Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives, and HistoryA thorough history of the Seaboard and its various predecessors and subsidiary lines. |
Contents
SEABOARD AIRLINE | 13 |
III | 25 |
Seaboard Tugs and Harbor Operations | 55 |
Norfolk County Ferries | 61 |
FLORIDA CENTRAL PENINSULAR RAILROAD | 71 |
Americus Preston Lumpkin RR Savannah Americus Montgomery Ry | 81 |
Birmingham Extension East West RR Cherokee Iron RR Company | 87 |
Common terms and phrases
1900 SEABOARD AIR acquired AIR LINE RAILWAY Air-Line Atlanta became SAL Birmingham Boca Boca Grande built by Baldwin Carolina cars Charlotte CHENMAN City coal Columbia constructed cylinders Decapod engines FC&P RR Fernandina FLORIDA CENTRAL Gainesville Gaston RR Georgia GF&A Gulf Hamlet HISTORY BUILDER DATE J.T. KNIGHT Jacksonville John Skelton Junction L.CHENMAN Lake Lake Wales later lbs tractive effort Line RR LINE RY LOCOMOTIVES Macon main line Mariners Museum MD&S RR Monroe Norfolk County Norfolk County Ferries Norlina NUMBER Old Bay Line operated PENINSULAR RR Plant City Portsmouth R&G RR railroad Raleigh Raleigh & Gaston rebuilt RETIRED Richard E Richmond River road numbers Roanoke River Roanoke RR ROSTER SINCE 1900 route Russian Decapod SALRY Savannah Seaboard & Roanoke SEABOARD AIR LINE SOLD South Southern STEAM ROSTER switchers Tallahassee Tampa tractive effort train TYPE PREVIOUS Virginia Washington Weldon West Wildwood Wilmington York