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 The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , known colloquially as the Seaboard Railroad during its time, was an American railroad that existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime ri ...

or one of its predecessors. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad merged with the

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast ...

on July 1, 1967, to form the

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a Class I railroad company operating in the Southeastern United States beginning in 1967. Its passenger operations were taken over by Amtrak in 1971. Eventually, the railroad was merged with its affiliate lin ...

Predecessor lines

The Seaboard main line from Richmond to Tampa, heart of its 2600-mile system in 1900, (today mostly

CSX CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Railroad classes, Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Operating about 21,000 route miles () of trac ...

's "S" Line), had been built by the following companies: *

Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad The Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad was a railroad built in the early 1900s. As its name suggests, it ran from Richmond, Virginia south through Petersburg into northern North Carolina. It was a key part of the network of the Seaboard ...

Richmond, Virginia Richmond ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city (United States), independent city since 1871. ...

Norlina, North Carolina Norlina ( ) is a town in Warren County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,118 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census ...

(the immediate predecessor of the SAL) *

Raleigh and Gaston Railroad The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad was a Raleigh, North Carolina, based railroad opened in April 1840 between Raleigh and the town of Gaston, North Carolina, on the Roanoke River. It was North Carolina's second railroad (the Wilmington and Weldon Ra ...

, Norlina to

Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in the state (after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte) ...

* Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Railroad, Raleigh to

Hamlet, North Carolina Hamlet is a city in Richmond County, North Carolina, Richmond County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 6,042 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The area in Richmond County, North Carolina, Richmond County ...

* Palmetto Railroad, Hamlet to

Cheraw, South Carolina Cheraw ( , ) is a town on the Pee Dee River in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 5,040 at the 2020 census. The greater Cheraw area in the zip code 29520 has a populatio ...

* Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad, Cheraw to

Camden, South Carolina Camden is the largest city in and the county seat of Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 7,764 in the 2020 census, and the 2022 population estimate is 8,213. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina, Metropolita ...

*Predecessors of the

Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was the final name of a system of railroads throughout Florida, becoming part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1900. The system, including some of the first railroads in Florida, stretched from Jackso ...

: ** South Bound Railroad, Camden to

Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Brita ...

Northern Division, Savannah to Georgia/Florida state line ** Florida Northern Railroad, state line to

Yulee, Florida Yulee is a census-designated place (CDP) located within Nassau County, Florida, in the United States. Its population at the 2020 United States Census was 14,195, up from 11,491 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jacksonville metropolitan stat ...

** Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, Yulee to

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...

** Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad, Jacksonville to

Baldwin, Florida Baldwin is a town in Duval County, Florida, United States. When the majority of communities in Duval County were consolidated with the city of Jacksonville in 1968, Baldwin, along with Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach, r ...

Florida Railroad The Florida Railroad was the first railroad to connect the east and west coasts of Florida, running from Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site, Fernandina to Cedar Key, Florida, Cedar Key. The line later became part of the Seaboard Air Line R ...

, Yulee to

Baldwin Baldwin may refer to: People * Baldwin (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname Places Canada * Baldwin, York Regional Municipality, Ontario * Baldwin, Ontario, in Sudbury District * Baldwin's Mills, ...

Waldo, Florida Waldo is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020 census, the population was 846, down from 1,015 at the 2010 census. History William Sparkman, the "father ...

** Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad Tampa Division, Waldo to

Tampa, Florida Tampa ( ) is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and t ...

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: *

, 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 The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , known colloquially as the Seaboard Railroad during its time, was an American railroad that existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime ri ...

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 The East and West Railroad of Alabama was a railroad in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia. The railroad started out with narrow gauge track, but it was eventually converted to track. The Alabama end of the line began at Pell City, where ...

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Cherokee Iron Company The Cherokee (; , or ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern ...

**** 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 The South Carolina Western Railway was a Southeastern railroad that operated in the early 20th century. History The South Carolina Western Railway was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1910. It built a 38-mile line from the S ...

South Carolina Western Extension Railway The South Carolina Western Extension Railway was a South Carolina railroad that was begun in the early part of the 20th century. The South Carolina Western Extension Railway was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1913. It was in th ...

Carolina Central Railroad The Carolina Central Railroad, was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1855 as the Wilmington and Charlotte Railroad and was renamed the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad shortly after. It was reorganized a ...

* Carolina Central Railway **

Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad The Carolina Central Railroad, was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1855 as the Wilmington and Charlotte Railroad and was renamed the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad shortly after. It was reorganized a ...

*** Wilmington and Charlotte Railroad

Catawba Valley Railway

Central Railway of Georgia (Lyons Branch only)

Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway is a historic railroad line that at its greatest extent serviced Gasparilla Island in Charlotte Harbor (estuary), Charlotte Harbor and a major shipping port that once operated there. The railroad's princip ...

* Alafia, Manatee, and Gulf Coast Railroad

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 The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was the final name of a system of railroads throughout Florida, becoming part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1900. The system, including some of the first railroads in Florida, stretched from Jackso ...

* 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 The Florida Central and Western Railroad was a rail line built in the late 1800s that ran from Jacksonville west across North Central Florida and the part Florida Panhandle through Lake City and Tallahassee before coming to an end at Chattahooc ...

*** Florida Central Railroad **** Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad *** Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad ****

Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Pensacola ( ) is a city in the Florida panhandle in the United States. It is the county seat and only city in Escambia County. The population was 54,312 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Pensacola metropolitan area, which had ...

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Tallahassee Railroad The Tallahassee Railroad, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, was one of the first two railroads in Florida, starting operations in 1836 or 1837. It did not successfully use steam locomotives until 1855, with trains being pulled by mules for mo ...

***** Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad (operated) ** Florida, Peninsula and Jacksonville Railroad ** Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad ***

Florida Transit Railroad Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

**** Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company *****

*** Peninsular Railroad *** Tropical Florida Railroad **

Jacksonville and Mobile Railroad Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...

** Leesburg and Indian River Railroad * Florida Northern Railroad * Jacksonville Belt Railroad * Santa Fe Canal Company *

Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad The Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad Company was incorporated by Florida state law chapter 3499, approved March 5, 1883, as owned by Alexander St. Clair-Abrams of New Orleans, W. R. Anno, Nat Poyntz and J. L. Bryan of Orange County, Florid ...

Florida, Peninsular and Gulf Railroad

Arcadia, Gulf Coast and Lakeland Railroad The Arcadia, Gulf Coast and Lakeland Railroad Company was owned by George B. Morton, Anthony Peters and Woodward Emery. It was incorporated under Florida state law chapter FOO, approved May 21, 1891, "for the purpose of constructing, maintaining ...

Florida West Shore Railway The Seaboard Air Line Railroad's Sarasota Subdivision (W Line) was a rail line that ran from the company's main line at Turkey Creek south to Palmetto, Bradenton, Sarasota, and Venice. The line was built in phases from 1901 to 1911. Parts of t ...

* United States & West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company

Gainesville Midland Railroad Gainesville is the name of several places in the United States of America: * Gainesville, Alabama * Gainesville, Arkansas * Gainesville, Florida, the largest municipality with this name * Gainesville, Georgia * Gainesville, Kentucky * Gainesville, ...
(bought by Seaboard in 1959)

Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad The Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was chartered in 1872 and upon completion March 11, 1884, consisted of two lines from Gainesville to Jefferson and Social Circle, sp ...

** 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 The Columbus Southern Railway is a historic railroad that operated in the U.S. state of Georgia. The railroad operated an 88-mile line from Columbus to Albany that opened in 1890. History It was originally chartered in 1885 as the Columbus and F ...

*** Columbus and Florida Railway * Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company *

Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway The Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway (SA&M) was a historic railroad located in the U.S. states of Georgia and Alabama. SA&M was built in the 1880s running between Montgomery, Alabama and Lyons, Georgia. It would be completed to Savannah, ...

Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad The Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway (SA&M) was a historic railroad located in the U.S. states of Georgia and Alabama. SA&M was built in the 1880s running between Montgomery, Alabama and Lyons, Georgia. It would be completed to Savannah, ...

** Montgomery & West Point Railroad

Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway The Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway was a Southeastern railroad that began after Reconstruction and operated up until the start of the 20th century. It ran from Monroe, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia and later became part of the Seaboa ...

* Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad

Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad The Georgia, Florida and Alabama RailroadSources differ on the use of ''Railroad'' vs ''Railway'' in the official name of the company. (the GF&A), known as the Sumatra Leaf Route, and colloquially as the Gopher, Frog & Alligator was a -long railroa ...
(gained control in 1928)

Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad The Georgia, Florida and Alabama RailroadSources differ on the use of ''Railroad'' vs ''Railway'' in the official name of the company. (the GF&A), known as the Sumatra Leaf Route, and colloquially as the Gopher, Frog & Alligator was a -long railroa ...

* Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway ** Georgia Pine Railway

Kissimmee River Railway

Loganville and Lawrenceville Railroad

Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad

McRae Terminal Railway McRae is a Scottish Gaelic surname. It may refer to: People * McRae (surname) Places Canada * McRae, Alberta United States * McRae, Alabama * McRae, Arkansas * McRae, Florida * McRae, Georgia ** McRae–Helena, Georgia, formed by the 2015 merger ...

Oxford and Coast Line Railroad

Line from Dickerson to Oxford, NC

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 The Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad was a North Carolina railroad that operated in the second half of the 19th century. History Early years The Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad traces its history back to the early 1850s, when the line ...

