The Autauga Northern Railroad, reporting mark AUT, is a short-line freight railroad in central Alabama. It runs about 43.6 miles between Maplesville and an International Paper Company plant near Prattville, on track leased from Norfolk Southern that was once part of the Mobile and Ohio, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio and Illinois Central Gulf routes between Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. It also holds trackage rights of roughly 10 miles over CSX to reach Montgomery. The lease was approved in February 2011 and operations began in April 2011 under Watco, which spent about 2.39 million dollars upgrading the track for 25 mile per hour running. The line works six days a week and moves about 9,000 carloads a year.
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is a shortline operating between Maplesville, Alabama and a plant of the International Paper Company near Prattville, Alabama
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The lease from Norfolk Southern was approved in February 2011, and operations began in April 2011 as part of Watco.
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is a shortline operating between Maplesville, Alabama and a plant of the International Paper Company near Prattville, Alabama
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The railroad operates six days a week under Watco control, moving about 9,000 carloads per year.
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operations began in April 2011 as part of Watco
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