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	Railroad Guide: Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
		Incorporated in Virginia in 1870 for the purpose of consolidating the Norfolk and Petersburg, the Southside, the Virginia and Tennessee, and the Virginia and Kentucky railroads.
		Reorganized in 1880 from the Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
		Incorporated in Kentucky (1906) for the purpose of constructing a railroad in Pulaski and Whitley counties.
	spec.lib.vt.edu /railroad/guiderr.htm (13528 words)

	Alabama Great Southern Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, Ltd., a British company, was organized in 1877 by railroad investor Emile Erlanger as the successor to the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad.
		In the late nineteenth century, the AGS was one of the five railroads that comprised the Queen and Crescent Route between Cincinnati, the Queen City of the Midwest, and New Orleans, the Crescent City.
		In April, 1890 the East Tennesee, Virginia and Georgia Railway and the Richmond and Danville Railroad purchased a controlling interest in the AGS.
	www.railga.com /ags.html (168 words)

	NOAA's National Weather Service - Birmingham, Alabama
		The freight and passenger depot of the railroad, seven freight cars, a cotton ginnery, a livery stable, a grist mill, 21 negro cabins, the town hotel and 10 substantial homes were destroyed.
		Great giants of the forest were twisted, bent and broken.
		The Alabama Great Southern Railroad lost their water tank, depot and warehouse, with contents of 7 railroad cars, some of which were well ladened.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /bmx/significant_events/1904/01_22/index.php (205 words)

	Southern Railway
		Richmond and Danville Railroad, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway, the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, and the Alabama Great Southern Railroad.
		Southern acquired the Central of Georgia Railway and the Georgia and Florida in 1963.
		In 1971, Southern purchased the Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia Railway.
	railga.com /sr.html (390 words)

	History
		In 1879, when the Alabama Great Southern Railroad was built through Attalla, and a hotel was built on the railroad property there to serve as a depot and as an eating place, he went to Attalla and became the first one to operate it.
		A Southern Methodist Episcopal church was erected in 1865.
		Alabama City was his “child” and he never deviated from his campaign for it to absorb both Attalla and Gadsden.
	www.cityofattalla.com /html/history.shtml (3937 words)

	Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History - Archives
		The Southern Railway Historical Association, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization chartered in North Carolina for the preservation and dissemination of information related to Southern Railway, its predecessors, successors and affiliates.
		Southern Railway was created in 1894, largely from the financially-stressed Richmond and Danville system and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad.
		Southern also subsequently controlled the Queen and Crescent Route (Alabama Great Southern; New Orleans and Northeastern; Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific; and for a time the Alabama and Vicksburg), and the Georgia Southern and Florida, which were operated separately.
	www.southernmuseum.org /archives/cosubsidariesannreports.html (3704 words)

	Alabama Great Southern Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, Ltd., (AGS) a British company, was organized in 1877 by railroad investor Emile Erlanger as the successor to the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad (AandC).
		In April, 1890 the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway (ETVandG) and the Richmond and Danville Railroad (RandD) purchased a controlling interest in the AGS.
		Today it is in operation as a division of Norfolk Southern Railway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alabama_Great_Southern_Railroad (286 words)

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		Norfolk Southern Railway Company ("NSR"); Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company ("AGS"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NSR; Maurice Weldon, a conductor for AGS; and Thomas J. Archer, an engineer for AGS.
		As they did in the trial court, NSR and AGS assert in their brief to this Court that federal moneys had been used to install the passive warning devices, i.e., the crossbucks, the pavement markings, and the "no passing zone" signs and that, therefore, Johnson's state-law claims are preempted by federal law.
		He stated that the grocery store was located west of the railroad tracks and was therefore nearest the house track, and about 200 feet from the railroad crossing.
	www.wallacejordan.com /decisions/Opinions2003/1011573.htm (5396 words)

	guiderr_updated
		Leased by the Illinois and St. Louis Railroad and Coal Company (1889); consolidated with several other railroads in 1889 to form the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad Company.
		Incorporated in North Carolina (1855) for the purpose of constructing a railroad to connect the North Carolina Railroad and the Mississippi Valley.
		Incorporated in North Carolina (1852) for the purpose of connecting Fayetteville with the coal regions of Moore County, North Carolina.
	southern.railfan.net /tree/guiderr_updated.htm (7434 words)

	Southern Company - Home
		The report covers our plans and performance concerning ethics, emerging generation technologies, clean air and water, land and natural resource conservation, safety, work force diversity, community investment, economic development and other subjects.
		Southern Company posts strong third quarter earnings; meets record demand as economic, customer growth continue.
		Third quarter earnings to be released Oct. 26
	www.southernco.com (131 words)

