The Alabama Central Railroad Company was incorporated under the general laws of

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on June 22, 1871, by certificate of incorporation dated June 21, 1871.Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931, p. 214. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. . The Alabama Central Railroad Company acquired of single-track, standard gauge steam railroad line between

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and

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from the purchasers of The Selma and Meridian Rail Road Company at the foreclosure sale of the Selma and Meridian Railroad company's assets on May 1, 1871.Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931, p. 604. This line had been constructed between the years 1852 and 1864 by The Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Rail Road Company, the Selma and Meridian Railroad's name until November 29, 1864.Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931, p. 220. The Alabama Central Railroad Company constructed of single-track, standard gauge steam railroad line between York, Alabama and

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in 1878. From its connection at Lauderdale, The Alabama Central Railroad operated about of line between Lauderdale and

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under a trackage rights agreement with the

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Company. The Alabama Central Railroad Company conveyed its property rights and franchises to the

East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (ETV&G) was a rail transport system that operated in the southeastern United States during the late 19th century. Created with the consolidation of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and the ...

Company by deed on June 15, 1881. The property eventually became part of Southern Railway Company on July 7, 1894, through Southern Railway's acquisition of a later successor company of the

Company, namely the

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Company.The Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company, a holding company, gained control of the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railway Company through purchase of a majority of its first preferred stock in January 1887. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, p. 571.

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* Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Selma and Meridian Railroad Defunct Alabama railroads Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Railway companies established in 1871 Railway companies disestablished in 1881

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