A Brief Look at the History of the Atlantic Coast Line

[@halpadgett3166]

My grandfather worked for the railroad at Chadbourn, NC and was an agent for the ACL in its first decade, so I’m a fan for that reason. He died when I was three and I know very little about his time with the railroad, so I click on anything ACL. Thanks for posting this video.

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

Kudos to you Peachy for covering a rather underrated railroad of the south, particularly Florida. Atlantic Coast Line is seemingly rarely talked about. Usually all that's talked about is Seaboard Coast Line and CSX and the shortlines, but ACL isn't mentioned often, which is kinda sad. Their passenger paint scheme really slaps with the purple and yellow trim, and they had some fantastic steam locomotives, so it's nice seeing someone cover some of its incredible story.

[@garygreene578]

Great research! Thank you for assembling this video . I have a much greater appreciation for the Atlantic Coast Line!!!

[@peachystrains8772]

Thank you! That was my goal with this video, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@MrSouthernman73]

@peachys trains. Just to let you know, the black with yellow stripes was an Atlantic Coast Line scheme years before they merged with Seaboard Air Line in 1967. ACL stopped using the purple scheme in the 1950s. Seaboard Air Line was using a "Citrus" scheme from the late 1930s until the late 50s when they went to a white with a red stripe on passenger diesel and green on freight diesel.

[@Greatdome99]

SAL's latter day psgr scheme was mint green, not white.

[@MrSouthernman73]

@Greatdome99 On certain passenger trains yes it was,like The Silver Meteor,but not all.

[@hunterford1865]

Really enjoyed the video. Have fond memories of my dad getting on the ACL passenger trains in Portsmouth, VA back in the 50s. Love their colors, too. I am a C&O/Chessie System fan myself. Road many C&O passenger trains from my home to West Virginia and beyond. Love the Chessie kitty that use to be painted on the freight locomotives. Thanks for the video.

[@peachystrains8772]

I really like the Chessie kitty too!

[@d.cthehobbyist2252]

That passenger train reminded me of my childhood dog always chasing its tail but just never catching it.😂 Great video.

[@theodorekiefer6095]

I m 83 yes old. I grew up right next to the tracks in San Antonio FL. The line from Trilby Junction to St Petersburgh. They still had the steamers when I was a little kid. It would make my day when a Loco couldn't make the hill on its way past Clear Lake up to the top of the hill at the San Ann depot. He would then back down the hill a couple miles, build up his steam pressure, then try again. Sometimes he made it, more often didn't, then he would cut his train in two and pull it up to the siding in San Ann then come back for the bottom half. That was my entertainment. During ww2 the passenger train were completely filled or so it appeared to me. The tracks were pulled up in the early 1970s.

[@bowlinerailfan]

Talking about my home line I see. Thank you. The stretch of the ACL I grew up by is known as the bowline, where my channel gets it's name from. It initially started out as the Atlantic and Gulf from Savannah to Thomasville Ga before the outbreak of the Civil War and only got as far as Bainbridge Ga before declaring bankruptcy. It was bought by Henry Plant in the 1870's and reorganized as the Savannah Florida and Western. He then bought the charter for the Alabama Midland and had it built between Bainbridge and Montgomery Al. He then bought and built multiple lines in Florida which he also built connections with to the SF&W by building extensions from both Savannah and Waycross south into Jacksonville FL. All these lines in Georgia and Florida became collectively known as the Plant System. Two years after Mr. Plant's passing, his family sold all the lines to the Atlantic Coast Line which formally merged all the lines into itself. The majority of the Plant lines in Georgia and Florida (including my line, which has recently seen upgrades) are still used by CSX. My line gets it's "bowline" nickname because it appears on a map in the shape of a bow, running from Savannah to Montgomery. You've got a nice layout and it's good to see and hear those models running. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@alexmcintosh-fq2bp]

I remember riding the ACL train the Havana Special between Charleston, SC and Richmond, VA. I well remember the purple colors accented with yellow stripes and aluminum gray. There were fewer diesels that still had this paint scheme as basic black was introduced in late 1957. The PRR stopped at Washington Union Station. the ACL trains were carried by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac through to Broad Street Station in Richmond where it was handed off to ACL.

