Air-line railroad
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An air-line railroad is a railway built or rebuilt to grades and curve radii sufficient to allow high-speed operation, often bypassing older, slower routes. In their heyday, prior to the advent of wid
"Straight as a plumb line": Seaboard Air Line Railway advertisement illustrating the "quickest train service via the shortest route" to Florida, 1902.
"The straight line of your palm is not straighter than the straight line to the palms": another advertisement for the Seaboard Air Line's "shortest, quickest route to Florida", 1908.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 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 A
Air-line railroad
…Virginia Air Line Railway, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (defunct) Waycross Air Line Railroad, part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad…
Atlantic Coast Line headquarters, Jacksonville, Florida.
1910 advertisement for ACL trains from New York to Florida
ACL #501, an EMC E3, pulled the Champion and now resides at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
The ACL's Pinellas Special in Belleair, Florida, in 1920