The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway was formed in 1914 as a reorganization of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad, which had been created in 1905 to purchase the Atlantic and Birmingham Railway and extend its track into

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, from an end point at

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. The railroad's chief engineer and general manager at the time was Alexander Bonnyman. The railroad went into receivership in 1921 and was acquired by the

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast ...

in 1926. They reorganized the line as the

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. The Mangum Street embankment which ran north–south along Mangum Street (parallel to today's Northside Drive, but two blocks to the east), upon which trains reached the Atlanta terminus west of

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, was built in 1905 and razed c. 1990 for construction of the

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."Before the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center", ''Return to Atlanta'' (blog)
/ref> The building was used as offices and passenger terminal for the AB&A in Atlanta is located at the corner of Fairlie and Walton Streets in downtown Atlanta. It is now used as offices for Central Atlanta Progress. The upper facade of the building retains the "Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad" stonework on two sides.

References

External links

Owen, Thomas McAdory. ''History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography'', Vol. I. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing, 1921, pp. 70-71.

Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad Photograph Collection
from the

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Alexander Bonnyman Papers
-- A collection of railroad records and photographs belonging to one of their chief engineers Defunct Alabama railroads Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Former Class I railroads in the United States Predecessors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Railway companies established in 1915 Railway companies disestablished in 1926 American companies established in 1915 {{US-ClassI-rail-transport-stub