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 on July 1, 1967, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.
Predecessor lines edit
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 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, Yulee to Baldwin to Waldo, Florida
- Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad Tampa Division, Waldo to Tampa, Florida
Acquired lines edit
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, 1927
Acquired 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, 1928
Seaboard Air Line Railway edit
American Agricultural and Chemical Company edit
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Athens Terminal Company edit
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Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway edit
Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway edit
Brooksville and Inverness Railway edit
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Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway edit
- Charleston Southern Railway
- Georgetown and Western Railroad
- Pee Dee Bridge Company
- North and South Carolina Railway
Carolina Central Railroad edit
Catawba Valley Railway edit
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Central Railway of Georgia (Lyons Branch only) edit
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Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway edit
Charlotte, Monroe and Columbia Railroad edit
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Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad edit
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Chesterfield and Lancaster Railroad edit
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Columbus Railroad edit
Durham and Northern Railway edit
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Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad edit
- East Florida and Atlantic Railroad
- Fernandina and Amelia Beach Railway
- Florida Railway and Navigation Company
- Florida Northern Railroad
- Jacksonville Belt Railroad
- Santa Fe Canal Company
- Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad
Florida, Peninsular and Gulf Railroad edit
Florida West Shore Railway edit
Gainesville Midland Railroad (bought by Seaboard in 1959) edit
Georgia and Alabama Railway edit
- Abbeville and Waycross Railroad
- Albany and Florida Railroad
- Columbus and Southern Railroad
- Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company
- Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway edit
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad (gained control in 1928) edit
Kissimmee River Railway edit
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Loganville and Lawrenceville Railroad edit
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Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad edit
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McRae Terminal Railway edit
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Oxford and Coast Line Railroad edit
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Line from Dickerson to Oxford, NC
Palmetto Railway edit
Plant City, Arcadia and Gulf Railway edit
Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad edit
Raleigh and Charleston Railroad edit
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad edit
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad edit
Roanoke and Tar River Railroad edit
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Seaboard Air Line Belt Railroad edit
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Seaboard-All Florida Railway edit
- East and West Coast Railway
- Florida Western and Northern Railroad
- Naples, Seaboard, and Gulf Railway
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad edit
South Bound Railroad edit
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Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway edit
Tampa Terminal Company edit
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