Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway

Mangum Street embankment (from center top to center bottom of image) of the AB&A railroad west of Downtown Atlanta. Factory with smokestacks at top is at NW corner Northside Drive (then Davis) and Thurmond - "Blue" parking lot as of 2012.

The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway was formed in 1914 as a reorganization of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad, which had been created in 1905 to purchase the Montezuma, Georgia.

The railroad went into receivership in 1921 and was acquired by the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad, which connected to their Louisville & Nashville Railroad division.

The Mangum Street embankment which ran north-south along Mangum Street (parallel to today's Northside Drive, but two blocks to the east), upon which trains reached the Atlanta terminus west of

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Class I railroads of North America

Current	United States AMTK BNSF CSXT GTC KCS NS UP Canada CN CP VIA Mexico FXE KCSM

Former (1956–present)	AA ACL AC&Y AGS ASAB AT&N AT&SF AUT A&WP B&AR B&LE B&M BN B&O CAR&NW CB&Q C&EI CG CGW C&IM CNJ CNO&TP C&NW C&O CPME CR CRI&P CRR C&S CS CSPM&O CV C&W C&WC D&H DL&W DM&IR D&RGW DSS&A DT&I D&TSL DW&P EJ&E EL ERIE FEC FW&D GA GB&W G&F GM&O GN GS&F GTW IC ICG ITC KO&G L&A L&HR LI L&M L&N L&NE LS&I LV MEC MGA MI MILW MIS MKT MN&S MON MP M&STL NC&STL NH NKP NO&NE NP NS N&W NWP NYC NYCN NYO&W NYS&W PC P&LE P&N PRR PRSL P&WV RDG RF&P RUT QA&P S&A SAL SBD SCL SD&AE SI SIRT SLSF SLSFTX SN SOO SOU SP SP&S SSW TC TFM TM T&NO T&P TP&W VGN WA WAB WC WM WP

(pre–1956)	A AB&A AB&C AC A&D AE A&NM A&STL A&V BA&P BC&A B&G BRI BR&P B&S BSL&W C&A CA&C C&C CC&CS CCC&STL CD&C C&E C&G CH&D C&I CINN CI&S CI&W CL&N CM CM&PS CNE CNNE CNOR C&OIN CP&STL CPVT CRI&G CR&NW CRP CS CTH&SE CV&M CVRR DGH&M D&IR D&M DM&N DNW&P D&SL EI&TH EP&SW E&TH F&CC FJ&G FS&W FW&RG GC GC&SF GH&SA GM&N GR&I G&SI HE&WT H&TC HV ICRY IGN ISRR KCM&O KCM&OTX K&M LA&SL LA&T LE&W LH&STL LR&N LR&NTX LS&MS LW M&A MC MD&V M&I MKTTX MLR ML&T M&NA M&O MO&G MSC MSP&SSM MTR MV NAL NCRY NJ&NY NN NOGN NOM&C NOT&M NYP&N OCAA OE OR&L OSL OWRN PB&W PCC&STL PCO PE P&E PERK PM P&NT PRDG P&S P&SF PS&N QO&KC SA&AP SAU&G SB&NY SD&A SFP&P S&IE SIND SJ&GI SKTX SLB&M SLIM&S SOUMS SSWTX SUN T&BV T&FS T&N T&OC TSTL&W U&D UTAH VAND VS&P V&SW WF&NW WF&S WJ&S W&LE WPT WSN WV Y&MV

Timeline	1910–29 1930–76 1977–present

, Vol. I. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing, 1921, pp. 70-71.History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama BiographyOwen, Thomas McAdory.

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References

The building was used as offices and passenger terminal for the AB&A in Atlanta is located at the corner of Fairlie and Walton Streets in downtown Atlanta. It is now used as offices for Central Atlanta Progress. The upper facade of the building retains the "Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad" stonework on two sides.

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