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Seaboard Air Line

SAL Routes

Atlantic, Suwanee River & Gulf Ry

Starke to Sampson City
5.00 miles
Built by Starke & Sampson City RR 1893
to Atlantic, Suwanee River & Gulf Ry 1893
to Seaboard Air Line Ry 9-30-1909
to Seaboard Air Line RR 1946
to Seaboard Coast Line RR 7-1-1967
to Seaboard System 12-29-1982

Sampson City to La Crosse
15.00 miles
Built by Atlantic, Suwanee River & Gulf Ry 1894
to Seaboard Air Line Ry 9-30-1909
to Seaboard Air Line RR 1946
to Seaboard Coast Line RR 7-1-1967
to Seaboard System 12-29-1982

ACL Crossing to Alachua
Built by Atlantic, Suwanee River & Gulf Ry 1896
to Seaboard Air Line Ry 9-30-1909
to Seaboard Air Line RR 1946
to Seaboard Coast Line RR 7-1-1967
to Seaboard System 12-29-1982
abandoned

La Crosse to ACL crossing
Built by Atlantic, Suwanee River & Gulf Ry 1896

Alachua to Buda
9.00 miles
abandoned

Buda to Williford
abandoned

Williford to Wannee

Florida West Shore Ry

Palmetto Jct to Bradenton FL
Built by Florida West Shore Ry 1903

Bradenton FL to Sarasota
Built by Florida West Shore Ry 1903

Durant to Willow FL
Built by Florida West Shore Ry 1903

Palmetto Jct to Palmetto

Palmetto abandoned

Willow to Palmetto Jct

Ellenton Jct to Ellenton

Sarasota to Fruitvale

Sarasota abandoned

Manatee to Bradenton

Florida Central & Peninsular RR

Florida Ry & Navigation Co

Jacksonville to Yulee
Built by Fernandina & Jacksonville RR 1881
to Florida Ry & Navigation Co 3-5-1884
to Florida Central & Peninsular RR 7-12-1888

Chattahoochee to Quincy
Built by Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile RR 1872
to Florida Central & Western RR 3-4-1882
to Florida Ry & Navigation Co 3-5-1884
to Florida Central & Peninsular RR 7-12-1888

Lake City to Quincy
Built by Pensacola & Georgia RR 1857-63
to Tallahassee RR 6-24-1869
to Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile RR 5-25-1870
to Florida Central & Western RR 3-4-1882
to Florida Ry & Navigation Co 3-5-1884
to Florida Central & Peninsular RR 7-12-1888

Jacksonville to Lake City
Built by Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central RR 1858-60
to Florida Central RR 7-29-1868
to Florida Central & Western RR 3-4-1882

Drifton to Monticello
Built by Pensacola & Georgia RR 1860
to Tallahassee RR 6-24-1869
to Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile RR 5-25-1870

Tallahassee to Port Leon
Built by Tallahassee RR 1836
to Pensacola & Georgia RR 6-24-1869
to Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile RR 5-25-1870
Port Leon to St. Marks, 1.50 miles, abandoned 1843
remainder abandoned

Wildwood to Leesburg
Built by Florida Ry & Navigation Co 1884

Leesburg to Tavares
Built by Florida Ry & Navigation Co 1885

Terrell to Plant City
Built by Florida Ry & Navigation Co 1887

Panasoffkee to Terrell

Sumterville Jct to Sumterville

Fernandina to Crawford
Built by Florida RR 1856
to Atlantic, Gulf & West India Transit Co. 1-18-1872
to Florida Transit RR 5-10-1881
to Florida Transit & Peninsular RR 1-3-1883

Crawford to Fiftone
Built by Florida RR 1857
to Atlantic, Gulf & West India Transit Co. 1-18-1872
to Florida Transit RR 5-10-1881
to Florida Transit & Peninsular RR 1-3-1883

Fiftone to Reynolds
Built by Florida RR 1858
to Atlantic, Gulf & West India Transit Co. 1-18-1872
to Florida Transit RR 5-10-1881
to Florida Transit & Peninsular RR 1-3-1883

Sumner to Cedar Key
to Seaboard System 12-29-1982?

