quote:Originally posted by Bob Delbridge:
I know they went into B'ham, but according to all the books, no mines on the SAL road itself. Still they got it from somewhere and I doubt Clinchfield or C&O were the only suppliers.
More digging is required
Seaboard Air Line expanded west from Atlanta to Birmingham in part for traffic generated by northern Alabama coal mines. See the book at the link below.
http://books.google.com/books?...al%20alabama&f=false