Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) and another unidentified boxcar sit at a CSX facility

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A very unusual consist leads Conrail SEDA-8X (Selkirk to Doremus Ave/Newark, autos) south on the River Line past Ridgefield Park station. Having a Conrail GP38-2 leading a mainline freight was not typical, but did occur at times. The trailing unit, however, was very unusual. This was the one and only time i saw a former Seaboard Coast Line unit still in black and yellow paint on the River Line. What makes the unit even more interesting is the fact that three distinct paint schemes are visible: original SAL lettering and stripes, SCL repaint (including a partial "Pulling for You!" slogan below the cab), and of course the CSX patch job.

CR 8226 GP38-2

CSXT 6701 GP40 (ex-SAL 631, SCL 1546)

4/17/92

Amtrak derailment of EMD SDP40F locomotives along with a couple of cars from the Amtrak Champion at Safety Harbor, Florida, 2-15-1976, Fred Clark, Jr.. A policeman is checking out the scene, because some teenagers were suspected of throwing a siding switch. SCL Railroad personnel and management was on the scene to prepare for the cleanup operation and the re-railment of the equipment which would involve the big hook. This SCL line was previously the property of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad prior to the 1967 SAL-ACL merger. The line from Tampa connects Saint Petersburg with Tampa via Largo, Clearwater, Safety Harbor & Oldsmar. When this photo was taken, the evening sun was going down in the West.

This photo is from the Fred Clark Jr. photo collection, courtesy of Mark Zelinski. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer Fred Clark Jr.

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Pickens Railroad Belton Job has made the trek all the way to the end of the line in Gluck to interchange with the Anderson Job. It's a rare move as they normally meet in downtown Anderson. But on this day in July 2014, the Anderson Job must have been especially busy.

Pickens 9504 is a GE U18B built for the Seaboard Coast Line as SCL 328. It then became CSXT 1926 and placed into regular freight service upon the formation of that railroad. CSX later renumbered her 9504, painted her orange and out her into MoW service and later sold her to the Pickens Railroad.

Trailing is Pickens #9502 which at the time of tis photograph had been running around naked for several years since being repainted.

Seaboard Coast Line GE U18B locomotives lead the first passenger cars of the southbound Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus Train across the grade crossing at Fort Harrison In Clearwater, Florida, 11-6-1975, Fred Clark, Jr. This is a very busy street and the cars and other vehicles will build up for quite some distance because this circus train is very long and travels at a low speed. This rail line is the former SAL route to Saint Petersburg and it is being used to situate the train in the best position for the circus to set up. Again Fred captures this image from his trusty step ladder, a tool used in taking numerous photos.

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SCL GE U18B locomotive 379 is pushing a flatcar with the 2-8-0 Consolidation steam locomotive 203 on board and a caboose along with a crew through a grade crossing in Blanton, Florida, 6-25-1976, Fred Clark, Jr. Fred followed the delivery of the steam Locomotive for the Orange Belt Museum Railroad from Trilby to San Antonio, Florida.

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Amtrak Champion northbound departs led by E8A locomotive 222, E9A 421 & E8A 257 operating on the SCL (ex SAL route to Tampa) as it passes through Clearwater, Florida, 11-3-1974, Fred Clark, Jr. When the Amtrak Champion departed St. Petersburg, it operated on the ex ACL line, via Pinellas Park and Largo, to Clearwater where the train switched over to the ex SAL line to Tampa, via Safety Harbor, Oldsmar and Sulphur Springs. The second car on the train is a dormitory car converted from a baggage-coach most likely. Notice the difference in the car-body styles of the three E-units in respect to their porthole window configuration. The first E-unit has no portholes, the second E-unit has 2 portholes, and the third and last E-unit has the standard 4 porthole windows.

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Seaboard Coast Line EMD SW9 switcher 190 is spotted with freight cars on old SAL service track near the water tower in Largo, Florida, 4-22-1976, Fred Clark, Jr. This ex SAL service track originates in Clearwater and runs into downtown Largo.

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Seaboard Coast Line with GE locomotives U30B 1717, U33B 1721 & U36B 1851 In yard as seen on a dirt road at a location past the station at Mulberry, Florida, 3-26-78, Fred Clark Jr. This location is an area where phosphate trains are made up for delivery to the Port of Tampa, all part of the Bone Valley operation. You can see the engineer of locomotive U30B 1717 with his red cab on in the front cab window, GE U36B 1851 is coupled to a MATE-4 Road Slug 3215.