Venables to Sumner
to Seaboard System 12-29-1982?

Reynolds to Waldo FL

Waldo to Venables
to Seaboard System 12-29-1982?

Wildwood to Panasoffkee
Built by Tropical Florida RR 1856

Ocala to Wildwood
Built by Tropical Florida RR 1882

Waldo to Ocala
Built by Peninsular RR 1880

Silver Springs Jct to Silver Springs
Built by Peninsular RR 1880

Turkey Creek to Durant
Built by Florida Cenntral & Peninsular RR 1892
route approximate

Savannah to Yulee FL
Built by Florida Central & Peninsular RR 1894

Tavares to Orlando
Built by Tavares, Orlando & Atlantic RR 1884

Orlando to Winter Park
Built by Orlando & Winter Park Ry 1889
to East Florida & Atlantic RR 5-29-1891
to Seaboard Coast Line RR 7-1-1967?

Winter Park to Oviedo
Built by Osceola & Lake Jessup Ry 1890
to East Florida & Atlantic RR 5-29-1891
to Seaboard Coast Line RR 7-1-1967?

Oviedo to Lake Charm
1.00 mile
Built by Florida Central & Peninsular RR 1894
to Seaboard Coast Line RR 7-1-1967?

Summerfield to Lake Weir
Built by Florida Central & Peninsular RR 1894

Plant City to Tampa
Built by Florida Central & Peninsular 1890

Archer to Early Bird

Florida Western & Northern RR

Coleman to West Palm Beach
Built by Florida Western & Northern (SAL subsidiary) 1924-25

Georgia Florida & Alabama

Carrabelle to Tallahassee
Construction started by Thomasville Tallahassee & Gulf RR 1883
to Augusta Tallahassee & Gulf RR 1889
to Carrabelle Tallahassee & Georgia RR 1-5-1891
completed 1893
to Georgia Florida & Alabama Ry 1906
leased to Seaboard Air Line Ry 6-1927
Abandoned 1948
see http://railga.com/gfa.html
and http://www.taplines.net/gfa/gfa.html

Tallahassee to Bainbridge
Built by Georgia Pine Ry 1905-1902
to Georgia Florida & Alabama Ry 1901
leased to Seaboard Air Line Ry 6-1927
see http://railga.com/gfa.html
and http://www.taplines.net/gfa/gfa.html

N Cuthbert GA to Richland GA
Built by Georgia Florida & Alabama Ry 1910
leased to Seaboard Air Line Ry 6-1927
see http://railga.com/gfa.html
and http://www.taplines.net/gfa/gfa.html

Bainbridge to N Cuthbert GA
Built by Georgia Pine Ry 1905-1902
to Georgia Florida & Alabama Ry 1901

Havana FL to Quincy FL
Built by Georgia Florida & Alabama Ry after 1910

Plant City, Arcadia & Gulf Ry

Plant City to Welcome
Built by Warnell Lumber & Veneer Co. 1898-1905
to Plant City Arcadia & Gulf 1906

Keysville Jct to Nichols
Built by Plant City Arcadia & Gulf 1907

Coronet Jct to Coronet
Built by Plant City Arcadia & Gulf 1909

Tallahassee Perry & Southeastern Ry

Tallahassee to point 6 miles SE
Built by Florida, Georgia & Western Ry 1891
to Tallahassee Southeastern Ry 6-8-1895
to Tallahassee Perry & Southeastern Ry 4-18-1906

Pt 6 miles SE to Wacissa
Built by Tallahassee Southeastern Ry 1895
to Tallahassee Perry & Southeastern Ry 4-18-1906

Wacissa to Covington
Built by Tallahassee Perry & Southeastern Ry 1906

Covington to Waylonzo
Built by Tallahassee Perry & Southeastern Ry 1907

Tampa & Gulf Coast

Tarpon Jct to Lake Fern
Completed by Tampa & Gulf Coast RR 3-18-1914
SAL subsidiary

