Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway

The Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway (reporting mark AGR) is a Class II railroad[1] owned by Genesee & Wyoming.

The current AGR is composed of numerous lines built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which were gradually consolidated into a system that was purchased by the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway and remained under that railroad or its successor's control until 1997, when it was spun off into an independent company.

In 1892, the system merged with the Pensacola, Alabama and Tennessee Railroad, which connected the Millview and Muscogee branches.

Passenger service over the line continued until 1955, when the Sunnyland, operating between Pensacola and Kansas City, Missouri, via Amory, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee, was discontinued.

In 1997, when BNSF spun off the route between Kimbrough and Pensacola, the Alabama & Gulf Coast was formed to take over operations.

As part of this deal, the AGR gained trackage rights on BNSF between Columbus and Amory and on the Norfolk Southern Railway between Mobile and Kimbrough.

BNSF has one at Amory, Mississippi, Meridian & Bigbee Railroad at Linden, Alabama, as well as CSX at Cantonment, Florida.

1917 map of the Gulf Ports Terminal Railway
AGRR 4058, an EMD SD40-2 locomotive, operating in 2008.