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A Roger Puta Photograph

SCL Clinchfield Number 1 Ten Wheeler steam locomotive with its excursion train is seen in a portrait after the train and locomotives were turned and spotted at Union Station in Tampa, Florida, 7-21-1978, Fred Clark, Jr. The train will be departing from the station on various excursions and trips while in the Tampa area. It appears that the fireman is seen in his cab window.

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Amtrak Silver Star northbound, led by EMD SDP40F locomotive 645, waits In a siding for Amtrak Champion southbound, led by EMD SDP40F locomotive 633, at Clearwater Country Club Golf Course to pass by at Clearwater, Florida, 1-11-1976. A crewman is down by the arriving Amtrak Champion's cab with a white flag passing the train past the siding. These trains are operating on the SCL's ex SAL line between Tampa and Clearwater - Saint Petersburg, the end of the line.

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On August 21, 1969 there was a freight train derailment north of Doswell blocking the RF&P and all the northbound and southbound passenger trains.

SCL 595, 549, and 589 with Train 58, the northbound Silver Meteor waiting on the RF&P just south of Doswell to detour on C&O.

Seaboard Coast Line former Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 Greenbrier steam locomotive # 614, leads a Family Lines Safety Express railfan excursion train as it enters Dunnellon, Florida, February 1981. This train was operated from Tampa to Dunnellon with a return trip on the same day. An auxiliary water tank car was coupled to the standard tender. You can see a cab crew member in the gangway with a red cap. Fred Clark and I followed this train along its route. The train was to operate the next day, however; the locomotive had problems with the cylinder and valve oil and there was some cylinder and valve damage to be repaired along with a change in the oil type being ordered. The next day the train was operated by a pair of SCL freight diesel electric locomotives, and my wife and I rode the train because we had purchased tickets in advance of the situation with the locomotive change.

The junction between the RF&P and the SCL in the late 60s and early 70s was west of Richmond's Broad Street Station. Thus both northbound and southbound trains turned east at the junction and headed to Broad Street Station and ran through the station heading east. On departing they made a 180 degree left turn to head back west to the junction where they turned either north or south depending on their destination.

Here are four photos of a passenger extra departing the station.

Photo 1. In the station heading east.

Photo 2. Departing, turning left (north).

Photo 3. Looped all the way around and heading west.

Photo 4. Heading west to the junction.

The train for this example was a passenger extra (note the white flags). The power was two E7As (573 and 553) and and E8A.

I hope this makes sense. Comments and corrections welcome.

NOTE: The Staples Mill Road Station that Amtrak built eliminates all this looping and probably saves 10 minutes on north/south trains going through Richmond.

SCL 687 in June of 1971.

The greens are off on this one. Don't know why.

Pickens Railway General electric (GE) U18B #9508

Built as Seaboard Coast Line #334

to CSXT 1932

to CSXT 9508

to PICK 9508

Seaboard Coast Line is washing locomotives GE U36B 1834, EMD GP40 1597 & GE U30C 2124 at the Uceta Yards in Tampa, Florida, 12-24-74, Fred Clark, Jr. After the locomotives are first wet down they then receive a detergent spray to loosen up the heavy dirt and road grime, and you can see the suds from this process. Then in the following steps the locomotives are blasted with water to remove the dirt and grime. The small amount of track shown at the bottom right of this photo is a test line that was installed with concrete ties for study and tests.

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SCL E8A 575, an E7B, and an E8A going down Center Street in Ashland, VA with Train 85, The Everglades, on March 2, 1969.

Seaboard Coast Line southbound local freight train, led by GE U18B locomotive 363, with long hood forward, is heading to Tampa on the old S-Line while passing ACL-SAL passenger & SAL freight station at Plant City, Florida, 5-9-1976, Fred Clark, Jr. The track at the diamond that goes left to right is the old A-Line, left to West and right to East. Once the freight train crosses the diamond and travels about 400 feet, it enters a sharp curve to the left which will then head the train to the West and to Tampa, not that far away. As for the combined passenger station building, the platform canopy on both platforms has been removed and the windows boarded up. The SAL freight station building only has the brick office structure remaining because the freight and storage platform and covered roof area has been removed. Years later the city will decide to make the old combined station into a museum, then rebuild and refurbish the structure and also move the remaining portion of the SAL freight station to the other side of the track and rebuild it too as part of the display. Years later they even built an elevated photographers platform at Plant City station by a new diamond and wide radius curve to Tampa which was installed. If you click on the photo to enlarge it you can see the engineer leaning out of his cab window looking backwards. Several Amtrak trains pass this station area daily in both directions on the A-Line.

