Alabama Midland Railway Most of the line between Bainbridge and Montgomery was constructed in the late 1880s by the Alabama Midland Railway under the direction of Montgomery businessman Joseph Washington Woolfolk with the financial help of Henry B. Plant. Plant had been seeking an Alabama extension for his Savannah, Florida & Western Railroad, which then ended at Bainbridge, and the Alabama Midland provided the opportunity. Soon after the new line opened in 1890, his Plant Investment Company purchased it and made it a part of the Plant System. 1895 map (51K)   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home