Title
John Taylor Cochrane, 1873 - 1938
Subject
Railroads--Alabama--Pickens County
Description
John Taylor Cochrane was a Tuscaloosa native and West Alabama railroad pioneer.
Cochrane worked with a group of civic leaders at Carrollton to develop a short-line railroad that would connect Pickens County's county seat with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad's new line to Reform - 10 miles distant. Later Cochrane had the foresight to run the "Carrollton Shortline Railway" south and west toward the Tombigbee River, where he established the new town of Aliceville, named in honor of his wife, Alyce Searcy Cochrane (1875-1922).
The little railroad was eventually named the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad (A.T.& N.). The line was first brought into Aliceville in 1902. The town was incorporated as an Alabama municipality in 1907.
Cochrane worked with a group of civic leaders at Carrollton to develop a short-line railroad that would connect Pickens County's county seat with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad's new line to Reform - 10 miles distant. Later Cochrane had the foresight to run the "Carrollton Shortline Railway" south and west toward the Tombigbee River, where he established the new town of Aliceville, named in honor of his wife, Alyce Searcy Cochrane (1875-1922).
The little railroad was eventually named the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad (A.T.& N.). The line was first brought into Aliceville in 1902. The town was incorporated as an Alabama municipality in 1907.
Source
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Date
Circa 1919
Contributor
Betty Slowe (Description)
Type
Photograph
Identifier
1215
Coverage
Pickens County (AL)
Original Format
Photograph