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The Amtrak Champion is seen backing into Tampa Union Station, 3-27-1977, Fred Clark Jr. This train enters the station with a back up move on the ex SAL main line, but then departs the station after a switching move onto the ACL main line.

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Amtrak Champion southbound, led by F40PH locomotive 279 & SDP40F locomotive 611, is seen at an old ACL - SAL crossover track location in Clearwater, Florida, 5-28-1979, Fred Clark, Jr. The train is now operating on SCL's ex ACL line to Saint Petersburg. This is an interesting locomotive lash-up with a F40PH & SDP40F, however; the SDP40F locomotive still has its steam generator to supply the older passenger cars that have not yet been up-graded, while the F40PH was built for HEP service and better tracking at speed on poor condition track.

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On August 21, 1969 there was a freight train derailment north of Doswell blocking the RF&P and all the northbound and southbound passenger trains.

Solarium car Sun Ray on the Silver Meteor.

SCL caboose with a red flag is seen at the South Fort Harrison grade crossing as it brings up the rear of the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus Train in Clearwater, Florida, 1-6-1975, Fred Clark, Jr. The frustrated drivers are perhaps saying "finally the end of that long slow Circus Train." To me it always good to see a caboose on a train, because it reminds me of railroading back in the day. This train is being led by two SCL GE U18B locomotives. Interesting too is the fact that Fred captured both of the red flasher lights being activated at the same time in this scene. You can see a SCL employee's arm sticking out of an open caboose cupola window when you click on the photo to enlarge it.

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Seaboard Coast Line local freight train, led by GE U18B locomotive 360, is seen operating through the sub tropical vegetation in Clearwater Florida, 8-2-1977, Fred Clark, Jr. SCL operated numerous local freight trains on both the SAL and ACL routes between Clearwater and Saint Petersburg, where both lines would connect directly with Tampa using the old SAL route.

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Seaboard Coast Line is operating the Family Lines Safety Express railfan excursion train, led by C&O 4-8-4 Northern (Greenbrier) steam locomotive # 614, and is seen on its trip to Dunnellon after just departing the station in downtown Tampa, Florida, February 1981. This train was scheduled to make another trip the next day power by the steam locomotive, however, the incorrect lubrication cylinder oil was utilized as cylinder and piston valve scoring was encountered. The following day diesel electric locomotives were substituted to power the train. The steam locomotive was eventually repaired and the correct lubrication oil was used.

A CSX crew is at work on CSXT 6483 in their Cayce Yard in South Carolina in late September 2024. Here the engineer looks out f the window and appears to be talking to her conductor before moving the train ahead slowly.

CSXT 6483 was built for Seaboard Coast Line in 1980 as SCL 6621, to Seaboard System (SBD) 6621, to CSXT 6387 before CSX renumbered it 6483.

By the way, whoever did the weathering on this one does nice work. The patina is excellent, LOL.

Seaboard Coast Line caboose line up in various new & old paint schemes seen in the railroad yard at Mulberry, Florida, 3-26-1978, Fred Clark, Jr. The Family Lines System was a different name, however; it was still SCL.

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Seaboard Coast Line GE U18B locomotive 370 is backing down past the American Freedom Train Locomotive X4449 to soon pick up an arrived Amtrak Champion at the station in Saint Petersburg, Florida, 12-12-1976, Fred Clark, Jr. The SCL U18B brings the Amtrak Champion to the Saint Petersburg Railroad Yard. You can see a portion of the display train spotted on a track in the left side background. Many people are at the station to view the steam locomotive and to visit the display train with its historical documents.

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A baggageman unloads suitcases from the baggage car of Amtrak train 92, the northbound Silver Star, at Orlando, Florida on June 7, 2006.

Pickens Anderson Job cuts off from their cars and will sneak back onto their track to Anderson. The two crews will then trade trains and head back to their respective tracks.