	Alabama Academy of Honor: Frank Park Samford, Jr.
		Samford was born January 29, 1921, in Montgomery, Alabama, the son of Hattie Mae Noland and Frank Park Samford, Sr., insurance company executive, grandson of William H. Samford, lawyer, U.S. Congressman, State Senator, and Governor of Alabama.
		Samford was a charter member of the Kidney Foundation of Alabama and was currently chairman of the $1.5 million fund-raising campaign for the Alabama Kidney Center at the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham.
		In 1970, he was a trustee-at-large of the Independent College Funds of America, and he has served as a trustee on the boards of the University of Montevallo, Auburn University, and Indian Springs School.
	www.archives.state.al.us /famous/academy/f_samjr.html (629 words)

	RAILROAD TO PAY $13M TO SETTLE LIABILITY AT SUPERFUND SITE US Department of Justice - Find Articles
		Two weeks ago, Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, found the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company liable for pollution at the site caused by the Creosote Works, one of the oldest industrial facilities in the area.
		It was built by the railroad in 1882 and operated almost continuously until 1972.
		The railroad used the Creosote Works to treat piles and timbers used in the construction of the Lake Ponchartrain trestle to complete the rail line from Cincinnati to New Orleans.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pjus/is_199902/ai_1120523497 (604 words)

	Alabama Academy of Honor: John Cecil Persons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Entering the University of Alabama in 1909, he also served as bursar and registrar before coming treasurer to the university his senior year.
		Serving overseas from 1917 to 1919 as captain and major in the 4th and 7th Infantry Divisions, in 1924 he was appointed lieutenant colonel in the Alabama National Guard.
		Promoted to brigadier general in 1930 he was made major general in l940 and lead the 31st Infantry Division in the new Guinea Campaigns and commanded the assault troops in the occupation of Morotai.
	www.archives.state.al.us /famous/academy/j_person.html (413 words)

	Bessemer Hall of History
		The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company completed construction of the Bessemer passenger terminal in March, 1916.
		The structure located at 1905 Alabama Avenue is 170 feet long and 50 feet wide with exterior walls of pressed brown brick.
		The combination of hot water and steam offered great economy of operation since the entire building could be heated with only one pound pressure of steam.
	www.bhamrails.info /Bess_Hall_Hist/bess_hall_hist_02.htm (636 words)

	Attalla, Alabama
		In the early 1870s, the Wills Valley Railroad was completed from Chattanooga, Tennessee, along the base of historic Lookout Mountain to Attalla.
		The Alabama Great Southern Railroad was constructed through Attalla in 1879.
		The origins of Alabama Power Company can be traced to Attalla and the company still supplies free electricity to the city's public schools.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2467.html (464 words)

	Woodlawn History
		Rockville was renamed Wood Station in 1870, the same year that the Alabama Great Southern Railroad built a line through the Jones Valley.
		In 1884, the Georgia Pacific Railroad was completed and used for transportation from Wood Station into Birmingham.
		In 1891 Woodlawn was declared a municipal corporation by the General Assembly of the State of Alabama.
	www.uab.edu /woodlawn/woodlawn_history.html (727 words)

	Manuscript Guide "G", Special Collections, Virginia Tech
		Papers consist of a personal resume, corporate dossier, photocopies of photographs and documents, and blue drawings of portions of her work including an office building and an apartment building.
		Discusses family matters, the Southern cause, camp conditions, and military operations, particularly the Gettysburg campaign and the final battles around Richmond and Petersburg.
		Dissolved in 1933; all railroad lines were then conveyed to the Norfolk and Western Railway Company.
	spec.lib.vt.edu /specgen/msguide/mgg.htm (3071 words)

	Railroads
		With a growing inventory of sixteen railroads, operating in fourteen states, Watc
		With Watco as your shortline carrier, you will be better able to increase the profitability and efficiency of your own operations, as well as have greater control of your shipments and associated costs.
		Watco Railroads are excited about providing an environment for its customers, and employees, that ensures long term mutual success and growth.
	www.watcocompanies.com /railroads.htm (166 words)

	West Blocton - History of the Behive Coke Ovens
		He had acquired thousands of acres of coal lands in the Cahaba coal field that contained coal that was excellent for coking, steam, and domestic use.
		Whilst the present development of your property looks very large and is relatively large (this Company being the largest producer of bituminous coal and pig iron for the open market of any company in America), notwithstanding this fact, we are not working and have not worked over five percent, of our property.
		The possession and ownership of such an estate should be a matter of pride to all the stockholders, for when it is fully developed, it will not only be a great heritage to your posterity but will also be the greatest factor in building up and giving prosperity to the South.
	www.wbbm.org /history-west-blocton.htm (2387 words)

