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Seaboard Air Line Railroad
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| Reporting marks | SAL |
| Locale | Florida - Virginia, United States |
| Dates of operation | – 1967 |
| Successor line | Seaboard Coast Line |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge) |
| Headquarters | Richmond, VA |
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad (AAR reporting marks SAL) was an American railroad that existed between the 1880s and July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. The company was headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
The earliest portion of the SAL system was built as the Portsmouth and Weldon Railroad, which began operating in 1835 in southeastern Virginia and a small section of northeastern North Carolina, linking the Roanoke River to the harbor at Hampton Roads. It was later known as the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad, and then the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad.
James H. Dooley, a Virginia lawyer, helped to found the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
The SAL main line, now mostly CSX's "S" Line, was built by the following companies:
- Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad, Richmond, Virginia to Norlina, North Carolina (the immediate predecessor of the SAL)
- Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, Norlina to Raleigh, North Carolina
- Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Railroad, Raleigh to Hamlet, North Carolina
- Palmetto Railroad, Hamlet to Cheraw, South Carolina
- Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad, Cheraw to Camden, South Carolina
- Predecessors of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad:
- South Bound Railroad, Camden to Savannah, Georgia
- Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Northern Division, Savannah to Georgia/Florida state line
- Florida Northern Railroad, state line to Yulee, Florida
- Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, Yulee to Jacksonville, Florida
- Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad, Jacksonville to Baldwin, Florida
- Florida Railroad, Baldwin (continuing north to Yulee) to Waldo, Florida
- Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad Tampa Division, Waldo to Tampa, Florida
The most famous SAL train was an all sleeper car train carrying tourists from New York City down to resorts in Florida known as the Orange Blossom Special. The train ran from 1925 to the early 1960s, and was immortalized in an extremely famous fiddle tune of the same name.
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- List of Seaboard Air Line Railroad precursors
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
- Orange Blossom Special
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| United States: AMTK, BNSF, CSXT, GTW, KCS, NS, SOO, UP - Canada: CN, CP, VIA - Mexico: FXE, TFM, KCSM, FSRR
See also: List of USA/Canada/Mexico Class I Railroads, List of USA/Canadian Class II Railroads, Class III railroad, Class 2 Railroads in Canada, Short-line railroad, List of United States railroads, List of Canadian railroads, List of Mexican railroads |