Seaboard Coast Line Railroad The SCL was created on July 1, 1967 by the merger of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. In 1972, Seaboard Coast Line became part of the “Family Lines System,” a marketing name used jointly by SCL and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, along with their subsidiaries Georgia Railroad, Clinchfield Railroad, Atlanta & West Point Railroad, and Western Railway of Alabama (the last two operating under the nickname West Point Route). The name was used from 1972 until the early 1980s. In 1982 Seaboard Coast Line and Louisville and Nashville Railroad merged to form the Seaboard System Railroad. Abandonments: Fitzgerald-Abbeville abandoned 1971. (For other abandonments, see predecessor and successor railroads.) Suggested Reading: William E. Griffin, Jr, Seaboard Coast Line & Family Lines Railroad; 1967-1986, A CSX Predecessor. (Forest, VA: TLC Publishing, 2004). 1968 map (141K)   More info at: Atlantic Coast Line & Seaboard Air Line Railroads Historical Society Vintage SCL photos and info at hawkinsrails.net. RailGa.com. Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. © Steve Storey Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home