SCL / L&N Family Lines Rail System operated C&O LIMA built Greenbrier 4-8-4 J-3-a class steam locomotive # 614, with the Safety Express passenger train is stopped on the main line (former SAL) near Stark, Florida, February, 1981. On this trip to Tampa the train was stopped at many locations, and numerous times it had to go into the hole (a siding) to let a priority train pass.

Amtrak Champion southbound on the left, with Amtrak Champion northbound, led by EMD SDP40F locomotive 600, on the right passes by the other at the station platform in Sanford, Florida, 8-2-1975, Fred Clark, Jr. The northbound Amtrak Champion will be stopping farther up along the platform to get refueled and watered for its northbound trip to Jacksonville, and then further on to New York City. All along this very long platform are water supply hoses to be used for replenishing the passenger cars. The station building at Sanford was fairly new in that it was not an old structure and was constructed in modern times of yellow colored bricks by the ACL. As you can see these trains were very long during this time period, with most having about 15 to 18 cars in total. In Jacksonville upon demand for northbound travel, these trains could have additional cars added to the trains consist. Fred Clark took these photos, but I too was there and took photos which were posted a long time ago. To the left is a SCL TOFC. It appears that the tracks in this area could use some weed killer from all of the weed growth that is seen along the platform tracks.

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Seaboard Coast Line GE U36B locomotive 1776, seen wearing the American red, white & blue paint scheme, in the station area at Dade City, Florida, 4-4-1976, Fred Clark, Jr. Both Fred and I were at Dade City and we both took photos of this specially painted locomotive. When we took our photos the paint scheme was not in perfect condition because the locomotive had been in service for several months.

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Amtrak Champion southbound, led by EMD SDP40F locomotives 639 & 605, which was the 2nd to last Champion, is arriving at the station with the sun setting in Saint Petersburg, Florida, 9-8-1977, Fred Clark, Jr. If you click on the photo to enlarge it, you can see the engineer in his front cab window.

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Seaboard Coast Line locomotives for disposal, with all being ALCO's (10 - RS-3's & 1 - S2m), that still remain out of a much larger original group in the Uceta Yards at Tampa, Florida, 3-27-1977, Fred Clark, Jr. As typical to obtain a higher perch, Fred climbed up on top of a locomotive to capture this image of the old locomotives that were all in various stages or conditions.

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Seaboard Coast Line local freight train, led by two ALCO RS-3 locomotives, is seen operating in the middle of a street in Tarpon Springs, Florida, 6-17-1973, Fred Clark, Jr. This scene appears to make this area nothing but a country town, but it was not this way in all areas at this time. The ALCO RS-3 locomotive 1171, along with the trailing locomotive were originally SAL engines. Also make note that this train is an extra, and it has two white flags mounted to the lead locomotive 1171.

Over the years I had received some interesting comments from SCL engineers that operated the local freight trains in this area of Florida that claimed that they would rather be assigned an old ALCO RS-3 than a newer GE U18B locomotive. They said, sure the GE's were new and they had much better visibility with the low nose and big front windows along with having another 200 hp for the production of tractive effort. However; then they stated that the ALCO RS-3's would load up better and would move just about any load, but the GE U18B's would not perform nearly as well in that regard. One thing that they did mention as a plus is that the GE's once rolling with a train could get up to track speed quicker than the old ALCO's.

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SCL GE U18B locomotive couples to the flatcar with the 2-8-0 consolidation steam locomotive 203 on board for the trip to San Antonio from Trilby, Florida, 6-25-1976, Fred Clark, Jr. The train crew and others are on the scene while the locomotive coupled to the flat car in the yard at Trilby.

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Seaboard Coast Line - ex ACL yards with Electrician Charlie Bruorton boarding an EMC E6A locomotive 507 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, 1967, Courtesy Tom Pavluvcik. In the background is seen the sanding tower. Switcher 114 is an S2m class ALCO locomotive that was re-powered by EMD. Locomotive 1906 is an EMD SD35. This photo appears to have been taken from the side walkway of a hood style locomotive or from aboard a switcher. Notice that E6A locomotive 507 still retains its ACL herald on it's nose.

Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer Paul Coe and to the Tom Pavluvcik Collection.

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A CSX crew is at work on CSXT 6483 in their Cayce Yard in South Carolina in late September 2024. The train is being operated by a female egineer.

