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Huntsville Division

The often-overlooked Huntsville Division was actually a series of branch lines that tied together to form the division. Division Timetable #124, effective as of May 22, 1949, featured a fleet of mixed trains.

Starting with the Sparta Branch, one could roam from Sparta to Tullahoma on Mixed Freights #184-185 every day but Sunday taking a leisurely 4-hour crawl through 61 miles of NC territory. The pace was even still more leisurely on the Lewisburg Branch where the 67-mile trip between Decherd and Lewisburg would run you about 5 hours on Daily (except Sunday) Mixed Freights #146-147. There was a second Mixed Freight #148-149 that served Decherd to Elora.

The Huntsville Branch offered a mixed freight between Elora and Hobbs Island/Incline (#148 and #149) except on Sundays. The NC offered no passenger service on its barge line nor was there any passenger service into Gadsden. One scheduled-freight (#199-200) ran between Guntersville and Gadsden. The L&N used the NC's track (a little over 2 miles) between L&N Junction and Moragne, Alabama, for a daily passenger train - #85-86 as well as Freights #55-56, 86-87, 90-91 and 93-94. The often-overlooked Huntsville Division was actually a series of branch lines that tied together to form the division. Division Timetable #124, effective as of May 22, 1949, featured a fleet of mixed trains.

Other Huntsville Information: Elora | Hobbs Island | Old RR Bed

Further information on today's Huntsville Depot can be found here.

 
 

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