The All Aboard Podcast by All Things Trains

Phil is back, talking about the Seaboard Coast Line, Family Lines, and several reasons behind the post-1957 rail merger movement. Oh, and he throws in a rant about college football! ___________ Follow Us: Website: www.allthingstrains.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/@AllThingsTrains4022 Facebook: www.facebook.com/AllThingsTrains4022/ X: www.x.com/AllAboardMedia Instagram: www.instagram.com/allthingstrains4022/ Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@AllAboardMedia ___________ Support Our Content: Get Merch! Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllThingsTrains eBay: https://shorturl.at/jqIMT

Today's trip into transportation excellence reviews the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, competitor to the Seaboard Air Line and a railroad that formed the backbone of today's rail system in the Southeast. We'll talk about history, paint schemes, and the prominent people in its history. Speaking from the E. Hunter Harrison Chair at the Bell Institute for Advanced Railroad Studies, Phil Bell will also talk about traveling on Amtrak's Siemens Venture Cars, how much Big Tech gets on his nerves when he's trying to do railroad podcasts, and a great place to eat pizza in Chicago. Don't miss this train! ___________ Follow Us: Website: www.allthingstrains.com Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-4552931 Facebook: www.facebook.com/AllThingsTrains4022/ X: https://twitter.com/AllAboardMedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allthingstr... Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@AllAboardMedia ___________ Support the Show, Get Merch! Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllThingsTr... eBay: https://shorturl.at/jqIMT ____________ Links from the show: 1. Trains Magazine: Remembering the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. https://www.trains.com/ctr/railroads/fallen-flags/remembering-the-atlantic-coast-line-railroad/ 2. American-Rails: Atlantic Coast Line: "Standard Railroad of the South" https://www.american-rails.com/acl.html 3. Distant Signal: Uncovering the History of Waycross/Rice Yard & the Bow Line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HC0zygFIAI&t=1s&pp=ygVMRGlzdGFudCBTaWduYWw6IFVuY292ZXJpbmcgdGhlIEhpc3Rvcnkgb2YgV2F5Y3Jvc3MvUmljZSBZYXJkICYgdGhlIEJvdyBMaW5lLg%3D%3D 4. The Way It Was: The AB&C. Railfanning The Fitzgerald Sub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbw93EriDhU&t=2s&pp=ygVMRGlzdGFudCBTaWduYWw6IFVuY292ZXJpbmcgdGhlIEhpc3Rvcnkgb2YgV2F5Y3Jvc3MvUmljZSBZYXJkICYgdGhlIEJvdyBMaW5lLg%3D%3D

Today's excursion into transportation excellence takes us to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, one of the southeast's most prominent railroads. We'll talk about its history, competitors, passenger trains, such as the Silver Meteor and the Silver Star, and its 1967 merger into the Seaboard Coast Line. We also talk about my plane & train trip to Milwaukee, and our new HO scale locomotive projects.

Timetables and Maps are the software that railroads run on. Learn about what public timetables, employee timetables, and Zone-Track-Spot maps are and why you need them for your collection. Items for sale here: 1. Canadian National Railways/Grand Truck Railway System, April 19, 1951 public System Timetable: $10/free shipping 2. Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Company Zone-Track-Spot Map, August 1979: $20/free shipping

If you knew all three were related, reward yourself with a Whitman's Sampler! Phil Bell explains it all right here and you won't want to miss out!