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The '''Alabama & Florida Railroad Company''' was a railroad company incorporated by an act of legislature on [[January 8]], [[1853]], with the purpose of building a railroad from [[Pensacola Bay]] north to the Florida-Alabama border, which would lead thence northward to Montgomery.

The construction of the railroad became eligible for financial assistance from the [[Internal Improvement Act of 1855]]. Engineer [[William H. Chase]] resigned from military service in [[1856]] to become president of the company. The In Florida, the line was completed around January 1, [[1860]].The Alabama portion would not be completely finished until [[May 3]], [[1861]].<ref>Robert C. Black. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=4oVXMjIUY3IC The Railroads of the Confederacy]''. UNC Press, 1998.</ref>

The After a bankruptcy and foreclosure, the railroad line and all of its franchises were sold to [[A. E. Maxwell]] on [[August 7]], [[1872]], who resold the line to the [[Pensacola & Louisville Railroad Company]] on [[December 10]] of the same year.