List of Seaboard Air Line Railroad precursors


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 or one of its predecessors.
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad on July 1, 1967, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.

Predecessor lines

The Seaboard main line from Richmond to Tampa, heart of its 2600-mile system in 1900,, had been built by the following companies:

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:
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]

[Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway]

[Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway]

[Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway]

[Carolina Central Railroad]

[Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway]

[Columbus Railroad]

  • Brush Electric Light and Power Company

[Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad]

Florida, Peninsular and Gulf Railroad

[Florida West Shore Railway]

[Gainesville Midland Railroad] (bought by Seaboard in 1959)

[Georgia and Alabama Railway]

[Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway]

[Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad] (gained control in 1928)

[Oxford and Coast Line Railroad]

Line from Dickerson to Oxford, NC

[Palmetto Railway]

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  • Warnell Lumber and Veneer Company
  • *Plant City and Arcadia Railroad

[Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad]

[Raleigh and Charleston Railroad]

[Raleigh and Gaston Railroad]

[Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad]

  • Virginia and Carolina Railroad

[Seaboard-All Florida Railway]

[Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad]

[Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway]

[Tavares and Gulf Railroad] (bought 1926)

  • Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railroad