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Railroads -- Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Alabama railroads of the past collection

 Collection
Identifier: W-0042
Overview Stock certificates, shipping receipts, and correspondence related to the operation and history of seven Alabama railroads: the Mobile & Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company, the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad, the Mobile & Girard Railroad Company, the Montgomery Southern Railway, the Tennessee & Alabama Railroad, the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, and the Montgomery Traction Company.
Dates: 1855-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Alabama railroads of the past collection

Barnes Railroad Gandy Dancers DVD

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3617
Overview DVD about "Gandy Dancers" that worked on the Barnes Railroad
Dates: after 1985
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Barnes Railroad Gandy Dancers DVD

Whitefoord R. Cole papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0332
Abstract This collection contains correspondence, clippings, and photographs relating to a president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Dates: 1895-1979
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Whitefoord R. Cole papers

James Maxwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2317
Overview Letterbook about the 1907 proposed extension of the Warrior Branch for the M&O Railroad
Dates: 1907
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / James Maxwell papers

J. A. Montgomery business records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0068
Overview Correspondence, time book, and ledger of Birmingham, Alabama, industrialist J. A. Montgomery.
Dates: 1889-1898
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / J. A. Montgomery business records

Selma and Meridian Railroad ledger and journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1778
Abstract Two corporate account books for the Selma and Meridian Railroad, 1885: the ledger, which details payments and receipts by date, and the journal, which records them by firm or individual.
Dates: 1880-1885
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Selma and Meridian Railroad ledger and journal

J. W. Worthington report on furnace properties

 Collection
Identifier: W-0082
Overview One report notebook containing correspondence, maps, and reports on coal fields and iron furnaces located in Alabama and Tennessee.
Dates: 1899
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / J. W. Worthington report on furnace properties