CSXT 6483 was built for Seaboard Coast Line in 1980 as SCL 6621, to Seaboard System (SBD) 6621, to CSXT 6387 before CSX renumbered it 6483.

This is the former SCL depot in Plains where Jimmy Carter started his campaign for president and also served as his campaign HQ.

Buckingham Branch #8, a former Seaboard Coast Line GP16, rests out the weekend at Doswell, Virginia on June 21, 2009.

Amtrak Floridian northbound, led by SDP40F locomotive 604, is located at the old ACL - SAL crossover track with locomotives from the last southbound Amtrak Champion, train # 85 in tow, seen in Clearwater, Florida, 9-10-1977, Fred Clark, Jr. The Floridan was always easy to spot with its dome car within its consist. You can easily see the engineer in his front cab window. The train is operating on the SCL's ex ACL line from saint Petersburg and will now crossover to the SAL line that heads to Tampa after its station stop in Clearwater.

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Seaboard Coast Line GE U36B locomotive 1776, wearing the American red, white & blue paint scheme, is seen on a siding at the freight station in Dade City, Florida, 4-4-1976, Fred Clark, Jr. In the background you can see an edge of the freight station roof along with a bit of the platform that serves both a rail siding and vehicles. This locomotive along with many other railroads locomotives were painted in this manner to celebrate the 200 year anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. Notice the small spotlights mounted to the cab's short hood front deck to light up the cab at night.

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New SCL Family Lines System paint scheme on GE B23-7 locomotive 5111, which is on the head end of the northbound

Amtrak Silver Star, with EMD SDP40F locomotive 636 as the train's power that's on a platform track at Union Station in Tampa Florida, 6-79, Fred Clark, Jr. Passengers appear to be on the platform along with some observers and a couple of employees working on the Amtrak locomotive's nose.

This photo is from the Fred Clark Jr. photo collection, courtesy of Mark Zelinski. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer Fred Clark Jr.

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Amtrak northbound Floridian, led by EMD SDP40F locomotive 582, is seen passing through the Clearwater Country Club Golf Course with an ex Southern Railroad baggage car on the SCL line in Clearwater, Florida, 3-27-1979, Fred Clark, Jr. The Clearwater Country Club Golf Course made for a very nice location not far from Fred's home in which to take photos of trains passing through. At this time 6 Amtrak trains passed daily, along with typically 4 local freight trains, when counting both directions of travel. The next stop for this train will be Tampa Union Station which will require a back-up move. Then the train is bound for Plant City (no stop), Lakeland & Auburndale where it combines with the Miami section for its trip to the "windy city," Chicago.

This photo is from the Fred Clark Jr. photo collection, courtesy of Mark Zelinski. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer Fred Clark Jr.

Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for the purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Amtrak Silver Star southbound is led by an EMD F40PHR locomotive 284, which is followed by an E8A locomotive 499, and is seen at Lakeview Avenue in Clearwater, Florida, 6-10-1979, Fred Clark, Jr. Notice that the portholes have been removed on the E8A locomotive. The grade crossing flasher light was caught with a red flashing light that was lite. The train is operating on the SCL's ex SAL line between Tampa and St. Petersburg. This line connects Tampa and St. Petersburg by going around upper Tampa Bay, which then crosses a trestle over the upper bay in Oldsmar.

This photo is from the Fred Clark Jr. photo collection, courtesy of Mark Zelinski. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer Fred Clark Jr.

Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for the purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Amtrak northbound Silver Star passes by the Sulphur Springs Station as it prepares to enter the former SAL CTC main line to reach Union Station in Tampa, Florida, April 24 1977, Fred Clark Jr. The train has departed the station in Clearwater and has traveled past Safety Harbor and Oldsmar to reach this location.

This photo is from the Fred Clark Jr. photo collection, courtesy of Mark Zelinski. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer Fred Clark Jr.

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Seaboard Coast Line ALCO RS-3 1250, while waiting for disposal is seen in the Uceta Yards at Tampa Florida, 3-27-1977, Fred Clark, Jr. In the group of old ALCO locomotives that were originally in the yard, which also included a few EMD engines, they were all in various stages of repair and some were recently re-manufactured while others were mostly derelicts.

This photo is from the Fred Clark Jr. photo collection, courtesy of Mark Zelinski. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer Fred Clark Jr.

Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for the purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.