Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was one of the major freight and passenger railroads in the southeast U.S. until 1967, and is now part of CSX. Lines formerly operated by it or a subsidiary should be tagged old_railway_operator=ACL in addition to railway=rail (if still in use) or railway=abandoned. (Note: the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was a major enough subsidiary to have its own page and tag.)
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for a chronology (which may have some errors) of lines constructed by the ACL and predecessors, compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1917.
The Atlantic Coast Line's main line ran from Richmond, Virginia to just southwest of Tampa, Florida with numerous branch lines and spurs. With some exceptions, mileposts on the branch lines usually continued from the previous line so they nearly always indicated the distance to Richmond, Virginia. A letter prefix was assigned to the branch lines to indicate the line.
In 1967, the Atlantic Coast Line merged with its rival, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. The combined company became the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. After the merger, the former Atlantic Coast Line main line became known as the "A Line" and "A" was added as a prefix to its mileposts. Branch lines also has "A" added to the beginning of its existing letter prefix (example: "B" became "AB").
Below is a list (roughly complete) of ex-ACL lines, with mapping status.
| MP | From | To | Route | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (main) | Richmond | Port Tampa | Main Line | ||
| A | Pender | Kinston | Kinston Branch | ||
| AB | Parmele | Washington | Washington Branch | ||
| (unknown branch of AB) | Washington | Vandemere | Washington and Vandemere Railroad beyond Washington | ||
| B | Rocky Mount | Pinners Point | Norfolk–Rocky Mount Line | ||
| BA | Rocky Mount | Lassiter | Nashville Branch | ||
| BC | Tarboro | Plymouth | Tarboro Branch | ||
| C | Contentnea (Wilson) | Wilmington | Contentnea–Wilmington Line | ||
| Wilmington | Pee Dee | Wilmington–Pee Dee Line | |||
| CA | Warsaw | Clinton | Clinton Branch | ||
| CB | Wilmington | New Bern | New Bern Branch | former Wilmington, New Bern and Norfolk Railroad | |
| CD | Jacksonville | Camp Lejeune | |||
| CH | Chadbourn | Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach Branch | ||
| (unknown branch of CH) | Conway | Aynor | Aynor Branch | ||
| D | Smithfield | Goldsboro | Midland Branch | former Smithfield and Goldsboro Railroad | |
| E | Fayetteville | Sanford | Sanford Branch | former Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway | |
| F | Fayetteville | Wilmington | |||
| (unknown branch of main) | Hope Mills | Lumberton | Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad now prefixed SEA | ||
| (unknown branch of above) | St. Pauls | Elizabethtown | Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad now prefixed SEB | ||
| G | Parkton | Sumter | Parkton—Sumter Line | South Carolina Pacific Railway from NC/SC line to Bennettsville | |
| GA | Bennettsville | Gibson | Gibson Branch | ||
| (unknown branch of main) | Latta | Clio | |||
| H | Elrod | Chadbourn | Myrtle Beach Branch | ||
| J | Florence | Wadesboro | Wadesboro—Florence Line | ||
| JA | Floyds | Hartsville | Hartsville Branch | ||
| K | Florence | Spartanburg | Florence—Spartanburg Line | Charleston and Western Carolina Railway beyond Robbins | |
| (unknown branch of K) | Elliotts | Lucknow | former South and North Carolina Railroad | ||
| KA | Sumter | Columbia | Sumter—Columbia Line | former Columbia and Sumter Railroad | |
| KE | Creston | Pregnalls | Creston Branch | ||
| (unknown branch of KE) | Eutawville | Ferguson | |||
| KH | McCormick | Anderson | Anderson Branch | former Charleston and Western Carolina Railway | |
| KJ | Laurens | Greenville | Greenville Branch | ||
| L | Lanes | Sumter | Sumter—Lanes Line | former Central Railroad of South Carolina | |
| (unknown branch of L) | Wilson's Mill | Camden | former Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina | ||
| (unknown branch of above) | Millard Junction | St. Paul | |||
| CN (branch of main) | Ashley Junction | Charleston | |||
| M | Johns Island | St. Andrews | Croghans Branch | ||
| MB (branch of main) | Ravenel | Yonges Island | Yonges Island Branch | ||
| MF (branch of main) | Greenpond | Ehrhardts | Walterboro Branch | Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad | |
| MG (branch of MF) | Stokes | Canadys | |||
| MH (branch of main) | Yemassee | Robbins | Yemassee—Robbins Line | Charleston and Western Carolina Railway | |
| MJ (branch of main) | Yemassee | Port Royal | Port Royal Branch | ||
