named the Lineville Subdivision. The former AB&C/ACL track beyond Parkwood to Birmingham was designated as the Elyton Subdivision.^[3] The Elyton Subdivision was abandoned in 1988 and the Lineville Subdivision now merges with the S&NA South Subdivision (a former Louisville and Nashville Railroad line) at Parkwood. An overpass that once carried the former Elyton Subdivision over Carolina Avenue in Bessemer still stands abandoned today.^[4]

In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation. The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately until 1986, when they were merged into CSX Transportation, who operates the Lineville Subdivision today. A short segment of the Lineville Subdivision has been abandoned in LaGrange, which has been consolidated with the A&WP Subdivision.^[5]

Historic stations

Manchester to Birmingham

State	Milepost	City/Location	Station[6][3]	Connections and notes
GA	ANJ 788.1	Manchester	Manchester
	ANJ 793.3	Warm Springs	Warm Springs	originally Bullochville junction with Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad (SOU)
	ANJ 797.1		Camp Ground
	ANJ 799.7		Durand	junction with Savannah and Western Railroad (CoG)
	ANJ 800.6		Carlsbad
	ANJ 805.0		Stovall
	ANJ 809.5		Big Springs
	ANJ 812.0		Knott
	ANJ 818.2	LaGrange	LaGrange	junction with Atlanta and West Point Railroad
	ANJ 825.3		Pyne
	ANJ 828.7		Abbottsford
AL	ANJ 834.2		Standing Rock	junction with Chattahoochee Valley Railway
	ANJ 837.1		Cedric
	ANJ 843.1	Roanoke	Roanoke	junction with East Alabama and Cincinnati Railway (CoG)
	ANJ 847.7		Peavy
	ANJ 849.7		Dickert
	ANJ 852.3		Blake
	ANJ 853.4		Abanda
	ANJ 857.2	Wadley	Wadley
	ANJ 863.8		Malone
	ANJ 872.1		Cragford
	ANJ 873.2		Berwick
	ANJ 881.6	Lineville	Lineville
	ANJ 886.6		Highland
	ANJ 888.0		Pyriton
	ANJ 892.2		Erin
	ANJ 893.7		Clairmont Springs
	ANJ 895.8		Weathers
	ANJ 897.5		Chandler
	ANJ 902.8	Waldo	Waldo
	ANJ 904.3		Carara
	ANJ 905.8		Stockdale
	ANJ 908.4	Talladega	Bama Junction	junction with Anniston and Atlantic Railroad (L&N)
	ANJ 910.2		Talladega	junction with Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad (CoG)
	ANJ 913.1		Shocco
	ANJ 919.5		St. Ives
	ANJ 924.0		Grasmere
	ANJ 926.0		Coosa Pines
	ANJ 929.7		Arkwright
	ANJ 932.0	Harpersville	Harpersville
	ANJ 939.2	Westover	Westover
	ANJ 945.1	Chelsea	Chelsea
	ANJ 947.8		Scotia
	ANJ 949.0		Watkins
	ANJ 955.1		Deerhurst
	ANJ 959.6	Pelham	Pelham
	ANJ 961.7	Helena	Helena	junction with South and North Alabama Railroad (L&N)
	ANJ 967.4		Parkwood
	ANJ 971.2		Purser
	ANJ 974.3	Bessemer	Bessemer
	ANJ 974.6		Bessemer Yard
	ANJ 984.0	Birmingham	Elyton
	ANJ 985.9		Birmingham

See also

• List of CSX Transportation lines
• Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad