Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

E36199

Class I railroad railroad company

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a major Class I railroad in the southeastern United States, formed in 1967 and known for both freight operations and prominent passenger services before becoming part of CSX Transportation.

Aliases (6)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Class I railroad → railroad company →
becamePartOf	CSX Corporation →
country	United States →
dateFormed	1967 →
formedFrom	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad → Seaboard Air Line Railroad →
headquartersLocation	Jacksonville, Florida →
industry	rail transport →
mergedInto	CSX Transportation → Seaboard System Railroad →
notableFor	dense freight network in the Southeast → streamlined passenger trains →
operatedService	Champion (train) → Floridian (train) → Palmetto (train) → Silver Meteor → Silver Star →
operatingRegion	Southeastern United States →
otherBusiness	passenger rail service →
parentCompany	Seaboard Coast Line Industries →
participatedIn	Amtrak era transition of U.S. passenger rail →
partOf	Family Lines System →
passengerOperationsTransferredTo	Amtrak →
predecessor	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad → Seaboard Air Line Railroad →
primaryBusiness	freight transportation →
reportingMarks	SCL →
servedCity	Atlanta, Georgia → Charleston, South Carolina → Jacksonville, Florida → Miami, Florida → New Orleans, Louisiana → Raleigh, North Carolina → Richmond, Virginia → Tampa, Florida →
servedState	Alabama → Florida → Georgia → Kentucky → Louisiana → Mississippi → North Carolina → South Carolina → Tennessee → Virginia →
startYear	1967 →
status	defunct →
successor	CSX Transportation → Seaboard System Railroad →
trackGauge	standard gauge →
transferToAmtrakYear	1971 →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Silver Meteor → Silver Meteor ("Amtrak–Seaboard Coast Line (transition period)") →	formerOperator
CSX A-Line → CSX A-Line ("Seaboard System Railroad") →	formerOwner
CSX A-Line → CSX A-Line ("Seaboard System Railroad") →	historicalOperator
Louisville and Nashville Railroad ("Seaboard Coast Line Industries") → Seaboard Coast Line Railroad ("Seaboard Coast Line Industries") →	parentCompany
CSX Transportation ("Seaboard System Railroad") → CSX Transportation →	predecessor
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad → Seaboard Air Line Railroad →	successor
Louisville and Nashville Railroad ("Seaboard Coast Line Industries") →	acquiredBy
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ("merged into Seaboard Coast Line Railroad") →	fate
Miami station ("Seaboard Coast Line Railroad passenger trains") →	hasFormerService
Class I freight railroads in the United States ("Seaboard System Railroad") →	historicallyIncluded
Seaboard Air Line Railroad →	mergedInto
Chessie System ("Seaboard Coast Line Industries") →	mergedWith
Silver Meteor ("Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (historical)") →	operatedBy
Silver Meteor →	operatorSuccessorTo
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ("Seaboard Coast Line Industries") →	parentCompanyAfterMerger