[@eugenekleis4235]

Nice railroad layout

[@105C09]

I love the ACL too and have an S gauge set. What a beautiful train. I hope more women get into trains. As a rule, women have an eye for beauty and passion. We need that in the hobby. Blessings to you and your family! Bill

[@GlennFresch]

Plenty of run through ACL trains and equipment were hauled by PRR GG1s into NYC. So you can still model ACL passenger trains if you’re into electrics!

[@davidmaust1415]

I like the colors on The ACL engines, have yet to catch CSX 1871 ACL heritage unit, if it would've went through a couple of hrs later on m409 2wks ago, could've drove 40min east to see it

[@KandRCustomModels]

Love purple too… glad CN&L kept that color!

[@gregorysmith7952]

Thanks so much for this history of the ACL. Always enjoy hearing history of railroads.

[@johnandrus3901]

This is a great video. My family is from the East Coast, South Jersey and Philly, so I'm a default Pennsy fan. I'm a fan of all of the Northeastern railroads, though. I like Milwaukee Road, also, as my dad was born and raised in Wisconsin and rode the Hiawatha's, back in the day. I'm a big fan of passenger trains. Since I run conventional and collect AMT passenger cars, my main AMT passenger sets are Santa Fe, NYC, Pennsylvania and Southern. I do have the Lionel MPC-era Twentieth Century Limited set from 1983 and it's absolutely gorgeous, even though it isn't AMT.🤔😉 The rest of my collection is a mishmash of post-war through the mid-teens. In general, though, I like all the old railroads. They were just so special, back then; today, not so much. I retired from a railroading career and I wish that I would have been able to run some of those great trains and locomotives, back then. As always, an excellent video.

[@rodneymckelroy4737]

My wife and I are purple and gold fans of the LSU Tiger variety. ACL is a tempting prospect to add to our collection. BUT, my theme is RRs that had New Orleans as a destination. My favorite is the SR's Southern Crescent, but I have IC's City of New Orleans, SP's Sunset Limited and GM&O's The Rebel trains too. So, my model layout has a Big Easy feel to it.

[@roberthubal6278]

Railroading is fun and educational. Thankyou.👍

[@MarcelDekker-il3vw]

Peachy I agree with you fully on the paint scheme. The silver purple yellow set up is genius. It need some dare. the work out is magic. My bicycle (I am Dutch so got one) is purple with silver in days it was all white or grey.. Honestly I cant answer on my fav US railroad. there were and are so many. On my lay out its Scale N, West Germany around 1970. Still building hard on it btw (finish off the landscape). Thansk for posting I always happy when people present some on the modeltrain hobby

[@jontaylor6068]

I have 2 favorites. 1)RF&P 2) Chessie System. For my n scale layout, I run mostly everything.

[@Adamdaj]

My favorite railroad has to be CONRAIL. Congress rescued 7 railroads to CONRAIL. Of course, CONRAIL turned their commuter train service over to SEPTA and NJT back in the early 1980s.

[@chrisgray318]

Great job giving us newbies a history lesson. Your layout is well thought out and executed. Having Eric was a very nice bonus.

[@ColtonRMagby]

My personal favorite railroad is the Frisco Silver Dollar Line at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. The Colorado Railroad Museum is a close second, and the Northwestern Railway takes third place. One of those is fictional, but is a staple of my childhood. Guess which one.

[@mrlee54]

Nice history lesson. I'm currently building my very first model railway. And I'm also using fastrack, just like you Peachy. My railway is going to be located in a desert, with a freight train from Union Pacific and a passenger train from Pennsylvania. There will be a railyard, rocky hills and highway road for cars on my layout. But it will take me, at least another 2 years before I'm done with my layout. But when I'm done with my layout, I will make a video of my model railway.

