This 50’ standard box car with 10’ single door, no roofwalk and short ladders is green with white and yellow lettering and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. Built in the 1960s, this ex-Seaboard Air Line boxcar was patched for Seaboard Coast Line. Seaboard Air Line was founded in 1900 and existed until 1967 when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, forming the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. At its height, it had over 4,000 miles of track across the South.

CSX Transportation was formed through the mergers of Chessie System and Seaboard System, both of which also formed through mergers. It later absorbed roughly half of Conrail, and continues to operate as one of the largest East-coast Class 1 railroads. This 11-car series features prototype-weathered and patched paint schemes representing the major constituent heritage railroads in CSX’s family tree. 

This ex-Chessie System 3-bay hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks eventually was merged into CSX Transportation’s fleet of hopper cars and received paint-out patches. Chessie System was formed through the 1972 mergers of Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and Western Maryland. It remained one of the largest East coast railroads until 1986 when Seaboard System merged with Chessie to form today’s rail giant, CSX Transportation.

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