Seaboard Coast Line Timetables (September, 1968)

Published: March 2, 2024

The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL) was a prominent American Class I railroad that operated from July 1967 until July 1983. It was formed by the merger of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.

The combined 9,632-mile network covered areas from Virginia to Florida and east to New Orleans and Birmingham. Major terminals were at Jacksonville, Florida, and Richmond, Virginia, with large classification yards at Hamlet, North Carolina, and Tampa, Florida.

SCL was focused on freight, operating extensive trains carrying coal, phosphates, fruit, and manufactured products. Despite this, passenger service was still provided, notably the Silver Meteor and Silver Star long-distance routes. Locomotive power was primarily diesel, featuring models from Electro-Motive Division and General Electric.

SCL partnered with the Louisville and Nashville, creating the Family Lines System in the late 1970s. The Family Lines System, including the Clinchfield, Georgia and West Point Route, operated under SCL control.

In 1983, it was subsumed into the Seaboard System Railroad, which was later consolidated with the Chessie System in 1986 to form CSX Transportation, a leading supplier of rail-based freight transportation in North America.

Public Timetables (September, 1968)