Bay Line 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)–present
PredecessorAtlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Length182 miles (293 km)
Other
WebsiteOfficial website

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 CSX at Cottondale, Florida and Dothan, Alabama, and with the Hilton & Albany Railroad at Hilton, Georgia. [1]

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.[2]

  1. ^ "Bay Line Railroad – A Genesee & Wyoming Company".
  2. ^ "Bay Line Railroad". Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.