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Stolen Railroad Track?
October 18, 2009
Late Saturday afternoon, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report that a portion of railroad track had been stolen from the Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway in Walnut Hill.
After walking a couple of miles of track in the area, deputies determined that none of the rail was missing, but they did find a portion of the rail had been pulled away from the track bed at the Doran Road crossing. Doran Road is small dirt lane between Pine Forest Road and Kansas Road, about two miles north of Arthur Brown Road.
Deputies did not believe anyone had actually attempted to steal the track instead, it appeared that the rail had been moved by a piece of equipment pulled through the crossing. Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway officials were to inspect the damage and make any necessary repairs.
The Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway is a short-line railroad that runs from Pensacola to Wilcox County, Alabama.
Pictured top: The rail in this photograph can been seen pulled up and away from the spikes that are designed to hold it in place. Pictured inset: The Doran Road crossing in Walnut Hill along the Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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5 Responses to “Stolen Railroad Track?”
I agree with you JJ , we have a train system that the public can’t even afford to ride on
I wish they’d shut that railroad down permanently, take up all the tracks and make that into a bike trail. It’d be cool to be able to ride all the way to Pensacola on it…..
More than likely it was just a piece of farm equipment that got caught in the rail. I know a piece of farm equipment swept away our mailbox, post, flags as if it was never there
I know there is no comparison in weight but some of the young “farmers” do just keep on going. It’s as if the panic.
It was reported within 10 minutes and fixed early sunday morning.
Surely the person that did this damage to the track reported the incident. This could have cost an engineer his life. Don’t be surprised if Gulf Coast begins to close all these passages. If so it will cause a lot of inconvenience to the local folks.