Seaboard Air Line Railroad

The Seaboard Air Line Railroad (short- SAL) was an American railroad company that, between 10 April 1900 to 1 July 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, a long time rival, the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad several railway lines in the East of the country operation. The company's headquarters was in Richmond ( Virginia).

History

The first parts of the SAL- haul network in 1835 were taken from the Portsmouth and Weldon Railroad in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in operation. At that time the Roanoke River was connected to the port of Hampton Roads. Later, the railway company was renamed Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad and later in Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad.

The main route of the SAL, now mostly owned by CSX Transportation, was built by following railway companies:

  • Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad, Richmond to Norlina ( the immediate predecessor of SAL)
  • Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, Norlina to Raleigh
  • Raleigh and Augusta Air -Line Railroad, Raleigh to Hamlet
  • Palmetto Railroad, Hamlet to Cheraw
  • Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad, Cheraw to Camden
  • Predecessor of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad: Southbound Railroad, Camden to Savannah
  • Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Savannah to Granze to Georgia and Florida
  • Florida Northern Railroad, border to Yulee
  • Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, Yulee to Jacksonville
  • Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad, Jacksonville to Baldwin
  • Florida Railroad, Baldwin by Waldo
  • Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad, Waldo to Tampa
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