The construction of the bridge necessitated the demolition of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad’s dock at King Street, as well as its original passenger depot.
This rail route passed to the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad with the July 1, 1967 merger of the SAL and longtime rival Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, becoming the Charleston Subdivision, and the line downgraded with most traffic rerouting over the former ACL alignment to the west.
Its primary purpose for Southern was to increase north/south passenger/freight traffic by feeding into ACL (Atlantic Coast Line) at Hardeeville for passage south to Florida or north to Charleston and other points.
In 1940, Maurice became involved in dining-car service as a waiter for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in New York City.
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Short branches from main line led to West Norfolk, Hitchcock Mills, and Buffalo Lithia Springs, Virginia, and a 50-mile narrow gauge line ran from Emporia, at a junction with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL), northeast to Claremont on the James River.
Fanlew began as a railway distribution center of the Florida Central Railroad and later the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
The Rennert railroad accident occurred in Rennert, North Carolina on 16 December 1943, 74 people were killed on the Atlantic Coast Line when the northbound Tamiami Champion struck the derailed rear three carriages of its southbound counterpart.