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This photo shows the train side of the L & N (Louisville and Nashville) railroad station in Tuscaloosa. Built in 1912, the depot still stands and has been used over the years as a restaurant and event facility.

It is constructed of yellow pressed…

The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Station was built in Tuscaloosa in 1912. The depot still stands and has been used over the years as a restaurant and event facility.

It is constructed of yellow pressed bricks, marble and steel. The recessed…

This railroad scene shows Tuscaloosa Cotton Seed Oil Company with the tall smokestack behind the light-colored building. Other business are unidentified and the date is unknown.

This train served the University of Alabama campus with a depot that was located approximately where the parking deck on campus is located today.The track ran parallel and north of what is now Campus Drive and followed the fence that was in front of…

The Empire Coke Company was located along the Black Warrior River north of Tuscaloosa at Holt from 1903 to 2004. The company produced industrial coke for steel mills.

Train that ran for the DeBardeleben Coal and Iron Company which was incorporated in 1886.

DeBardeleben formed a partnership to open slope and shaft mines. Constructing railroad lines from mines used exclusively for the company's own purposes,…

Mobile & Ohio train wreck near the city limits of Tuscaloosa around 6th Street, 7th Street & 8th Street bridges near Capitol Park.

An advertisement scanned from the 1895 Corolla, the University of Alabama yearbook.

Streetcar service began in 1883 with the arrival of the town’s first horsecar trolley. Operated by the Tuskaloosa Street Railway, streetcars were pulled on rail by…

F. W. Monnish stands near the front of the steam engine of the Dummy Line, Tuscaloosa's first transit system that didn't require horses. Sage A. Monnish, son of F. W. Monnish, is shown in the window of the train. Sage died in 1908 at the age of…

The "Dummy" proceeds west down Broad Street (now University Boulevard) past the Post Office/ City Hall building. The Dummy trains were so noisy, they could be heard from one end of town to the other. The line circled the city and went out to…