Bay Line Railroad

The Bay Line Railroad (reporting mark BAYL) is one of several short line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates between Panama City, Florida, and Dothan, Alabama, including a branch from Grimes to Abbeville, Alabama, reached via trackage rights on CSX's Dothan Subdivision between Dothan and Grimes. The line interchanges with the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad at Cottondale, Florida, and with the CSX Dothan Subdivision near Dothan, Alabama. It also interchanges with the Chattahoochee Bay Railroad in Dothan.

For this company's Class I predecessor, see Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad.
Bay Line Railroad
A Bay Line Railroad box car rolls through Fredericksburg, Virginia, on a CSX freight.
Overview
HeadquartersPanama City, Florida
Reporting markBAYL
LocaleFlorida Panhandle and southeastern Alabama
Dates of operation1994 (1994)–
PredecessorAtlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length103 miles (166 km)
Other
WebsiteOfficial website

A wide variety of commodities is carried, including aggregates, brick, cement, chemicals, coal, food and feed products, forest products, metallic ores and minerals, steel, and scrap.[1]

History
Main articles: Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad and Abbeville–Grimes Railway Company

The company's main line between Panama City and Dothan was constructed in 1906–1908 by the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad (ASAB).[2] The Abbeville branch was constructed in 1887–1893 by the Alabama Midland Railway and came under the control of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902.[3] CSX Transportation, eventual successor to the ACL, sold the line to the Abbeville–Grimes Railway Company (AG) in 1989.[4] This company was merged with the Bay Line Railroad on June 26, 1996.[5]

The Stone Container Corporation had owned the ASAB since 1987.[6] Effective January 1, 1994, it sold the assets of the railroad to Rail Management Corporation, which created the new Bay Line Railroad company to operate it.[7] Genesee & Wyoming acquired all the assets of Rail Management on June 1, 2005, including the Bay Line Railroad.[8]

Notes
  1. "Bay Line Railroad". Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  2. Moody's 1921, p. 352
  3. Owen 1921, p. 71
  4. Lewis 1991, p. 8
  5. "STB Finance Docket No. 19936". 21 June 1996. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  6. Smiley 1989
  7. Lewis 1996, pp. 40–41
  8. "Genesse & Wyoming to Acquire Assets of Rail Management Corporation". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

References
  • Lewis, Edward A. (1991). American Shortline Railway Guide (4th ed.). Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-109-0. OCLC 25150373.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Lewis, Edward A. (1996). American Shortline Railway Guide (5th ed.). Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-290-9. OCLC 35286187.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Moody's Investor Service (1921). Moody's Manual of Investments, American and Foreign: Transportation.
  • Owen, Thomas M. (1921). History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Smiley, Tom (1989). "Modeling the Bay Line Railroad". Prototype Modeler (January/February): 20–27.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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