[@PinballWhiz]

My 2 favorite railroads are Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railway. I have a quite a bit of rolling stock related to those 2 railroads on my O27 scale layout. I live in Georgia too.

[@dantiel4179]

Great history on the 3 railroads I really thought you were going to have to do a little touch up on that beautiful passenger train when it almost hit itself nice surprise guest star I like the PPR and P+LE

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

A fun history lesson on the ACL Peachy, and unbeatable when you showcase your collection and throw in a trip to Eric's "Inner Sanctum!" For those who want to pursue the ACL story let me recommend two books. Both are out of print but you might be able to find them at train shows or on-line sources. The first is "A History Of The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company" by Glenn Hoffman from 1998. The second is "Rails 'Neath The Palms" by Robert W. Mann. This one's from 1983 and while it concerns Florida railroads the ACL gets plenty of attention. Oh, just so everyone knows that wood-burner balloon-stacked locomotive not a mistaken insert! Wood burners not all that much different from the Civil War era types hung on in Florida until the time of the First World War. Why? Well there was no coal in Florida for locomotive fuel, it had to be brought in from the Northeast but there was plenty of wood for fuel. When locomotive sizes grew past what wood fuel was capable of certainly coal and later oil fuel was brought in but wood-burners hung on in Florida branch lines for years. My favorite railroads? The northern New Jersey 'roads (It's where I grew up) and the Richmond VA 'roads (where I live now) but I don't mix geographic areas on the layout. Trains are all one area or the other. Thanks for posting PeachY!

[@JeffsModelRR]

Wheeling and Lake Erie is mostly what I run. But I’ll occasionally run some NS and CSX.

[@eugenekleis4235]

I love Atlantic coast line railroad

[@rycn1450]

Thumbs up great video never saw Eric coming. Never know where Eric will show up.

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

Nice video. Though I'm an SP O-gauger on the west coast, I concur about the beauty of the ACL color scheme and have a stunning Lionel ACL 4-8-4 on my layout as well.

[@jarhead58884]

Congratulation on your video. I grew up with ACL and FEC here in South Florida. When I went to O scale two years ago I decided with FEC. Either or o would’ve been pleased. But now I restrictly run FEC

[@elleryparsons2433]

For My Ho Is Parsons Ridge RR Then for my N Scale we Have the Parsons-Mitchell Railroad. And Proud of it.

[@stevenfd123]

Great video Peachy! Eric!

[@rayolson1882]

My wife and I live in Chadbourn, NC. The ACL played a huge part in the history of our town until it ceased to exist. We have the old train depot in town that is used for events through out the year. It has an extensive display that depicts the importance of the rail road in our area. Next to the depot is probably the only ACL caboose left and it is maintained in very good condition, bright red with white lettering. If you google Chadbourn , NC Christmas event , you will see a picture of it. If you would like more info on the ACL in our area, please let us know. The RJ Corman RR now uses the track on a daily basis. Ray and Beth Olson

[@luskimo1]

favorite is the old Missouri Pacific which got bought out by Union Pacific here in Arkansas

[@jordaneriksson5417]

I love the Atlantic Coast line so thank you for your research on this

[@ARMYVETT]

NICE VIDEO PEACHY. IT MUST BE FUN RUNNING YOUR TRAINS WITH ERIC. 🙂 KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

[@rowsdower12]

Thanks for sharing. Nice to see a female into the hobby as well as history etc

[@-Sprowley]

"The Champion" is an amazing name for a train.