* Chatham Railroad * Pittsboro Railroad

Raleigh and Charleston Railroad

* Carolina Northern Railroad

Raleigh and Gaston Railroad The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad was a Raleigh, North Carolina, based railroad opened in April 1840 between Raleigh and the town of Gaston, North Carolina, on the Roanoke River. It was North Carolina's second railroad (the Wilmington and Weldon Ra ...

* Louisburg Railroad

Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad The Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad was a railroad built in the early 1900s. As its name suggests, it ran from Richmond, Virginia south through Petersburg into northern North Carolina. It was a key part of the network of the Seaboard ...

* Virginia and Carolina Railroad

Roanoke and Tar River Railroad

Seaboard Air Line Belt Railroad

Seaboard-All Florida Railway

East and West Coast Railway The East and West Coast Railway was a railroad line running from Bradenton on the west coast of Florida southeast to Arcadia in the Peace River valley. Despite its name, the line never went all the way to the east coast of Florida. The line ...

* Florida Western and Northern Railroad * Naples, Seaboard, and Gulf Railway

Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad was organized in 1833 (as the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad) to extend from the area of the rapids of the Roanoke River at its fall line near Weldon, North Carolina to Portsmouth, Virginia, across the Elizabeth ...

* Roanoke Railroad *

Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad was organized in 1833 (as the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad) to extend from the area of the rapids of the Roanoke River at its fall line near Weldon, North Carolina to Portsmouth, Virginia, across the Elizabeth ...

South Bound Railroad

Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway

* Tallahassee Southeastern Railway ** Florida, Georgia and Western Railway

Tampa Terminal Company

Tavares and Gulf Railroad The Tavares and Gulf Railroad (T&G) was a historic railroad in Central Florida that operated for many years as a subsidiary of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. It existed from 1886 to 1969. Route Description The Tavares and Gulf Railroad began j ...
(bought 1926)

* Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railroad

External links

Seaboard System family tree
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Seaboard Air Line The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , known colloquially as the Seaboard Railroad during its time, was an American railroad that existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime ri ...

Predecessor lines

Acquired lines

Seaboard Air Line Railway The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , known colloquially as the Seaboard Railroad during its time, was an American railroad that existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime ri ...

Carolina Central Railroad The Carolina Central Railroad, was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1855 as the Wilmington and Charlotte Railroad and was renamed the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad shortly after. It was reorganized a ...

Central Railway of Georgia (Lyons Branch only)

Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway is a historic railroad line that at its greatest extent serviced Gasparilla Island in Charlotte Harbor (estuary), Charlotte Harbor and a major shipping port that once operated there. The railroad's princip ...

Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was the final name of a system of railroads throughout Florida, becoming part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1900. The system, including some of the first railroads in Florida, stretched from Jackso ...

Florida, Peninsular and Gulf Railroad

Florida West Shore Railway The Seaboard Air Line Railroad's Sarasota Subdivision (W Line) was a rail line that ran from the company's main line at Turkey Creek south to Palmetto, Bradenton, Sarasota, and Venice. The line was built in phases from 1901 to 1911. Parts of t ...

Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway The Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway was a Southeastern railroad that began after Reconstruction and operated up until the start of the 20th century. It ran from Monroe, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia and later became part of the Seaboa ...

McRae Terminal Railway McRae is a Scottish Gaelic surname. It may refer to: People * McRae (surname) Places Canada * McRae, Alberta United States * McRae, Alabama * McRae, Arkansas * McRae, Florida * McRae, Georgia ** McRae–Helena, Georgia, formed by the 2015 merger ...

Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad The Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad was a North Carolina railroad that operated in the second half of the 19th century. History Early years The Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad traces its history back to the early 1850s, when the line ...

Raleigh and Gaston Railroad The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad was a Raleigh, North Carolina, based railroad opened in April 1840 between Raleigh and the town of Gaston, North Carolina, on the Roanoke River. It was North Carolina's second railroad (the Wilmington and Weldon Ra ...

Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad The Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad was a railroad built in the early 1900s. As its name suggests, it ran from Richmond, Virginia south through Petersburg into northern North Carolina. It was a key part of the network of the Seaboard ...

Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad was organized in 1833 (as the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad) to extend from the area of the rapids of the Roanoke River at its fall line near Weldon, North Carolina to Portsmouth, Virginia, across the Elizabeth ...

Tavares and Gulf Railroad The Tavares and Gulf Railroad (T&G) was a historic railroad in Central Florida that operated for many years as a subsidiary of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. It existed from 1886 to 1969. Route Description The Tavares and Gulf Railroad began j ... (bought 1926)

See also

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Tavares and Gulf Railroad The Tavares and Gulf Railroad (T&G) was a historic railroad in Central Florida that operated for many years as a subsidiary of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. It existed from 1886 to 1969. Route Description The Tavares and Gulf Railroad began j ...
(bought 1926)