From Pee Dee, it runs west largely paralleling U.S. Route 74 though Wadesboro to Monroe.
[3] The line from Monroe to Abbeville was built from 1887 to 1892 by the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway.
[5] Seaboard's passenger trains historically ran the line on their way from the Northeast to Atlanta which included the Silver Comet, The Cherry Blossoms, and The Capitol.
The merged company was named the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL).
[7][8] In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation.