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Nostalgia & History > From the vestibule - Anniston,AlDate: 02/04/25 07:17 From the vestibule - Anniston,Al Author: gcm May 1978
The southbound Southern Crescent is arriving in Anniston (between Atlanta and Birmingham). In the first shot I believe the Southern line off to the right is now gone. The station is still there. Gary ![]() ![]() ![]() Date: 02/04/25 08:18 Re: From the vestibule - Anniston,Al Author: bh35226 In the first picture the line to the right is gone. It was the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia (ETV&G). The section from Anniston to Rome, Ga (Atlanta Jct) is gone. The line to the south remains but about 15miles is out of service.
Looks like the picture was taken from the vestibule of the dome car looking forward on the train. The station is still there and used by Amtrak. It is mostly owned by the City of Anniston, with some of the out buildings still used by the NS. Bob Date: 02/04/25 08:25 Re: From the vestibule - Anniston,Al Author: refarkas Interesting photos - Great views.
Bob Date: 02/04/25 08:39 Re: From the vestibule - Anniston,Al Author: Roadmaster Norfolk Southern filed for an abandonment exemption for the last section running north out of Anniston to Fort McClennan in 2006. There are multiple STB documents related to this final abandonment. To find all of them go to https://www.stb.gov/proceedings-actions/search-stb-records/ and search for document number AB-290-265-X.
Matthew Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/25 08:40 by Roadmaster. Date: 02/04/25 09:28 Re: From the vestibule - Anniston,Al Author: Notch7 It was nice to see the pics of Anniston. When we could, my gf and I would ride our passes on Sunday aboard the Southern Crescent from Greenville SC to Birmingham AL and back. We got to have breakfast and dinner in the diner, dome ride, and drink CoCola in SOU styrofoam cups in the Crescent lounge. One Sunday I had to fire the northbound train out of Birmingham to Atlanta in emergency, in my Sunday suit and tie no less. I had to lean out and grab the upcoming Georgia Division train orders on the fly as we came into the Anniston depot. I remember going by the Anniston Army Depot yard. In my SCL days we had some trains out of that army depot. At Peachtree Station in Atlanta I had had to run back from the head end and find my gf. She was riding in the 950 series coach bar/buffet lounge. At that time, SOU swapped out lounge cars at Atlanta northbound on Sundays. The coach lounge came off and the Crescent lounge came on.
Posted from Android Date: 02/04/25 09:34 Re: From the vestibule - Anniston,Al Author: ctillnc Before the ETV&G, this line was known as the Georgia Southern and originally as the Selma, Rome & Dalton. Part of the northern end was open when the Civil War began. NS abandoned Rome to Piedmont, Ala in 1984.
Date: 02/04/25 10:03 Re: From the vestibule - Anniston,Al Author: ts1457 ctillnc Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Before the ETV&G, this line was known as the > Georgia Southern and originally as the Selma, Rome > & Dalton. Part of the northern end was open when > the Civil War began. NS abandoned Rome to > Piedmont, Ala in 1984. In the late 19th Century, the line was part of a major through route. By circa 1950, the remaining mixed train train between Rome and Selma succumbed. I recall seeing the small, generally RS-2/3 powered local in the 1950s and 1960s. The traffic that I remembered was pulpwood. WWII was big for the line serving Ft. McClellan. I suspect most traffic for that was on the south end, but I am curious about any moves on the north end to Rome Ga. I wouldn't be surprised if some north end traffic connected with the SAL Birmingham to Atlanta line. |