Running from 1900 to 1967, when it merged with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to form Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, this railroad “played a significant role in what is now CSX (Chessie Seaboard ...

SCL was a prominent rail line that operated in the southeastern United States from 1967 until 1983. SCL emerged from the merger of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.

In 1980, CSX Corp. was created as the result of a merger of Seaboard Coast Line and Chessie System, Inc. According to Daily Press news stories, “C” stands for Chessie System Inc., ...