Savannah and Memphis Railroad

The Savannah and Memphis Railroad is a historic railroad that operated in Alabama.

It was founded as the Opelika and Talladega Railroad in 1854. Before any track was built, the railroad became the Opelika and Tuscumbia Railroad in 1861.

No track was built under the latter name either as the American Civil War broke out and interrupted plans. Once the fighting had stopped, the railroad was finally reorganized under the S&M name, but by 1874 had only built 55 miles of track from Opelika, Alabama, to Goodwater, Alabama, before finally going bankrupt. It was sold to the Columbus and Western Railway in 1880.

References

{{cite book |last=Owen |first=Thomas McAdory |year=1921 |publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |location=Chicago, IL |title=History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 1 |page=219 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEkUAAAAYAAJ&q=Savannah+and+Memphis+Railroad&pg=PA219 |accessdate=January 20, 2011}}
{{cite book |first=Wilbur W. |last=Caldwell |year=2001 |publisher=Mercer University Press |location=Macon, GA |title=The Courthouse and the Depot: the Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair |pages=134, 192–193 |isbn=9780865547483 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EGyf7XQeWEIC&q=Savannah+and+Memphis+Railroad&pg=PA192 |accessdate=January 20, 2011}}
{{cite web |publisher=The Historical Marker Database |title=The Savannah And Memphis Railroad 1874 |url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28653 |date=March 15, 2010 |accessdate=January 20, 2011}}

External links

{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507051138/http://www.history-map.com/picture/000/Savannah-Railroad-Memphis-the.htm |date=7 May 2016 |title=Map of the Savannah & Memphis Railroad}}

Category:Defunct Alabama railroads

Category:Predecessors of the Central of Georgia Railway

Category:Railway companies established in 1866

Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1880

Category:1866 establishments in Alabama