The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark ACL) was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.

The Atlantic Coast Line, also known as the ACL or Coast Line, was synonymous with the South and served points north to Richmond, Virginia; south to Florida; west to Birmingham; and finally the important ports of Norfolk, Wilmington, and Charleston.

The Atlantic Coast Line & Seaboard Air Line Railroads Historical Society is a Florida 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to the history of the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and Seaboard Coast Line railroads, their predecessors and related companies, and their successors.

The CSX A Line forms the backbone of the historic Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Main Line, the backbone of their network in the southeastern United States. The main line runs from Richmond, Virginia to Port Tampa just southwest of Tampa, Florida, a distance of nearly 900 miles.

Nov 1, 2019 · The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was true to its name: it linked an important string of coastal cities between Richmond, Va., and Florida, paralleling the Atlantic Ocean along the way. Its major traffic flows were north-south along the seaboard, and its New York to Florida passenger trains were widely known and heavily patronized for nine decades.

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad April 23, 1900 - Formed by consolidation of separate railroads that had comprised the Atlantic Coast Line system (ACL name was first used in 1871)

The Atlantic Coast Line consolidated the operations of more than 100 separate small railroad companies that stretched along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, from Virginia to south Florida and westward into Georgia and Alabama.

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark ACL) was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871.

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL), one of three major railroads that served North Carolina during the twentieth century, traced its roots to a holding company called the American Improvement and Construction Company, incorporated in Connecticut on 19 Apr. 1889.

In 1898, the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad, chartered in 1836 and only twenty-two (22) miles in length, acquired the Petersburg Railroad, a longer and less prosperous neighbor, and the …