Gulf Coast Jct to Clearwater
Completed by Tampa & Gulf Coast RR 4-1-1914
SAL subsidiary

Clearwater to St. Petersburg
Completed by Tampa & Gulf Coast RR 9-22-1914
SAL subsidiary

Clearwater Existing

Indian Beach Jct to Indian Beach
Completed by Tampa & Gulf Coast RR 6-1915
route as shown on 1913 Pinellas Co Soil Survey Map
not visible on 1995 aerial photos

Lutz to Gulf Pine
Built by Gulf Pine Co.
to Tampa & Gulf Coast Ry 9-1910
to Tampa & Gulf Coast RR 2-11-1913 (SAL subsidiary)

Gulf Pine to Tarpon Springs
Completed by Tampa & Gulf Coast Ry 9-1910
to Tampa & Gulf Coast RR 2-11-1913 (SAL subsidiary)

Lake Villa to Port Richey
Built by J M Weeks & Co
to Tampa & Gulf Coast Ry 12-1912
to Tampa & Gulf Coast RR 2-11-1913 (SAL subsidiary)

Tampa Northern RR

Tampa to Fivay Jct
Built by Tampa Northern (SAL subsidiary) 1906-07

Fivay Jct to Brooksville
Built by Aripeka Saw Mills
to Tampa Northern 1-1-1908
Tampa Northern to SAL control 1912

Tooke Lake Jct to Tooke Lake
Built by Aripeka Saw Mills
to Tampa Northern 8-1-1911
Tampa Northern to SAL control 1912

Tooke Lake to Centralia
Trackage rights acquired 1911 over Central Cypress Co. by Tampa Northern

Tavares & Gulf RR

Ellsworth Jct to Clermont
Built by Tavares Apopka & Gulf RR 1885-88
to Tavares & Gulf RR 4-5-1890

Wait's Jct to Oakland
Completed by Tavares & Gulf RR 1894

Oakland to Winter Garden
Built by Tavares & Gulf about 1899

Winter Garden to Ocoee
Built by Tavares & Gulf about 1914

Carolina Central RR

Rockingham NC to Hamlet NC
Built by Wilmington Charlotte & Rutherford RR 1861
to Carolina Central Ry 5-17-1873
to Carolina Central RR 6-25-1880

Hamlet to Wilmington
Built by Wilmington Charlotte & Rutherford RR 1861
to Carolina Central Ry 5-17-1873
to Carolina Central RR 6-25-1880

Monroe NC to Pee Dee NC
Built by Carolina Central Ry 1874
to Carolina Central RR 6-25-1880

Rockingham NC to Pee Dee NC
Built by Wilmington Charlotte & Rutherford RR 1870
to Carolina Central Ry 5-17-1873

Monroe NC to Charlotte NC
Built by Carolina Central Ry 1874

Charlotte NC to Lincolnton NC

Lincolnton NC to Shelby NC
Built by Carolina Central Ry 1874

Shelby NC to Bostic NC
Built by Carolina Central RR 1887

Bostic NC to Forest City NC
Built by Carolina Central RR 1887
to Thermal Belt Ry 1990

Bostic CC&O connection

Forest City NC to Rutherfordton NC
Built by Carolina Central RR 1887

Ellenboro NC to Caroleen NC

Junction to Henrietta Mills NC

Georgia Carolina & Northern Ry

Monroe NC to NC/SC State Line
Built by Georgia Carolina & Northern Ry 1888

Greenwood SC to Chester SC
Built by Georgia Carolina & Northern Ry 1892

Atlanta GA to Greenwood SC
Built by Georgia Carolina & Northern Ry 1892

Chester SC to NC/SC State Line

Carolina Atlantic & Western Ry

Hartsville SC to Clyde SC
Built by South Carolina Western Ry 1911
to North & South Carolina Ry 4-6-1914
to Carolina Atlantic & Western Ry 4-6-1914

