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The Sheffield and Birmingham Railroad was a railroad that ran from Sheffield to Birmingham, Alabama. It intersected the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad in Jasper. After several mergers and acquisitions, it was eventually absorbed into the Southern Railway.

Lineage

The following is based on the information in the List of Alabama railroads article:

1885: Sheffield and Birmingham Railroad
1887: Sheffield and Birmingham Coal, Iron and Railway Company
1889: Birmingham, Sheffield and Tennessee River Railway
1895: Northern Alabama Railway
1939: Southern Railway
1990: Norfolk Southern Railway

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