	Auburn University Libraries: Bits & PCs
		The first was from a collector in Arlington, Virginia who had annual reports for the Alabama Great Southern Railroad from 1895-1940 and another set for the Mobile and Ohio from 1901-1931 as well as issues of Ties, the company magazine of the former Southern Railroad, from 1947-82.
		We had already acquired some railroad annual reports and some for both of these railroads, but our holdings were skimpy in the case of the Alabama Great Southern and considerably later for the Mobile and Ohio.
		I was excited to have acquired some hunks of early primary documents for researchers of Alabama railroad history.
	www.lib.auburn.edu /pubs/newsletter/feb03/lynn.html (609 words)

	CSX, others lose suits - Sep. 8, 1997
		NEW YORK (CNNfn) - A New Orleans jury Monday awarded $2.5 billion in punitive damages against railroad giant CSX Transportation in a class-action suit related to a 1987 fire caused by a chemical leak.
		More than 8,000 people claimed damages after a railroad car carrying butadiene, a flammable gas, leaked, emitting vapors that caused a two-day neighborhood fire, according to Wendell Gaulthier, the class-action lawyer in the suit.
		Railroad companies are required to check cars containing toxic chemicals to ensure they are not leaking.
	money.cnn.com /1997/09/08/companies/csx (373 words)

	Railroad Stocks
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		Many great pieces are offered in our catalogs.
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	www.glabarre.com /category/Railroad_Stocks/c32 (71 words)

	Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History - Archives
		Archives: Southern Railway Historical Association Collection of Valuation Sections Reports to I.C.C., Southern District, State of Georgia
		Southern Railway Historical Association Collection of Valuation Sections Reports to I.C.C., Southern District, State of Georgia
		Description: This series consists of Southern Railway Company Valuation Section Reports to Interstate Commerce Commission, Division of Valuation, Southern District for the State of Georgia.
	www.southernmuseum.org /archives/companyvalreports.html (2370 words)

	Green Light on the Southern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The engineer in his old I cab, his gold watch in his hand Looking at the water glass and letting down the sand Rolling out on the old main line, taking up the slack Gone today, but so they say, tomorrow he'll be back.
		Oh, if I could return To those boyhood days of mine And the green light on the southern Southern railroad line.
		Creeping down the rusy rails of the weed-grown branch line Section houses gray and white by the yard limit sign The hoggers call the old high ball, no more time to wait Rollin' down to Birmingham with a ten car local freight.
	www.bluegrassnet.com /tgbs/G/Green_light_on_the_southern.html (195 words)

	I.D. Service-Bham to New Orleans
		The provisions of Article IX of the May 19, 1986 Agreement shall apply to employees adversely affected by the application of this Agreement.
		Reference is made to the agreement for operating interseniority district service between Birmingham, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana.
		During discussions it was agreed that engineers operating in this service would be covered by Section 3 of the July 9, 1973 Task Force No. 5 conditions for operating inter-divisional service that is presently applicable to certain engineers represented by and working under scheduled agreements of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
	members.fortunecity.com /ble73/id94.htm (854 words)

	M169 Railroad Collection Box and Folder List, Part 2: Series I, Subseries A, Boxes AAR 1 - AAR 35
		The University of Southern Mississippi -- McCain Library and Archives
		Please note: this is part 2 of 14 of the Railroad Collection Box and Folder List.
		File A-7-32: Blytheville, Leachville, and Ark. Southern RR Co.
	www.lib.usm.edu /~archives/m169ndx02.htm (1098 words)

	Nicknames sorted by railroad name
		Sea Shore Route to the White Mountains, The
		Central Railroad of New Jersey, The (Also, Jersey Central)
		New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, The
	rlhs.org /rlhsnmnk.htm (333 words)

	[No title]
		What if a statute purported to apply whenever it involved Alabama railroad and Alabama employee irrespective of where injury occurred?
		Alabama Court: choice of law statute trumps Common Law choice of law
		Court decides Alabama law applies and the consequences of it and the lender loses all interest on the mortgage BUT Florida governs the validity of the mortgage (Depecage)
	www.pitt.edu /~sorc/lawwomen/outlines/colslg.htm (8452 words)

	Southern Railroad Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And the green light on the southern Southern Railroad Line.
		Creeping down the rusty rails of the weed grown branch line
		It's the Alabama Great Southern AGS Railroad Line.
	www.bluegrasslyrics.com /all_song.cfm-recordID=sp1156.htm (197 words)

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