Hartsville SC to Bishopville SC
Built by South Carolina Western Ry 1912
to North & South Carolina Ry 4-6-1914
to Carolina Atlantic & Western Ry 4-6-1914

Lydia SC to Timmonsville SC
Built by South Carolina Western Ry 1912
to North & South Carolina Ry 4-6-1914
to Carolina Atlantic & Western Ry 4-6-1914

McBee to Clyde SC

Bishopville SC to Sumter SC

Florence SC to Hartsville SC

Georgetown SC to Andrews SC
Built by Georgetown & Lane's RR 1883
to Georgetown & Western RR 6-9-1887

Andrews SC to Lane SC
Built by Georgetown & Lane's RR 1883
to Georgetown & Western RR 6-9-1887

Gibson NC to Mullins SC
Built by North & South Carolina Ry 1909-10

Charleston to Andrews SC
Construction begun by Charleston Northern Ry 1913
completed 1915

Pee Dee River to Andrews SC
Built by Atlantic Coast Lumber Co 1901-1911
to Georgetown & Western RR

Pee Dee River to Mullins SC
Built by North & South Carolina Ry 1911

Poston SC to Florence SC
Construction started by South Carolina Western Extension Ry 1914
completed 1914

Macon Dublin & Savannah RR

Dublin GA to Macon GA
Built by Macon Dublin & Savannah RR 1885-92
to Atlantic Coast Line control 1904
to Seaboard Air Line Ry control 1907
merged into Seaboard Air Line RR 1958
to Georgia Central Ry
controlled by Genesee & Wyoming

Dublin GA to Vidalia GA
Built by Macon Dublin & Savannah RR 1901-02
to Atlantic Coast Line control 1904
to Seaboard Air Line Ry control 1907
merged into Seaboard Air Line RR 1958
to Georgia Central Ry
controlled by Genesee & Wyoming

Georgia & Alabama Ry

Dawson GA to Albany GA
Built by Columbus Southern Ry 1890
to Columbus & Southern RR 12-12-1896
to Georgia & Alabama Ry 12-19-1896
to Georgia Southwestern RR 6-5-1989
controlled by RailTex
to RailAmerica control
to Heart of Georgia RR 3-29-2000
see http://railga.com/colsou.html

Richland GA to Dawson GA
Built by Columbus Southern Ry 1890
to Columbus & Southern RR 12-12-1896
to Georgia & Alabama Ry 12-19-1896
see http://railga.com/colsou.html

Richland GA to Columbus GA
Built by Columbus Southern Ry 1890
to Columbus & Southern RR 12-12-1896
to Georgia & Alabama Ry 12-19-1896
see http://railga.com/colsou.html

Chattahoochie River to Louvale GA
Built by Savannah Americus & Montgomery Ry 1890
to Georgia Southwestern RR 6-5-1989
controlled by RailTex
to RailAmerica control
to Heart of Georgia RR 3-29-2000
see http://railga.com/apl.html
and http://railga.com/sam.html

Montgomery to AL/GA State Line
Built by Savannah Americus & Montgomery Ry 1890
abandoned 4-20-1986

Montgomery existing
Built by Savannah Americus & Montgomery Ry 1890
to Kershaw Manufacturing Co?

Louvale GA to Americus GA
Built by Americus Preston & Lumpkin RR 1885-86 as 36" gauge
to Savannah Americus & Montgomery Ry 12-27-1886 or 1888
converted to standard gauge 1889-90
to Georgia Southwestern RR 6-5-1989
controlled by RailTex
to RailAmerica control
to Heart of Georgia RR 3-29-2000
see http://railga.com/apl.html
and http://railga.com/sam.html

Lyons GA to Meldrim GA
Built by Savannah & Western RR 1890
controlled by Central of Georgia
leased to Georgia & Alabama Ry 1896
to Georgia Central Ry
controlled by Genesee & Wyoming

