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Atlantic Coast Line 1504 is a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built in March 1919 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Richmond, Virginia, for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) as a member of the P-5-A class under the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) standard.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark ACL) 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 Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad .
In 1938, ACL ordered twelve R-1 4-8-4 Northerns from Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) to handle the heavier passenger trains, eliminating the need for double-heading and ran extra sections of many of the Richmond, Virginia to Jacksonville, Florida passenger trains. While they were more powerful than the P-5-As as well as being faster, running as ...
To this day, the WSS continues to lease road power from the successors of the ACL (CSX) and N&W (NS). [8] The GP9 units were numbered 1501 (N&W), 1502 (N&W), 1503 (ACL), 1504 (ACL). The latter were the only two GP9 on ACL roster ; one of them was rebuilt to GP16 by the Seaboard Coast Line and still runs today, owned by R.J. Corman. [9]
No. 1504 is one of seventy USRA Light Pacifics built by ALCO for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). [13]: 8 Classified as a P-5-A, No. 1504 had the capability to haul 10-12 passenger cars at 70–80 mph (113–129 km/h) between Richmond, Virginia and Jacksonville, Florida.
The Champion started as a daily service of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) in 1939, competing with the Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line (SAL) on the New York–Florida route. Initially just a New York-Miami service, the ACL added a section serving St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay area in 1941 once enough streamlined equipment was ...
The double track was complete in 1925, two years ahead of schedule. Automatic block signals were installed at the same time. [2] In later years, much of the main line would be restored to single track with centralized traffic control and passing sidings. [3] The line carried many of the Atlantic Coast Line's passenger and freight trains though ...
The Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad was organized in 1926 to replace the bankrupt Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway. The AB&C was controlled by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which owned a majority of the stock. In 1944 it reported 763 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 33 million passenger-miles; at the end of that ...