In my imaginistory of the Middle Tennessee & Alabama (MT&A), we displace the truth of the sale of the line to the NC&StL, as well as the abandonment of the line. This allows the line to continue to exist and operate into modern times. We allow for the sale of the DC&NO to the MT&A, however the MT&A in our imaginistory was successful in operating the railroad. There were hardships to overcome, but through brilliant leadership, the MT&A was able to overcome those hardships and become successful. The MT&A would go on to contribute and change the history of North Alabama and South Central Tennessee.

We will be breaking up the imaginistory of the MT&A into several eras. Each of these eras will be covered in separate articles on this site. We start to modify the real history in what we call “The Middle Years”, this time period covers from the 1890s to the late 1920s, replacing the years when the MT&A was owned by the NC&StL. Then we will cover “The Lean Years”, the years of the Great depression, when our country had great hardships. Following this, the railroad will grow through “The War Years”. The last half of the 1940s are called “After the War” and again were slim times for the MT&A. However, “The Redstone Years” allowed the MT&A to expand its services again. “The Redstone Years” continue from the early 1950s through the 1960s. The 1970s are called “The Years of Innovation”. The MT&A, again through brilliant leadership, was able to make changes that would ensure that it was able to survive. There were other changes that affected the MT&A throughout the late 1960s through to the present day. I have divided this into two different eras, calling them “Combined Transportation” and “A New Type of Business”.