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 In 1897, the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis (NC&StL) Railroad purchased the MT&A. At this time the line became a part of the Louisville & Nashville (L&N) family of lines. The NC&StL was able to generate enough traffic to keep the line working for several years. They were able to run a single train with mixed passenger and freight traffic. The train was usually a 2-8-0 Consolidation, 6 flat or box cars for cotton and other products, and a single passenger coach.
-The NC&StL already had other lines that ran from their mainline to Decatur and to Huntsville, so this line became redundant. Due to the lack of revenue traffic, the NC&StL abandoned the line in 1929, before the depression actually hit. However, the tracks were not removed until the early 1930s. The right of way was sold to Tennessee and Alabama, each state transformed the roadbed into a state road, now known as “Old Railroad Bed Road”. This road still exists to this day.
+The NC&StL already had other lines that ran from their mainline to Decatur and to Huntsville, so this line became redundant. Due to the lack of revenue traffic, the NC&StL abandoned the line in 1929, before the depression actually hit. However, the tracks were not removed until the early 1930s. The right of way was sold to Tennessee and Alabama, each state transformed the roadbed into a state road, now known as “Old Railroad Bed Road”. This road still exists to this day.  In Alabama, "Old Railroad Bed Road" deviates from the actual roadbed for the MT&A at the Madison County/Limestone County line, going due south to US Highway 72.  The actual end of the line was located in Capshaw near where Capshaw Baptist Church is now located on Dupree-Worthey Road.
 [[theroute|The Route]]