The line was owned by the Central of Georgia and after abandonment of 50 miles on its west end from Hartford, AL to Lockhart, AL, the remaining 22 miles from Hartford to Dothan, AL was purchased by the Hartford & Slocumb in 1953. I don't know what the H&S hauled, but it was likely agricultural with a few industrial cutomers. I think they sported a TOFC ramp in latter years. Only a stub with a handful of miles extending from Dothan remains today, owned by the Genesee & Wyoming. That's the Alabama/Florida state line in the 1928 map below. "Florala" is rightly named and was a good place to stop on the way to the beach.
They have one here at the Exporail museum in pristine condition, and operating at that. I saw it run at 2015's Diesel Weekend loco parade. Other MLW/Alcos that are in operable condition there are an M630 (CP), an RS-18 (CN), an RS-2 (Roberval & Saguenay) and an S3 switcher (CP). Also of note is an Alco-powered Bombardier LRC. The RS-2 was revived and polished up for the parade after a 20-year slumber. The volunteers did a great job of waking up that old beast (which was the first road switcher produced by MLW back in 1949). I love listening to those 244s and 251s...
Thanks! This is when they spruced it up, but gutted it, then stuffed and mounted her in the City of Fife.
