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Description

Seaboard Coast Line 1967
The Seaboard Coast Line emerged on July 1, 1967, following the merger of the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
with the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
. The combined system totaled 9,809 miles (15,786 km), the eighth largest in the United States at the time
The railroad had .2 billion in assets and revenue with a 54% market share of rail service in the
Southeast
, facing competition primarily from the
Southern
.
[2]
The seemingly redundant name resulted from the longstanding short-form names of these two major Southeastern railroads. For years, SAL had been popularly known as "Seaboard," while ACL was known as "the Coast Line."