Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company was formed by the consolidation of Alabama and Tennessee River Rail Road Company (incorporated under act of Alabama, March 4, 1848), Georgia and Alabama Rail Road Company (incorporated under act of Georgia, February 18, 1854) and Dalton and Jacksonville Railroad Company (incorporated under act of Georgia as Dalton and Gadsden Railroad Company on February 18, 1854) on August 6, 1866. The consolidation agreement was ratified by the

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on December 13, 1866 and by the

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on February 8, 1867.ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, pp. 213–214. The consolidation occurred while Former Confederate General

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who had become president of the Alabama and Tennessee River Rail Road Company after the

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. Johnston's tenure as president was from May 1866 to November 1867. Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad Company had constructed of railroad line between

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and Blue Mountain, Alabama, including part of an extension of about of line from Blue Mountain toward Dalton, Georgia, in 1862.ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, p. 220. A. D. Breed operated the line under lease between May 31, 1866 and August 8, 1866 in accordance with a contract to rehabilitate the railroad line and construct the extension dated May 25, 1866.ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, p. 599. The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company constructed or reconstructed of railroad line between Blue Mountain, Alabama and

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in 1870. The rehabilitation of the property after the American Civil War and the construction of the extension of the line between Blue Mountain and Dalton was funded mainly by the sale of consolidated first-mortgage seven per cent bonds and second-mortgage seven per cent bonds. The railroad in

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was sold in foreclosure on November 3, 1874 and conveyed to Georgia Southern Railroad Company on March 29, 1876. The Georgia Southern Railroad Company was sold to East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company on November 6, 1880. The railroad in Alabama was sold at foreclosure on June 14, 1880 and sold to East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company on February 5 and 11, 1881. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company went into receivership on January 7, 1885, was sold in foreclosure on May 25, 1886, and conveyed to East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company on June 30, 1886. The property eventually became part of Southern Railway Company on July 7, 1894, through its acquisition of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, pp. 212, 571.

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* ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. * Symonds, Craig L. ''Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography''. New York: W. W. Norton, 1992. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Defunct Alabama railroads Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Joseph E. Johnston Railway companies established in 1866 Railway companies disestablished in 1881 5 ft gauge railways in the United States 1866 establishments in Alabama American companies established in 1868

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