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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Jacksonville, FL and Richmond, VA |
| Reporting mark | SCL |
| Locale | Southeastern United States |
| Dates of operation | 1967–1983 |
| Predecessor | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Seaboard Air Line Railroad |
| Successor | Seaboard System (an operating company of CSX Corporation) |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 9,809 miles (15,786 km) (July 1967) |
The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark SCL) was a Class I railroad company operating in the Southeastern United States beginning in 1967. Its passenger operations were taken over by Amtrak in 1971. Eventually, the railroad was merged with its affiliate lines to create the Seaboard System in 1983.
At the end of 1970, SCL operated 9,230 miles of railroad, not including A&WP-Clinchfield-CN&L-GM-Georgia-L&N-Carrollton; that year it reported 31,293 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 512 million passenger-miles.