Lyons GA to Abbeville GA
Rhine to Abbeville to Georgia Southwestern RR 6-5-1989
Vidalia to Midvillle GA to State of Georgia
operated by Georgia Central RR
see http://railga.com/apl.html
and http://railga.com/sam.html

Americus GA to Abbeville GA
Built by Americus Preston & Lumpkin RR 1887 as 36" gauge
to Savannah Americus & Montgomery Ry 12-27-1886 or 1888
converted to standard gauge 1889-90

Meldrim GA to Savannah GA
Built by Georgia & Alabama Ry 1900

Savannah Spur

Fitzgerald GA to Ocilla GA
Built by Georgia & Alabama Ry 1897
abandoned 1990
see http://railga.com/abbvwayc.html

Lulaville GA to Fitzgerald GA
Built by Abbeville & Waycross RR 1896
abandoned 1971
see http://railga.com/abbvwayc.html

Bowen's Hill GA to Lulaville GA
Built by Abbeville & Waycross RR 1891
abandoned 1971
see http://railga.com/abbvwayc.html

Abbeville to Bowen's Hill GA
Built by Abbeville & Waycross RR 1890

Mahrt existing

VA

Petersburg VA to DeWitt VA
Built by Richmond Petersburg & Carolina RR 1898

Petersburg VA to Centralia VA
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1900

Centralia VA to Acca VA
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1900

Bellwood VA to Hopewell VA
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry before 1938

DeWitt VA to VA/NC State Line
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1900

old route

Suffolk VA to VA/NC State Line
Built by Portsmouth & Roanoke RR 1835-36
to Seaboard & Roanoke RR 9-4-1846

Portsmouth VA to Suffolk VA
Built by Portsmouth & Roanoke RR 1834
to Seaboard & Roanoke RR 9-4-1846

Boykins VA to VA/NC State Line
Built by Seaboard & Roanoke RR 1887
to North Carolina & Virginia RR 1987
to RailTex control
to RailAmerica control 2-2000
to Genesee & Wyoming control 12-28-2012

NC

Hamlet Jct to Gibson NC
Built by Raleigh & Augusta Air Line RR 1884

Norlina NC to NC/VA State Line

Norlina NC to Gaston NC
Built by Raleigh & Gaston RR 1838

Gaston NC to Roanoke Jct
Built by Raleigh & Gaston RR 1853

Weldon NC to Roanoke Jct
Built by Raleigh & Gaston RR 1853

Weldon abandoned
Built by Portsmouth & Roanoke RR 1835-36
rebuilt by Seaboard & Roanoke RR 1850

Roanoke Jct to Roanoke Rapids NC

Weldon NC to NC/VA State Line
Built by Portsmouth & Roanoke RR 1835-36
rebuilt by Seaboard & Roanoke RR 1850

Kelford NC to NC/VA State Line
Built by Roanoke & Tar River RR 1887
to North Carolina & Virginia RR 1987
to RailTex control
to RailAmerica control 2-2000
to Genesee & Wyoming control 12-28-2012

Lewiston NC to Kelford NC
Built by Roanoke & Tar River RR 1887

Henderson NC to Norlina NC

Raleigh NC to Franklinton NC

Franklinton NC to Henderson NC

Hamlet NC to Sanford NC
Built by Raleigh & Augusta Air Line RR 1887

Sanford NC to Haw River NC
Built by Raleigh & Augusta Air Line RR 1872

Raleigh NC to Haw River
Built by Chatham RR 1871
to Raleigh & Augusta Air Line RR 12-13-1871

Durham abandoned
Built by Durham & Northern Ry 1889

Durham existing
Built by Durham & Northern Ry 1889

Durham NC to Henderson NC
Built by Durham & Northern Ry 1889

Dickerson NC to Oxford NC
Built by Oxford & Coast Line RR 1902

Northside NC to Butner NC

Franklinton NC to Louisburg NC
Built by Louisburg RR 1885
to Raleigh & Gaston RR 8-7-1901

Moncure NC to Pittsboro NC
Built by Pittsboro RR 1887
to Raleigh & Augusta Air Line RR 12-9-1899

Moncure old alignment

Moncure to power plant
Built by Seaboard Air Line ca 1923?

