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 . It connects with CSX's Manchester Subdivision and Fitzgerald Subdivision in Manchester.http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/LN-Lineville_Sub CSX Lineville Sub
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. 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.
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.Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Florence and Atlanta Division Timetable (1982) 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.
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.CSX Atlanta Division Timetable (2005)
Historic stations +Manchester to BirminghamStateMilepostCity/LocationStationConnections and notesGAANJ 788.1ManchesterManchester ANJ 793.3Warm SpringsWarm Springsoriginally Bullochvillejunction with Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad (SOU)ANJ 797.1Camp GroundANJ 799.7Durandjunction with Savannah and Western Railroad (CoG)ANJ 800.6CarlsbadANJ 805.0StovallANJ 809.5Big SpringsANJ 812.0KnottANJ 818.2LaGrangeLaGrangejunction with Atlanta and West Point RailroadANJ 825.3PyneANJ 828.7AbbottsfordALANJ 834.2Standing Rockjunction with Chattahoochee Valley RailwayANJ 837.1CedricANJ 843.1RoanokeRoanokejunction with East Alabama and Cincinnati Railway (CoG)ANJ 847.7PeavyANJ 849.7DickertANJ 852.3BlakeANJ 853.4AbandaANJ 857.2WadleyWadleyANJ 863.8MaloneANJ 872.1CragfordANJ 873.2Berwick ANJ 881.6LinevilleLinevilleANJ 886.6HighlandANJ 888.0Pyriton ANJ 892.2Erin ANJ 893.7Clairmont SpringsANJ 895.8Weathers ANJ 897.5ChandlerANJ 902.8WaldoWaldoANJ 904.3Carara ANJ 905.8Stockdale ANJ 908.4TalladegaBama Junctionjunction with Anniston and Atlantic Railroad (L&N)ANJ 910.2Talladega junction with Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad (CoG)ANJ 913.1Shocco ANJ 919.5St. IvesANJ 924.0GrasmereANJ 926.0Coosa Pines ANJ 929.7ArkwrightANJ 932.0HarpersvilleHarpersvilleANJ 939.2WestoverWestoverANJ 945.1ChelseaChelseaANJ 947.8ScotiaANJ 949.0WatkinsANJ 955.1DeerhurstANJ 959.6PelhamPelhamANJ 961.7HelenaHelenajunction with South and North Alabama Railroad (L&N)ANJ 967.4ParkwoodANJ 971.2PurserANJ 974.3BessemerBessemerANJ 974.6Bessemer YardANJ 984.0BirminghamElytonANJ 985.9Birmingham
See also List of CSX Transportation lines Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
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