Alabama
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power Company | Anniston | Horse | ? | ? | |
| Electric | 1888 | 20 Apr 1932 | Formerly Anniston Electric and Gas Company | ||
| Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company | Birmingham | Horse | 24 Jan 1884 | 16 Apr 1898 | |
| Steam | 25 May 1885 | 26 Feb 1904 | |||
| Electric | 10 Oct 1891 | 19 Apr 1953 | |||
| ♦ Bessemer | Steam | 14 May 1890 | 26 Feb 1904 | ||
| Electric | 25 Jul 1906 | 1915 | Town tramway service absorbed by interurban services. | ||
| ♦ Birmingham - Bessemer (two lines) | Steam | 14 May 1890 | 26 Feb 1904 | ||
| Electric | 3 Jun 1902 | 14 Jul 1952 | |||
| South Calera Street Railway | Calera | Steam | ? | ? | |
| North Alabama Traction Company | Decatur | Horse | ? | ? | |
| Electric | Nov 1903 | ? | |||
| Eufaula | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Peoples Railroad | Fairhope | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |
| Alabama Power Company | Gadsden | Mule | 1887 | 1888(?) | |
| Steam | Oct 1888 | ? | |||
| Electric | Jun 1889 | Jan 1934 | |||
| Gadsden, Bellevue and Lookout Mountain Railway | Gadsden | Electric | Sep 1913 | ? | |
| Alabama Power Company | Huntsville | Steam | ? | ? | |
| Electric | ? | 15 Feb 1931 | Formerly Huntsville Railway, Light and Power Company | ||
| Lannett | Steam | ? | ? | Connected Lanett with Bleecker, and West Point, Georgia. | |
| Mobile Light and Railroad Company | Mobile | Horse | 1877 | 1893 | |
| Steam | 1890 | ? | |||
| Electric | 18 Jan 1893 | 1941 | |||
| Capitol City Street Railway Company | Montgomery | Electric | 15 Apr 1886 | 8 Apr 1936 | nicknamed the Lightning Route |
| Opelika | Steam | ? | ? | Connected Opelika and Auburn. | |
| Selma Electric Railway | Selma | Horse | ? | ? | |
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 1924 | |||
| Sheffield Company | Sheffield | Steam | ? | ? | |
| Electric | ? | Feb 1933 | |||
| Tuscaloosa Railway and Utilities Company | Tuscaloosa | Horse | ? | ? | |
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | 1914 | Nov 1941 | |||
| Union Springs Street Car Company | Union Springs | Horse | ? | ? |
- Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, page 26) states that a company was organized to build a steam tramway in Blountsville but never started construction, and that other sources tabulate this system among those in operation.
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