Monday, December 2, 2024

Sheffield, AL: NS/Southern Railyard and Backshops

Eastern Yard: (Satellite, just the mainline is left.)
Western Yard: (Satellite, some of the tracks are left.)
Shops: (Satellite, now an industrial park and trees.)

Tim Starr posted
After having labor troubles at its shops in Memphis, the Southern Railway built new shops in Sheffield AL in 1902. Included a 15-stall roundhouse, machine shop 100 x 100 feet, blacksmith, storehouse, planing mill, paint shop, and car repair shed 200 by 60 feet. Served by 2 transfer tables. (Railway Age)

Dennis DeBruler commented on Tim's post
The shops were between Cherokee and Shop Pikes, https://maps.app.goo.gl/tECR6gLXNzxzimZd6. 1952/58 Tuscumbia and 1957/58 Florence Quads @ 24,000

It looks like there may have been a roundhouse in the southwest part of the land.
Oct 13, 1953 @ 60,000; ARA001080505446

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