- List of Seaboard Air Line Railroad precursors
Below is a list of railroads that were bought, leased, or in other ways had their track come under ownership or control by the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad or one of its predecessors.The Seaboard Air Line Railroad merged with the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad onJuly 1 ,1967 , to form theSeaboard Coast Line Railroad .Predecessor lines
The Seaboard main line from Richmond to Tampa, heart of its 2600-mile system in 1900, (today mostly
CSX 's "S" Line), had been built by the following companies:*
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad ,Richmond, Virginia toNorlina, North Carolina (the immediate predecessor of the SAL)
*Raleigh and Gaston Railroad , Norlina toRaleigh, North Carolina
*Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Railroad , Raleigh toHamlet, North Carolina
*Palmetto Railroad , Hamlet toCheraw, South Carolina
*Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad , Cheraw toCamden, South Carolina *Predecessors of the
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad :
**South Bound Railroad , Camden toSavannah, Georgia
**Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Northern Division, Savannah to Georgia/Florida state line
**Florida Northern Railroad, state line toYulee, Florida
**Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad , Yulee toJacksonville, Florida
**Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad , Jacksonville toBaldwin, Florida
**Florida Railroad , Yulee to Baldwin toWaldo, Florida
**Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad Tampa Division, Waldo toTampa, Florida Acquired lines
In the first decades of the 20th century, Seaboard expanded its holdings by acquiring the following lines, some of which were created by the Seaboard to construct new lines it wished to have.
Acquired by purchase:
*Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad , 1903
*Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway, 1909
*Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway, 1909
*Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway, 1909
*Florida West Shore Railway, 1909
*Plant City, Arcadia and Gulf Railroad, 1909
*Tampa Terminal Railroad, 1922
*Jacksonville, Gainesville and Gulf Railroad, 1927Acquired by lease:
*Kissimmee River Railway, 1917
*Brooksville and Inverness Railway, 1925
*Tampa Northern Railroad, 1925
*Charlotte Harbor and Gulf Coast Railway, 1925
*Seaboard All-Florida Railway, 1925
*Naples, Seaboard and Gulf Railway, 1925
*Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad, 1927
*Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad, 1928
*Northern Railway of Florida, 1928Seaboard Air Line Railway American Agricultural and Chemical Company Athens Terminal Company Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway *
Chattahoochee Terminal Railway
*East and West Railroad
**Birmingham and Atlanta Air Line Railway
**East and West Railroad of Alabama
***Cherokee Iron Company
****Cherokee Iron and Railroad Company
****Cherokee Railroad
*****Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad
**Tredegar Mineral Railway Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway *
Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railroad
*Starke and Sampson City Railroad Brooksville and Inverness Railway Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway *
Charleston Southern Railway
*Georgetown and Western Railroad
**Georgetown and Lane's Railroad
*Pee Dee Bridge Company
*North and South Carolina Railway
**Charleston Northern Railway
**North and South Carolina Railway
**South Carolina Western Railway
**South Carolina Western Extension Railway Carolina Central Railroad *
Carolina Central Railway
**Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
***Wilmington and Charlotte Railroad Catawba Valley Railway Central Railway of Georgia (Lyons Branch only)Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway *
Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Charlotte, Monroe and Columbia Railroad Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad Chesterfield and Lancaster Railroad Columbus Railroad *
Brush Electric Light and Power Company Durham and Northern Railway Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad *
East Florida and Atlantic Railroad
**Orlando and Winter Park Railway
***Orlando and Lake Jesup Railway
*Fernandina and Amelia Beach Railway
*Florida Railway and Navigation Company
**Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad
**Florida Central and Western Railroad
***Florida Central Railroad
****Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad
***Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad
****Pensacola and Georgia Railroad
****Tallahassee Railroad
*****Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad (operated)
**Florida, Peninsula and Jacksonville Railroad
**Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad
***Florida Transit Railroad
****Atlantic Gulf and West India Transit Company
*****Florida Railroad
***Peninsular Railroad
***Tropical Florida Railroad
**Jacksonville and Mobile Railroad
**Leesburg and Indian River Railroad
*Florida Northern Railroad
*Jacksonville Belt Railroad
*Santa Fe Canal Company
*Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad Florida, Peninsular and Gulf Railroad *
Arcadia, Gulf Coast and Lakeland Railroad Florida West Shore Railway *
United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company Gainesville Midland Railroad (bought by Seaboard in 1959)*
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad
**Walton Railroad
*Gainesville Midland Railway
**Gainesville and North Western Railroad
**Greene County Railroad
***Bostwick Railroad Georgia and Alabama Railway *
Abbeville and Waycross Railroad
*Albany and Florida Railroad
**Albany, Florida and Northern Railroad
*Columbus and Southern Railroad
**Columbus Southern Railway
***Columbus and Florida Railway
*Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company
*Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway
**Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad
**Montgomery & West Point Railroad Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway *
Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad (gained control in 1928)*
Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad
*Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway
**Georgia Pine Railway Kissimmee River Railway Loganville and Lawrenceville Railroad Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad McRae Terminal Railway Oxford and Coast Line Railroad Palmetto Railway *
Palmetto Railroad Plant City, Arcadia and Gulf Railway *
Warnell Lumber and Veneer Company
**Plant City and Arcadia Railroad Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad *
Chatham Railroad
*Pittsboro Railroad Raleigh and Charleston Railroad *
Carolina Northern Railroad Raleigh and Gaston Railroad *
Louisburg Railroad Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad *
Virginia and Carolina Railroad Roanoke and Tar River Railroad Seaboard Air Line Belt Railroad Seaboard All-Florida Railway *
East and West Coast Railway
*Florida Western and Northern Railway Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad *
Roanoke Railroad
*Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad South Bound Railroad Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway *
Tallahassee Southeastern Railway
**Florida, Georgia and Western Railway Tampa Terminal Company Tavares and Gulf Railroad (bought 1926)*
Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railroad ee also
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List of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad precursors External links
* [http://www.montevue.co.nz/chorina/mainline/seaboardsys_box.pdf Seaboard System family tree] (PDF)
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