[@richardcorey4644]

Great job and love the Rio Grande railroad

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

My favorite is tied between the Norfolk and Western and the Chesapeake and Ohio, the C&O had such a great paint scheme and had great leadership in the golden era, probably the only railroad to turn a sustainable profit during the depression. The Norfolk and Western definitely lacked the iconic paint scheme being black with white lettering for most of its history, but it had beautiful maroon and gold colored passenger equipment and maintained its steam locomotive program into the 1960 being the last of the major railroad to finally be pulled away from steam power, it was also unique for being partially electrified thanks in part to its acquisition of another personal favorite the Virginian railroad. It’s funny how I became aware of the ACL it was a book about the Norfolk and Western, during its early transitioning period from steam to diesel N&W leased ACL E units to power some passenger trains, and I became fascinated by the purple and silver ACL, and enjoyed the rainbow imagery of purple ACL locomotives pulling maroon N&W passenger cars

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Excellent history lesson and running session Peachy! I do enjoy seeing the ACL running - they had a beautiful livery. My go railroad is the Milwaukee Road and my layout (#MNW) is basically trying to go for a big city look in a small space.

[@scottfw7169]

I thought for sure you would have dyed your hair Royal Palm Purple for this production. 😉 There around 7:53, ACL colors look good on pretty much any locomotive.

[@SchaeferOGaugeLoggingRR]

Being obsessed with a particular line is perfectly normal. I am obsessed with Kansas City Southern. I have several KCS engines, and I plan to expand the collection even more.

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Peachy's Trains & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Peachy's Trains & Friends Randy

[@louislankford8614]

Keep up the good work. I like the direction you are going with your videos.

[@seventhcircleracing3012]

Nice layout.

[@thomasdecker7631]

History is always appreciated. Thanks for covering it. You are absolutely right about the ACL color scheme. It's superb. My favorite railroads? Grand Trunk Western, Detroit and Mackinac and successor Lake State Railway, and I have never quite forgiven the C&O for absorbing the Pere Marquette.

[@railchief74]

Hats off too you for another great train video peachy🚂

[@texastevesrailway]

Great video Peachy! Eric was an added bonus! My favorite line is CB&Q! The "Burlington Route"! It operated from Illinois to Colorado & Wyoming and down through Texas.

[@krtrains123]

Great presentation on the back ground the Atlantic Coast Line , and of course you have a super collection of purple trains, and the visit to Eric's is a nice touch.

[@OGaugeGreg]

Time to join the winning team and switch to Pennsy!

[@ericwilliams2619]

You have a awesome layout and KZbin channel 👍🏻✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[@jameslanders4819]

I have postwar trains and mostly pennsyvania rr and virginian.

[@kenshores9900]

The Seaboard boast Line owned 35%of the L&N till 1971 when they purchased the balance of the L&N. It wasn’t till 1981 when CSX acquired the lock stock and barrel.

[@miguelangelgarrido7233]

Excelente video mi favorito es la linea santa fe y penn central

[@JeffMazdra]

Another fine video.

[@centeroftheearthmining4095]

Loved the history!!! Great job!

[@Ericstrains]

Had a lot of fun, great video!

[@elleryparsons2433]

You can Never get enough of your Favorite Train Line.

[@dathanpoole871]

Your layout has really come along. Looking great. Loved the history lesson. Thank you. And that overhead at erics was like a done flying. Very cool.

[@ericwilliams2619]

👍🏻✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️ very nice surprise to be at Eric's trains

[@Bigboy4018]

Nice camera work!

[@zacharylovestrains]

Nice video

[@harrisonallen651]

The coastline really suits your name

[@Ferrocarril_Chicago]

Was the MBTA commuter rail's paint livery inspired by the Atlantic Coast Line? I ask because the two paint schemes look so similar!

[@Samstrainsofcircumstances]

Cutting it close on the short end of the figure 8. I thought it was going to crash

[@discgolfillustrated2640]

Jackson “ville” fl

[@N_scale]

What locos brand is pulling your Lionel car passenger set it seems they have smoke??

[@frankbeams4333]

How do you run 2 separate trains on same track?

[@user-lq4mo8dw1p]

America Latina Logistica

[@davicrocket7267]

Holy smokes a female that likes trains!

[@TimMacPA]

I mostly stick with the smaller regional RR's and pre-merger-mania lines. I will also get unique and/or iconic pieces. Heck, if it strikes my fancy, I buy it!