Warrior Coal Field Train

A train hauls coal from the Warrior Coal Field in Blount County. The large coal reserves in the district sparked railroad construction and industrial development throughout northern Alabama.

Steam engine pulling coal hopper cars at an unidentified Alabama mining location in a photograph by Birmingham photographer Oscar V. Hunt Collection
Courtesy of Birmingham Public Library Archives. Photograph by O. V. Hunt.
Steam engine pulling coal hopper cars at an unidentified Alabama mining location in a photograph by Birmingham photographer Oscar V. Hunt Collection