Post by seaboarder on Mar 8, 2007 22:46:57 GMT -5
Seaboard Airline Railway (SAL) 1880-1967. The southern heartland road or the highway to the south.
Considered to be the first RR to bring the North to the South. Seaboard Air Line Railway was created in the 1880s by the consolidation of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Which went back to the time of the earliest railroads in the U.S. Other smaller railroads would soon be incorperated and put into the hands of the railroad. In 1889 Seaboard leased it's control of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway which gave it connection to Atlanta. In 1890 the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway was formed between Lyons GA. and Montgomery AL. In 1895 after 5 years of service SA&M was sold under a Foreclosure to the Georgia and Alabama Railway which was formed by Seaboards founder John Skelton Williams. In 1896, he bought the Abbeville and Waycross Railroad that became part of the stretch of the Georgia and Alabama RR. Finally in 1899 Seaboard Bought the 1017 mile stretch of the Florida, Central and Peninsular Railroad, which started Seaboard's voyages from Savannah GA. to Jacksonville FL. A year later on July 1, 1900, the entire system was consolidated and reorganized as the Seaboard Air Line Railway. By that time Seaboard owned a 2600-mile network stretching from Virginia to Florida. In the Following years Seaboard bought the Lawrenceville to Loganville line from the Georgia, Carolina, and Northern Railway in 1901, and built a connection from Atlanta to Birmingham in 1904 by an SAL subsidiary called the Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line Railway. Seaboard absorbed the A&BAL shortly after completion of the line. On December 31, 1917, operations began on a new Savannah-Charleston line so now much of the Seaboard’s freight traffic that formerly passed through Columbia, S.C. was diverted to the new line. Seaboard Leased and bought the Georgia, Florida & Alabama in 1928-1930. In 1946 the company was reorganized as the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
Considered to be the first RR to bring the North to the South. Seaboard Air Line Railway was created in the 1880s by the consolidation of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Which went back to the time of the earliest railroads in the U.S. Other smaller railroads would soon be incorperated and put into the hands of the railroad. In 1889 Seaboard leased it's control of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway which gave it connection to Atlanta. In 1890 the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway was formed between Lyons GA. and Montgomery AL. In 1895 after 5 years of service SA&M was sold under a Foreclosure to the Georgia and Alabama Railway which was formed by Seaboards founder John Skelton Williams. In 1896, he bought the Abbeville and Waycross Railroad that became part of the stretch of the Georgia and Alabama RR. Finally in 1899 Seaboard Bought the 1017 mile stretch of the Florida, Central and Peninsular Railroad, which started Seaboard's voyages from Savannah GA. to Jacksonville FL. A year later on July 1, 1900, the entire system was consolidated and reorganized as the Seaboard Air Line Railway. By that time Seaboard owned a 2600-mile network stretching from Virginia to Florida. In the Following years Seaboard bought the Lawrenceville to Loganville line from the Georgia, Carolina, and Northern Railway in 1901, and built a connection from Atlanta to Birmingham in 1904 by an SAL subsidiary called the Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line Railway. Seaboard absorbed the A&BAL shortly after completion of the line. On December 31, 1917, operations began on a new Savannah-Charleston line so now much of the Seaboard’s freight traffic that formerly passed through Columbia, S.C. was diverted to the new line. Seaboard Leased and bought the Georgia, Florida & Alabama in 1928-1930. In 1946 the company was reorganized as the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.