Seaboard Air Line Railroad
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad was one of the major freight and passenger railroads in the southeast U.S. until 1967, and is now part of CSX. Lines formerly operated by it or a subsidiary should be tagged old_railway_operator=SAL in addition to railway=rail (if still in use) or railway=abandoned.
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Seaboard Air Line Railway for a chronology (which may have some errors) of lines constructed by the SAL and predecessors, compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1918.
Most SAL lines still operated by CSX have milepost prefixes beginning with "S". This includes the so-called "S Line", the partially-abandoned former SAL main line from Richmond to Tampa.
Below is a list (roughly complete) of ex-SAL lines, with mapping status.
MP | From | To | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
S | Richmond | Jacksonville | Main Line | |
SA | Portsmouth | Norlina | Portsmouth Subdivision | |
SAA | Roanoke Junction | Roanoke Rapids | ||
SAB | Boykins | Lewiston | Roanoke and Tar River Railroad | |
SB | Henderson | Durham | ||
SBA | Dickerson | Oxford | ||
SC | Franklinton | Louisburg | ||
SD | Moncure | Pittsboro | ||
SE | Hamlet | Wilmington | Carolina Central Railroad | |
(unknown branch of SE) | Lumberton | Brownsville | Raleigh and Charleston Railroad and Marion and Southern Railroad | |
SF | Hamlet | Rutherfordton | Carolina Central Railroad | |
SG (branch of SF) | Monroe | Birmingham | Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway and Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway | |
SGA | Catawba | Great Falls | Catawba Valley Railway | |
(unknown branch of SG) | Lawrenceville | Loganville | ||
SGB | Belt Junction | Inman Park | ||
SGC | Rockmart | Cartersville | ||
(unknown branch of SG) | Coal City | Pell City | ||
(unknown branch of SG) | Tredegar | Jacksonville | ||
SFA | Ellenboro | Caroleen | ||
SFB | Junction | Henrietta Mills | ||
SH | Hamlet Junction | Savannah | East Carolina Line | |
SHA | Georgetown | Lane's | ||
(unknown branch of S) | Cheraw | Crowburk | Chesterfield and Lancaster Railroad | |
(unknown branch of S) | McBee | Jefferson | Charlotte, Monroe and Columbia Railroad | |
SJ | McBee | Poston | South Carolina Western Railway | |
SJA | Hartsville | Sumter | ||
SJAB | Lydia | Timmonsville | ||
SL | Savannah | Montgomery | Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway | |
SK (branch of SL) | Vidalia | Macon | Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad | |
SLA | Abbeville | Ocilla | Abbeville and Waycross Railroad | |
SLB | Columbus | Albany | Columbus Southern Railway | |
SLC | Richland | Tallahassee | complete from Bainbridge to Tallahassee | Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway |
(unknown branch of SLC) | Havana | Quincy | complete | |
(unknown branch of SLC) | Tallahassee | Carrabelle | complete | |
SM | Gross | Baldwin | complete | Gross Cutoff north of Callahan |
SMA | Callahan | Fernandina | complete | |
(unknown branch of SMA) | Fernandina | Amelia Beach | complete | |
SO | Eastport | Blount Island | Dames Point Spur | |
SP | Jacksonville | River Junction | complete | |
SPB | Drifton | Monticello | complete | |
SPA | Tallahassee | St. Marks | complete | Tallahassee Railroad |
(unknown branch of above) | Tallahassee | Waylonzo | complete | |
S | Baldwin | Tampa | complete | Main Line |
SN | Starke | Wannee | complete | Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway |
(unknown branch of SN) | Buda | Norwills | main line and branch to Thames complete; can't determine where branch to Williams was | also included branches to Thames and Williams |
SR | Waldo | Gulf Coast Junction | complete | Tampa Northern Railroad south of Brooksville |
(unknown branch of SR) | Sampson City | Emathla | complete | Tampa and Jacksonville Railway abandoned early from Sampson City to Gainesville |
(unknown branch of SR) | Archer | Cedar Key | complete | |
(unknown branch of SR) | Hernando | Port Inglis | complete | Florida Central and Gulf Railway |
(unknown branch of SR) | Tooke Lake Junction | Centralia | complete | Tampa Northern Railroad |
(unknown branch of S) | Silver Springs Junction | Silver Springs | complete | |
SQ | Ocala | Kendrick | Kendrick Spur | |
SS | Summerfield | Weirsdale | Lake Weir Spur | |
ST | Wildwood | Lake Charm | complete | |
(unknown branch of ST) | Ellsworth Junction | Ocoee | complete | Tavares and Gulf Railroad now prefixed ATB beyond Winter Garden |
(unknown branch of above) | Waits Junction | Clermont | complete | Tavares and Gulf Railroad |
(unknown branch of S) | Sumterville Junction | Sumterville | ||
SX | Coleman | Miami | complete | Florida Western and Northern Railroad and Seaboard-All Florida Railway |
SXD | Miami | Downtown | complete | |
SXH | Miami | Homestead | complete | |
SV | Plant City | Nalaca | complete | Kissimmee River Railway from Walinwa to Nalaca |
SVA | Coronet Junction | Coronet | complete | |
(unknown branch of SV) | Keysville Junction | Welcome | complete | |
SVC | Edison Junction | South Boca Grande | complete | Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway south of Bradley Junction
was SVK from Fort Ogden to South Boca Grande when Fort Ogden to Naples line was in service |
SVN | Bradley Junction | Agricola | complete | was SVH when Punta Rassa line was in service |
SVC | Fort Ogden | Naples | complete | Seaboard-All Florida Railwayabandoned in 1952 |
SVO | Fort Myers | La Belle | complete | abandoned in 1952 |
SVN | Punta Rassa Junction | Punta Rassa | complete | abandoned in 1952 |
SVH | Mulberry | Bradley Junction | complete | Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway |
(unknown branch of SVH) | Achan | Ridgewood | complete | |
(unknown branch of SVH) | Cottman | Tiger Bay | complete | |
SVE | Bartow | Jumeau | complete | |
SW | Turkey Creek | Venice | complete | Sarasota Subdivision |
SWA | Terra Ceia Junction | Terra Ceia | complete | |
SWB | Ellenton Junction | Ellenton | complete | |
SWC | Palmetto Junction | Palmetto | complete | |
(unknown branch of above) | Palmetto | Manatee Fruit Company | complete | |
SWD | Manatee | Bradenton | complete | |
(unknown branch of SW) | Manatee | Arcadia | complete | East and West Coast Railway |
SZ | Valrico | Keysville Junction | complete | Valrico Cutoff |
SY | Tampa | St. Petersburg | complete | Tampa Northern Railroad and Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad |
SYA | Tarpon Junction | Tarpon Springs | complete | Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad |
SYB | Lake Villa | Port Richey | complete | Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad |
SYC | Indian Beach Junction | Indian Beach (opposite Anona) | complete | Tampa and Gulf Coast RailroadSYC later reused for Drew Spur |