This
40’ PS-1 boxcar was built for Seaboard Air Line in 1952. Seaboard
used this car to ship beer from a Florida manufacturing facility,
which necessitated the all-silver paint to help control interior
temperatures. Seaboard Air Line merged with Atlantic Coast Line
in 1967, forming the Seaboard Coast Line. The SCL merged with
several other smaller roads, such as the Louisville & Nashville,
and was then known as the Family Lines. In 1982, the Seaboard
System name was adopted, and in 1987, the Seaboard System railroads
merged with Chessie System to form CSX Transportation.
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