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Seaboard Air Line: Fascinating Focus and Fearless Leadership Made Railroad Successful

Forum dedicated to the Seaboard System Railroad and its predecessors, aka The Family Lines System, prior to its operational merger with the Chessie System, forming CSX, in 1982. Predecessors included the Atlantic Coast Line, the West Point Route, the Clinchfield, the Louisville and Nashville, the Seaboard Air Line, and the Seaboard Coast Line.

Seaboard Air Line: Fascinating Focus and Fearless Leadership Made Railroad Successful

  by Jeff Smith
 


The headline doesn't really fit the narrative, but here's a pretty good series of articles on the history of the SAL:
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In this article, (article 5 of 6) we will look at the trains and routes that the railroad used. We look at heavy-weight trains, streamliners, significant firsts, and freight trains. This is intended to give you more of an idea about the important business that this railroad was involved in.
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