SC

Great Falls SC to Spence SC
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry ca1907

Savannah GA to Columbia SC
Built by South Bound RR 1891

Columbia SC to Camden SC
Built by South Bound RR 1900

Cheraw SC to Hamlet NC
Built by Palmetto RR 1887
to Palmetto Ry 11-16-1895

Cheraw SC to Camden SC
Built by Chesterfield & Kershaw RR 1900

Savannah to Charleston

AL

Old Mainline Warner, AL

Bessemer Br

SAL Bham Terminal Connection

Bham Belt Connection

near Wattsville AL to Birmingham
Construction started by East & West RR
to Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line Ry 5-19-1903
to Alabama & Tennessee River Ry 12-30-2004

Wellington AL to near Wattsville AL
Built by East & West RR Co of Alabama 1882
to East & West RR 5-8-1894
to Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line Ry 5-19-1903
to Alabama & Tennessee River Ry 12-30-2004

Wellington AL to AL/GA State Line
Built by East & West RR Co of Alabama 1882
to East & West RR 5-8-1894
to Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line Ry 5-19-1903

Mahrt AL branch

Coal City AL to Pell City AL
Built by East & West RR Co of Alabama 1887
to East & West RR 5-8-1894

Coal City AL to near Wattsville AL

Coal City mine spur

Tredegar AL to Jacksonville AL
Built by Tredegar Mineral Ry 1893

Birmingham abandoned
Construction started by East & West RR

GA

Savannah Yard

Atlanta Belt Jct to Kirkwood Jct

Taylorsville GA to Cartersville GA
Built by Cherokee RR 1870
to Cherokee Iron Co 3-29-1879
to East & West RR Co of Alabama 5-25-1886

Rockmart GA to Floyd GA
Construction began by East & West RR

Floyd GA to Howell GA
Construction began by Chattahoochie Terminal Ry 1903

Atlanta existing
Construction began by Chattahoochie Terminal Ry 1903

Cedartown GA to Rockmart GA
Built by Cherokee Iron Co 1879
to East & West RR Co of Alabama 5-25-1886

AL/GA State Line to Cedartown GA
Built by Cherokee Iron Co 1882
to East & West RR Co of Alabama 5-25-1886

Rockmart GA to Taylorsville GA
Built by Cherokee Iron Co 1879

Rockmart wye

FL

Buda to Norwillis
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1908-09

Gross to Callahan
13 miles
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1924-

Walinwa to Nalaca
Built by SAL 1917
leased to Kissimmee River Ry
to Seaboard Air Line RR 1946?

Lake Wales to Baynard
Buily by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1915

Baynard to Walinwa
Built by SAL 1916

Bartow to West Lake Wales
Buily by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1915

Lake Wales to West Lake Wales
Buily by Seaboard Air LineRy 1915

Bartow to Juneau

Nichols to Mulberry

Mulberry to Bartow

Valrico to Welcome Jct
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1920s

West Palm Beach to Miami
Built by Seaboard-All FloridanRy (SAL subsidiary) 1925-27

Fruitville to Venice

Fruitville existing

Edison Jct to Agricola

Homestead to Miami
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry after 1927

Manatee to Arcadia
Built by East & West Coast Ry (SAL subsidiary) 1913-15

Fort Ogden to Fort Myers

Fort Myers to La Belle
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1920's

Fort Myers to Naples
Built by Seaboard Air Line Ry 1920's

Jacksonville Connection

Inverness to Tank Lake

Tank Lake to Brooksville

Hernando to Inverness

Early Bird to Hernando

SAL Sidings & Spurs

Atlanta

Existing 2017

Birmingham

Abandoned

SAL Turntable

Seaboard Air Line
Western Grain Co

Seaboard Air Line
Loveman, Joseph & Loeb furniture warehouse

Bayliss Machine & Welding Co