| N | Jesup | Waycross | Jesup—Folkston Line | complete | former Savannah, Florida and Western Railway |
| Waycross | Montgomery | Waycross—Montgomery Line | |||
| NA | Waycross | Folkston | Jesup—Folkston Line | ||
| NB | Waycross | Atlanta | former Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad | ||
| OB (branch of NB) | Sessoms | Brunswick | former Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad | ||
| NJ (branch of NB) | Manchester | Birmingham | former Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad | ||
| NK | Thomasville | Fitzgerald | |||
| NC | Thomasville | Albany | Albany—Thomasville Line | ||
| ND | Thomasville | Dunnellon | Thomasville—Dunnellon Line | complete | also known as the Perry Cutoff |
| (unknown branch of ND) | Fincher | Fanlew | complete | ||
| (unknown branch of ND) | Alma | Monticello | complete | ||
| (unknown branch of N) | Otisca | Amsterdam | |||
| NE | Climax | Chattahoochee (River Junction) |
Chattahoochee Branch | ||
| NF | Grimes | Abbeville | Abbeville Branch | former Abbeville Southern Railway | |
| NG | Waterford | Elba | Elba Branch | former Southwestern Alabama Railway | |
| NH | Sprague | Luverne | Luverne Branch | ||
| O (branch of N) | Waycross | Brunswick | Waycross–Brunswick Line | former Brunswick and Western Railroad | |
| P (branch of N) | Waycross | Albany | Albany–Waycross Line | ||
| R (branch of N) | Dupont | Lakeland | DuPont–Lakeland Line | complete | |
| RA | Lake City Junction | Lake City | Lake City Branch | complete | |
| RB | High Springs | Rochelle | High Springs–Croom Line | complete | continues south with milepost S |
| RC | Juliette | Ocala | Ocala Branch | complete | |
| RD | Gulf Junction | Homosassa | Homosassa Branch | complete | |
| RE | Trilby | St. Petersburg | Trilby–St. Petersburg Line | complete | former Orange Belt Railway |
| RF | Vitis | Thonotosassa Junction (Tampa) | Vitis–Tampa Line | complete | |
| SG (branch of main) | Grand Crossing (Jacksonville) | Wilcox | Jacksonville–Wilcox Line | complete | now prefixed SN beyond Hainesworth Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad |
| SJ (branch of main) | Grand Crossing (Jacksonville) | Eastport | complete | former Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad | |
| SJA | Composite | Export Terminal | complete | ||
| S | Palatka | Rochelle | Palatka Branch | complete | |
| Rochelle | Croom | High Springs–Croom Line | |||
| Croom | Brooksville | Brooksville Branch | |||
| SA | Micanopy Junction | Tacoma | complete | ||
| SB | Proctor | Citra | complete | ||
| SC | Leesburg | Astor | complete | former St. Johns and Lake Eustis Railway | |
| SD (branch of SC) | Fort Mason | Lane Park | complete | ||
| SF | Okahumpka | Howey-in-the-Hills | complete | ||
| SE (branch of main) | DeLand Junction | DeLand | complete | former Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad | |
| (unknown branch of main) | Enterprise Junction | Enterprise | complete | Became the Florida East Coast Railway's Enterprise Branch in 1902 | |
| T | Sanford | Trilby | Trilby Branch | complete from Paola to Trilby | former Orange Belt Railway Sanford to Sylvan Lake abandoned early |
| TA | Sanford | Tavares | Leesburg Branch | complete | former Sanford and Lake Eustis Railway |
| U | Sanford | Lake Charm | Lake Charm Branch | complete | former Sanford and Indian River Railroad |
| UA | Sanford | Mecca Junction | complete | ||
| (unknown branch of main) | Kissimmee | Narcoossee | Narcoosee Branch | complete | former St. Cloud and Sugar Belt Railway |
| (unknown branch of above) | Peghorn | St. Cloud Mill | |||
| VB (branch of main) | Kissimmee | Apopka | Florida Midland Branch | complete | former Florida Midland Railway |
| VC (branch of main) | Haines City | Everglades City | Haines City Branch | complete | |
| VD (branch of VC) | Harrisburg | Lake Harbor | complete | ||
| VF (branch of VD) | Keela | Duda | Okeelanta Branch | ||
| W | Lake Alfred | Bartow | Bartow Branch | complete | |
| (unknown branch of W) | Florence Villa | Niles | complete | ||
| X | Lakeland | Fort Myers | Lakeland–Fort Myers Line | complete | |
| Fort Myers | Collier City (Marco Island) | Fort Myers Southern Branch | rerouted to downtown Naples in 1944 | ||
| Y | Winston | Fort Meade | Bone Valley Branch | complete | former Winston and Bone Valley Railroad |
| YC | Tancrede | Ridgewood | complete | ||
| (unknown branch of Y) | Kingsford | Nichols | |||
| YD | Achan | Pierce | |||
| YH | Junction | Bonnie Mine | |||
| YJ | Green Bay | Noralyn | |||
| ZA | Uceta (Tampa) | Southfort | Tampa—Southfort Line | complete | former Tampa Southern Railroad included branches north of Bradenton Belspur (Sarasota) to Southfort abandoned in 1949 |