SCL
Seaboard Coast Line
This 1985 Carstens Classic is a pictoral history of the Seaboard Coast Line focused on Florida!
Allies to field a modern 2-8-2 general purpose locomotive type that would see extensive use in the Middle East along with an 0-6-0 tank locomotive desig- nated the S100 for use in switching. Designed to accommodate the tighter lading gauges of Great Britain and the European Continent with reliability and ease of maintenance foremost, this small 50-ton locomotive would see wide spread use supporting the war effort both domestically and abroad. By changing out the coupling system and adding or removing buffers they could be used on nearly any standard gauged railroad worldwide. With a 15-foot wheel base and 4′-6″ drivers these loco- motives could negotiate the tightest standard gauge industrial curves while providing satisfactory tractive effort of 21,630 pounds. The firms of Davenport Locomotive
Works, H.K. Porter, Inc. and Vulcan Iron Works would collectively build over 500 examples of this standard de- sign between the years of 1942 and 1944 for use with the United States Army Transportation Corp. A total of
382 units alone would be sent to Great Britain as part of the build up for the invasion of Continental Europe in 1944. The balance of these locomotives were assigned to military depots state- side as well as for use on rail systems around the globe. Following hostilities, many foreign
railway systems short on power pur- chased these 0-6-0’s for use on their rails. France, Yugoslavia, Austria, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Egypt and China all received examples which would put in stellar service with some engines re- maining in service into the 1970s and beyond. In the United States, a few re- mained in military service, but, the balance were sold of as surplus prima- rily to industrial concerns. Many of these would remain in steam until the mid to late 1960s. With retirement most would be scrapped, luckily a number would es- cape this fate and become part of both museum and restoration groups collec- tions. One such example, which was formerly owned by the Albemarle Pa-
Black and yellow SCL locomotives arrived with the 1967 merger of Atlantic Coast Line with the
Seaboard Air Line railroad. From phosphates to Florida orange
juice, from long passenger runs and special circus moves to a diverse fleet of diesels; You’ll
enjoy 116 pages of quality black and white photography.
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