WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1073) entitled "Alabama and Florida Railway Co. Inc. - Abandonment Exemption - In Geneva, Coffee, and Covington Counties, Alabama": * * * Alabama & Florida Railway Co., Inc. (A&F), filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 42.9 miles of rail line between milepost 581.3 at Andalusia,   more