Construction and early years The Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway was founded in 1886 with the goal of building a line from
Monroe, North Carolina, to
Atlanta, Georgia. Construction on the line began in 1887 in North Carolina.
Later years In 1967, the Seaboard Air Line merged with its rival, the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). The merged company was named the
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL). Seaboard Coast Line designated the entire line from Monroe to Atlanta as the Abbeville Subdivision. The
Silver Comet was discontinued the following year. In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the
Chessie System, creating the
CSX Corporation. The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately until 1986, when they were merged into
CSX Transportation. CSX would later truncate the Abbeville Subdivision designation at Abbeville with track north of there being annexed to the
Monroe Subdivision. ==Current operations==