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The Achan Subdivision is a short railroad line operated by CSX Transportation located in Polk County, Florida in a region known as the Bone Valley. The seven-mile line links central Mulberry, Florida with CSX's Bone Valley network to the south. [1]
The Achan Subdivision at a wye with the Valrico Subdivision just east of Downtown Mulberry. It heads south seven miles to Bradley Junction, where it connects with the Brewster Subdivision and the Agricola Spur. It also connects with the Bone Valley Subdivision in Achan (about half way between Mulberry and Bradley Junction).
The Achan Subdivision was built around 1912 as the northernmost extension of the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway, which extended from Bradley Junction south to Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island. The extension north to Mulberry allowed the Charlotte Harbor and Northern to serve more phosphate facilities in Mulberry. It also served the now defunct town of Pierce, a town built to house workers of the American Agricultural Chemicals Company, which built and owned the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway. Pierce was also the location of a phosphate drying plant. [2]
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad bought the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway in 1926. In the 1940s, the Seaboard Air Line designated the line from Mulberry to Bradley Junction and from there to Agricola as the Agricola Subdivision. [3] By the 1950s, it was renamed the Achan Subdivision as it is today and the segment from Bradley Junction to Agricola was downgraded to spur status. [4]
In 1967, the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line merged to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. [5] 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.
| Milepost | City/Location | Station [4] | Connections and notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SVH 0.0 | Bradley Junction | Bradley Junction | junction with Seaboard Air Line Railroad Boca Grande Subdivision & Agricola Spur |
| SVH 2.6 | Pierce | ||
| SVH 4.4 | Achan | originally Bruce junction with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Bone Valley Branch | |
| SVH 7.1 | Mulberry | South Mulberry | |
| SVH 8.1 | Mulberry | junction with Seaboard Air Line Railroad Valrico Subdivision |
