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Seaboard Air Line Railway SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY.. Art. of consol. in VA and NC, November 15, 1915 Art. of consol. in SC, November 16, 1915 Art. of consol. in GA, FL, and AL, November 17, 1915 Trackage, June 30, 1918: 3464.299 mi. First main track 15.291 mi. Second main track 963.600 mi. Yard track and sidings Equipment Steam locomotives 550 Freight cars 17,055 Passenger cars 401 Floating equipment 14 Work equipment 796 Miscellaneous 25 Leased equipment Steam locomotives 3 to East and West Coast Railway Steam locomotives 1 to Chesterfield and Lancaster Railroad Steam locomotives 20 from United States of America Freight cars 27 to East and West Coast Railway Freight cars 105 from Seaboard Equipment Company Passenger cars 5 to East and West Coast Railway Floating equipment 5 from Seaboard Equipment Company Work equipment 8 to East and West Coast Railway The Seaboard Air Line solely controls the following Companies: Percent of Railroad Company: Control: Charlotte, Monroe and Columbia Railroad 100% Chesterfield and Lancaster Railroad 60 East and West Coast Railway 100 Raleigh and Charleston Railroad 100 Tampa & Gulf Coast Railroad 100 Tampa Northern Railroad 100 Non-railroad companies: Baltimore Steam Packet Company 100% Georgia Construction Company 100 North Carolina Terminal Company 100 Seaboard Investment Company 100 Southeastern Investment Company 100 Seaboard Equipment Company 100 Railroads, Controlled Jointly with: Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line 14 2/7% with: Southern Railway; Atlantic Coast Line; Norfolk Southern; Chesapeake and Ohio; Virginian; New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Wilmington Railway Bridge Company 50% with: Atlantic Coast Line Terminal and station companies: Albany Passenger Terminal 20% with: Atlantic Coast Line; Central of Georgia, Georgia Northern; Georgia, Southwestern and Gulf Athens Terminal, with: Gainesville Midland 50% Birmingham Terminal, with: Southern; Central of Georgia 16 2/3% Illinois Central; St. Louis-San Francisco, Alabama Great Southern Chatham Terminal, with: Central of Georgia 50% Durham Union Station, with: Southern; Norfolk and Western; 25% Durham and Southern Jacksonville Terminal, with: Southern; Atlantic Coast Line;. 25% Georgia Southern and Florida; Florida East Coast North Charleston Terminal, with: Atlantic Coast Line, Southern 33 1/3% Savannah Union Station, with: Atlantic Coast Line, Southern 33 1/3% Tampa Union Station, with: Atlantic Coast Line, Tampa Northern 33 1/3% Holding Companies: Richmond-Washington Company, with: Pennsylvania, Chesapeake and Ohio, Baltimore and Ohio, Atlantic Coast Line, Southern Railway 16 2/3% By construction: 10.00 mi. Baynard to Walinwa, FL, 1916 .73 mi. Republic Mill Spur, 1916 2.91 mi. Old Town Spur, 1918 .70 mi. Johns Island Spur, 1918 2.66 mi. Yonges Island Spur, 1918 7.91 mi. Fenwick Island Spur, 1918 3.96 mi. Chisholm Island Spur, 1918 86.90 mi. completed, Charleston, SC to Savannah, GA, 1918 Certificates for abandonment issued 1.39 mi. 13th St., 13th St, Fernandia to Amelia Beach, FL (3/11/1921) (FD No. 1179) 0.66 mi. Fruitville Junction to Fruitville, FL (10/5/1921) (FD 1553) Seaboard Air Line Railway (11/15-16/1915) Seaboard Air Line Railway (11/15-16/1915) SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY.. Seaboard Air Line Ry Name change, April 10, 1900 89.60 mi. begun, Charleston, SC to Savannah, GA 27.00 mi. Acca to Petersburg, VA, 1900 55.00 mi. Dewitt, VA to Norlina, NC, 1900 1.91 mi. Quincy Owl Mine spur, 1902 .55 mi. Long Lumber Company spur, 1903 1.40 mi. Wilson & Toomer spur, 1905 2.40 mi. Buda to Mutual, FL, 1908 .93 mi. Patterson Mill Spur, 1909 7.50 mi. Mutual to Norwills, FL, 1909 4.16 mi. Holder Mine spur, 1910 27.20 mi. Early Bird to Hernando, Fl, 1910 3.50 mi. Nichols to Mulberry, FL, 1910 4.40 mi. Hernando to Inverness, FL, 1911 16.50 mi. Fruitville to Venice, FL, 1912 8.00 mi. Mulberry to Bartow, FL, 1913 12.00 mi. Bartow to Juneau, FL, 1914 2.02 mi. Carpenter O'Brien spur, 1914 4.85 mi. Acme Spur, 1914 .98 mi. Conner & Shallenberger spur, 1914 22.00 mi. Bartow to Baynard, FL, 1915 12.30 mi. completed, Edison Jct. to Agricola, FL, 1910 Purchased from Camp's Railroad (not a predicessor) 1.30 mi. Between Dunnellon and Hernando, FL, 1910 The Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad (4/10/1900) Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway (9/30/1909) Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway (9/30/1909) Roanoke and Tar River Railroad (9/15/1911) Catawba Valley Railway (9/27/1909) Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (8/15/1903) Oxford and Coast Line Railroad (6/28/1906) Florida West Shore Railway (9/30/1909) Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway (9/29/1909) The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad (9/15/1911) Plant City, Arcadia and Gulf Railway (9/28/1909) The Palmetto Railway (11/7/1901) Georgia and Alabama Railway (2/20/1902) The South Bound Railroad (11/7/1901) Seaboard Air Line Belt Railroad (11/7/1901) The Loganville and Lawrenceville Railroad of Georgia (2/27/1902) The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad (11/7/1901) Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad (11/7/1901) The Carolina Central Railroad (11/7/1901) The Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway (11/7/1901) Durham and Northern Railway (9/13/1901) THE RICHMOND, PETERSBURG AND CAROLINA RAILROAD. Seaboard Air Line Ry Inc. May 7, 1892, approved by: Spec. act of VA, January 12, 1900 Spec. act of NC, January 31, 1899 20.00 mi. Petersburg to Dewitt, VA, 1898 Virginia and Carolina Railroad (5/7/1892) VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA RAILROAD.. The Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina RR Spec. act of VA, February 23, 1882 Spec. act of NC, February 7, 1883 Right of way and some grading between Petersburg, VA and Norlina, NC ATLANTA AND BIRMINGHAM AIR LINE RAILWAY. Seaboard Air Line Ry Art. of consol. in GA, May 19, 1903 Art. of consol. in AL, May 20, 1903 0.28 mi. Atlanta Water Works spur, 1903 0.69 mi. Brady Mine Spur, 1905 1.07 mi. Lucy-Beuk Mine spur, 1905 30.00 mi. completed, Floyd to Rockmart, GA, 1904 39.00 mi. completed, Coal City to Birmingham, AL, 1904 14.00 mi. completed, Howells to Floyd, GA, 1904 Abandoned: 6.50 mi. between Rockmart, GA and Coal City, AL, 1904 Chattahoochee Terminal Railway (5/19/1903) East and West Railroad (5/19/1903) CHATTAHOOCHEE TERMINAL RAILWAY.. Seaboard Air Line Ry Inc. in GA, February 16, 1903 14.00 mi. begun, Howells to Floyd, GA EAST AND WEST RAILROAD.. Seaboard Air Line Ry Inc. in AL, January 11, 1894 Inc. in GA, January 15, 1896 30.00 mi. begun, Floyd to Rockmart, GA 39.00 mi. begun, Coal City to Birmingham, AL The East and West Railroad Company of Alabama (5/8/1894) The Tredegar Mineral Railway (8/23/1900) Birmingham and Atlanta Air Line Railway (4/28/1903) THE EAST AND WEST RAILROAD COMPANY OF ALABAMA. East and West RR Inc. in AL, February 20, 1882 64.00 mi. GA/AL state line to Coal City, AL, 1882 6.77 mi. Coal City to Pell City, AL, 1887 Cherokee Iron Company (5/25/1886) CHEROKEE IRON COMPANY.. The East and West RR Co. of AL Spec. act of GA, February 18, 1873 9.00 mi. Taylorsville to Rockmart, GA, 1879 13.00 mi. Rockmart to Cedartown, GA, 1879 10.00 mi. Cedartown to GA/AL boundary, 1882 The Cherokee Railroad (3/29/1879) THE CHEROKEE RAILROAD. Cherokee Iron Co Name change, October 25, 1870 14.00 mi. Cartersville to Taylorsville, GA, 1870 Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad (10/25/1870) CARTERSVILLE AND VAN WERT RAILROAD.. The Cherokee RR Spec. act of GA, December 13, 1866 No property completed THE TREDEGAR MINERAL RAILWAY.. East and West RR Inc. in AL, August 14, 1891 2.50 mi. Tredegar to Jacksonville, AL, 1893 1.00 mi. Extension in Jacksonville, AL, 1896 Birmingham and Atlanta Air Line Railway (4/28/1903) BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTA AIR LINE RAILWAY. The Tredegar Mineral Ry Inc. in AL, April 23, 1902 certain real estate in Birmingham, AL ATLANTIC, SUWANEE RIVER AND GULF RAILWAY. Seaboard Air Line Ry Spec. act of FL, May 24, 1893 Purchased from Starke and Sampson City Railroad (not a predecessor): 5.00 mi. completed, Starke to Sampson City, FL, 1893 By construction: 15.00 mi. Sampson City to La Crosse, FL, 1894 7.00 mi. La Crosse to Alachua, FL, 1896 9.00 mi. Alachua to Buda, FL, 1897 11.00 mi. Buda to Williford, FL, 1901 10.00 mi. Williford to Wannee, FL, 1902 Atlantic, Suwanee River and Gulf Railroad (5/24/1893) ATLANTIC, SUWANEE RIVER AND GULF RAILROAD.. Atlantic, Suwanee River and Gulf Ry Inc. in FL, March 31, 1893 No property constructed ROANOKE AND TAR RIVER RAILROAD. Seaboard Air Line Ry Spec. act of NC, March 5, 1885 30.00 mi. VA/NC boundary to Jeanette, NC, 1887 2.30 mi. Jeanette to Lewiston, NC CATAWBA VALLEY RAILWAY.. Seaboard Air Line Ry Inc. in SC, May 9, 1906 Purchased from Southern Power Company, 1906: 10.00 mi. Fort Lawn to Great Falls, SC By construction: 11.50 mi. Spence to Fort Lawn, SC, 1907 FLORIDA CENTRAL AND PENINSULAR RAILROAD. Seaboard Air Line Ry Name change, January 16, 1893 116.50 mi. Savannah, GA to Yulee, FL, 1894 1.00 mi. Oviedo to Lake Charm, FL, 1894 7.50 mi. Summerfield to lake Weir, FL, 1894 The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (1/16/1893) Santa Fe Canal Company (6/1/1897) East Florida and Atlantic Railroad (1/17/1894) The Fernandina and Amelia Beach Railway (1/31/1894) THE FLORIDA CENTRAL AND PENINSULAR RAILROAD. Florida Central and Peninsular RR Inc.