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AUT2012060003 - Autauga Northern, Mapleville, AL, 6/2013

WATCO's Autauga Northern works the Norfolk Southern interchange in Mapleville, AL with the 21 cars they brought off the branch. 6/5/2013, 1:04 PM, MP 161.0. Motors are GP39-2s 3909, 3900 & 3908. The branch was originally the Mobile & Gulf RR, then the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio before becoming an Illinois Central Gulf property. Norfolk Southern acquired the line and leased it to WATCO in April 2011. WATCO servies a large International Paper Mill at Prattville, AL and also has CSX trackage rigths to access Montgomery. Currently the line averages about 9,600 car loads annually.

Autauga Northern WATCO Mapleville AL 62013