Alton and Southern Railway
{{Short description|Railway in Illinois}}
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The Alton and Southern Railway {{reporting mark|ALS}} is a switching railroad in the Greater St. Louis area in Illinois. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Overview
File:Alton and Southern Railroad - System Index Map.jpg
The Alton and Southern Railroad was formed in 1910, and in 1913 it absorbed the Denverside Connecting Railway (founded in 1910), and the Alton and Southern Railway (founded in 1911). The company was operated as a subsidiary of the Aluminum Ore Company, which was itself a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), to serve the Bayer process bauxite-to-alumina refinery at Alorton, Illinois.
Alcoa sold the line to the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW) in 1968,{{cite book |last=Lennon |first=J |title =Establishing Trails on Rights-of-Way |publisher =United States Department of the Interior |location =Washington, D.C. |page =52 }} and it was reorganized as the Alton and Southern Railway. In 1972, CNW's share was sold to the St. Louis Southwestern Railway. In 1982, the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) took ownership of the Missouri Pacific share and then became full owner in 1996 with the acquisition of SSW parent Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The Alton and Southern is still a legally separate entity but is wholly owned by UP.
References
- [http://www.altonsouthern.com/about/history/chronology.shtml Alton & Southern - Chronology] – History of the A&S Railway
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080222215428/http://www.altonsouthern.com/ Alton & Southern] – Official Website
- [http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=1481 Railroad Picture Archives] – Photographs of the Alton & Southern Railway
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Category:Union Pacific Railroad
Category:Predecessors of the Union Pacific Railroad
Category:Railway companies established in 1911
Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1913
Category:Railway companies established in 1968
Category:Switching and terminal railroads