Seaboard Air Line Railroad
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| Seaboard Air Line Railroad | |
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| Reporting marks | SAL |
| Locale | Florida - Virginia, United States |
| Years of operation | – 1967 |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) |
| Headquarters | Richmond, VA |
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad (AAR reporting mark SAL) was an American railroad that existed between 1880s and 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. The company was headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
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History
1896 map with connections
The SAL main line, now mostly CSX's "S" Line, was built by the following companies:
- Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad, Richmond, Virginia to Norlina, North Carolina (the immediate predecessor of the SAL)
- Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, Norlina to Raleigh, North Carolina
- Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Railroad, Raleigh to Hamlet, North Carolina
- Palmetto Railroad, Hamlet to Cheraw, South Carolina
- Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad, Cheraw to Camden, South Carolina
- Predecessors of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad:
- South Bound Railroad, Camden to Savannah, Georgia
- Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Northern Division, Savannah to Georgia/Florida state line
- Florida Northern Railroad, state line to Yulee, Florida
- Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, Yulee to Jacksonville, Florida
- Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad, Jacksonville to Baldwin, Florida
- Florida Railroad, Baldwin (continuing north to Yulee) to Waldo, Florida
- Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad Tampa Division, Waldo to Tampa, Florida
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See also
- List of Seaboard Air Line Railroad precursors
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
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