Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives, and HistoryA thorough history of the Seaboard and its various predecessors and subsidiary lines. |
Contents
THE SEABOARD AND THE GASTON ROADS | 5 |
SEABOARD AIRLINE | 20 |
FLORIDA CENTRAL PENINSULAR RAILROAD | 71 |
GEORGIA ALABAMA RAILWAY Savannah Short Line | 81 |
SEABOARD AIR LINE RY COMPANY The Progressive Railway of The South | 92 |
SUBSIDIARY LINES OF THE SEABOARD | 103 |
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ROSTERS AND DIAGRAMS | 246 |
Common terms and phrases
1900 SEABOARD AIR acquired AIR LINE RAILWAY Air-Line Atlanta became SAL Birmingham Boca Grande BUILDER DATE NUMBER built by Baldwin Carolina Charlotte Columbia constructed cylinders Decapod engines FC&P RR Fernandina FLORIDA CENTRAL Gainesville Gaston RR Georgia GF&A Gulf Hamlet HISTORY BUILDER DATE 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 Montgomery Norfolk County Norfolk County Ferries Norlina NUMBER Old Bay Line operated PENINSULAR RR Petersburg Plant City PORTS 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 SCRAPPED Seaboard & Roanoke SEABOARD AIR LINE SOLD South Southern STEAM ROSTER switchers Tallahassee Tampa tractive effort train Virginia Washington Weldon West Wildwood Wilmington York