Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad

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Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad

The railroad's Byromville, Georgia station in 1938
Overview
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Reporting mark	AB&C
Locale	Alabama Georgia
Dates of operation	1887–1945
Successor	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	640 miles (1,030 kilometres)

The Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad was organized in 1926 to replace the bankrupt Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway. The AB&C was controlled by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which owned a majority of the stock. In 1944 it reported 763 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 33 million passenger-miles; at the end of that year it operated 639 miles of road and 836 miles of track (the main trackage plus all sidings, spurs, terminal tracks, and shared tracks).