Seaboard Coast Line Industries, Inc., incorporated in Delaware on May 9, 1969, was a

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that owned the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, its subsidiary Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and several smaller carriers. Its railroad subsidiaries were collectively known as the Family Lines System. Its headquarters were in

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, in the

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. Through 1979, the Family Lines network totaled in 13 states. The company succeeded SCL Industries, Inc., incorporated August 1, 1968, in Virginia and renamed Seaboard Coast Line Industries, Inc. on February 5, 1969. On November 1, 1980, Seaboard Coast Line Industries merged with Chessie System, Inc. to form

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(Chessie-Seaboard Multiplied), and in 1983 the Family Lines units were combined as the Seaboard System Railroad. In 1986, Seaboard System was renamed CSX Transportation, and then merged with sister CSX Corp. subsidiary Chessie System to form a single new railroad, reporting mark CSXT.

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Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Historical Society website timeline page
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