After the fantastic visit to the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, I drove us down to Clanton, to the next station of this trip.
The Louisville and Nashville Clanton station built in 1870. From here we drove to Prattville.
The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Prattville station built in 1871. We had lunch at Jersey Mike's before I drove us next to Montgomery.
The very impressive Montgomery Union Station built in 1898.
Montgomery Capital City Street Railway "The Lightning Route" Trolley 103 on display near Montgomery Union Station.
Information about the Trolley. We then drove to Troy to our next stop.
At the Pike Pioneer Museum is W.T. Smith Lumber Company 4-4-0 14 built by Baldwin in 1881 as Central Railroad & Banking Company of Georgia 109 "Madison". In 1895, that railroad was consolidation into Central of Georgia Railway Company and it was re-numbered 1501. It was later sold to the dealer Birmingham Rail and Locomotive Company then in 1910, sold to Buck Creek Lumber Company in Fremont, Alabama. Two years later, it was sold to the Empire Lumber Company then in 1920, sold to W. T. Smith Lumber Company 14 at Chapman, Alabama. In 1966, a corporate sale occurred and it became the property of Union Camp Corporation. Finally, it was donated at a later date to George Eastwood.
Information board about this steam engine. We drove east to Abbeville.
The Abbeville Atlantic Coast Line station.
The Abbeville Atlantic Coast Line freight house.
The Abbeville Southern Railroad historical sign.
The Pelham House and historical sign. We headed into Georgia and stopped at Arlington next.
The Arlington Central of Georgia station. We drove east to Leary.
The Leary wooden Central of Georgia station.
The Leary brick Central of Georgia station. We then drove to Albany, picked at dinner at Arby's and drove to the station in Albany where we ate dinner then started our picture-taking.
Georgia Northern Railway 4-6-2 107 built by American Locomotive Company in 1911 as Florida East Coast Railway 88. In 1929, it was sold to Georgia Northern Railway Company and in 1957, donated to the City of Albany.
Terminal Station, a joint Central of Georgia-Seaboard Coast Line-Atlantic Coast Line-Albany Northern-Georgia Northern Railway station, built in 1912.
Southern Railway baggage car 518 built by Bethlehem Steel Car Works in 1939. When I visited here several years ago, there was no fence.
Georgia Northern Railway combine 38 built by American Car and Foundry in 1914 for the Charleston and West Carolina. Georgia Northern purchased it between 1932 and 1949 and it remained in passenger service until 1948 when the Alton and Southern purchased it and used it until 1968.
Atlantic Coast Line baggage-railway post office car built in 1915 and rebuilt in 1953 as Atlantic Coast Line 13.
Atlantic Coast Line 40 foot box car 21271 built by Pullman-Standard in 1942.
Atlantic Coast Line 40 foot box car 24290 built by American Car and Foundry in 1951.
GATX tank car 69995 built by General American Tank Car Company in 1963.
Georgia Northern caboose X401, built by Gantt Manufacturing in 1969, painted as X153.
We heard a horn and had a treat of two Norfolk Southern units coming down the street - a true thrill to see.
One last view of the Albany Terminal railroad station. Elizabeth then drove us to Tifton and we checked into the Days Inn. We worked on a story then called it a night.
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