Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad

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Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad network
1882 FT&PRR.jpg
1882 map
Overview
Locale Florida
Dates of operation18891900
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Previous gauge 5 ft (1,524 mm) originally, converted to
4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) in 1886 [1]

The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was the final name of a system of railroads throughout Florida, becoming part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1900. The system, including some of the first railroads in Florida, stretched from Jacksonville west through Tallahassee and south to Tampa. Much of the FC&P network is still in service under the ownership of CSX Transportation.

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History

1893 map (also showing the Richmond and Danville Railroad) 1893 R&DRR FC&PRR.jpg
1893 map (also showing the Richmond and Danville Railroad)

The Tallahassee Rail Road was first organized in 1832 as the Leon Railway, changing its name in 1834. It opened in 1837, connecting Tallahassee, Florida to the Gulf of Mexico port of St. Marks, Florida. This was the second steam railroad in Florida, opening just a year after the Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad.

The Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad was chartered January 24, 1851, to build west from Jacksonville, Florida, and construction began in 1857. The Pensacola and Georgia Railroad was chartered in January 1853, [2] to be built east from Pensacola, Florida, but started at Tallahassee. The two lines met at Lake City, Florida in 1860, and the latter also built from Tallahassee west to four miles (6 km) short of Quincy, Florida, stopping in 1863 in the middle of the American Civil War.

In 1855 the Pensacola and Georgia bought the Tallahassee. In 1869 the two merged to form the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, which obtained trackage rights over the Florida Central Railroad, the 1868 reorganization of the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf. The railroad eventually was built west to Chattahoochee, Florida, a major junction with the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad continuing west and the Chattahoochee and East Pass Railroad running northeast. In 1882, Sir Edward Reed purchased the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile, absorbing the Florida Central and reorganizing the two as the Florida Central and Western Railroad.

The Florida Railroad was incorporated January 8, 1853, to build a line across the state, from Fernandina, Florida (north of Jacksonville, Florida) southwest to Cedar Key, Florida. The first train ran in 1861, but the line failed and the company was reorganized in 1866. In 1872 it was reorganized again as the Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company. In 1881, Sir Edward Reed purchased the railroad and reorganized it as the Florida Transit Company, which in 1883 was reorganized again as the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad. The Florida Transit and Peninsular operated two subsidiaries, the Peninsula Railroad and Tropical Florida Railroad, organized to build lines respectively from the Florida Transit at Waldo, Florida to Ocala, Florida and beyond to Tampa, Florida. [3]

In 1884-85, Reed merged the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad with the Florida Central and Western Railroad, Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, and Leesburg and Indian River Railroad as the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, which instantly became the largest railroad system in Florida. [4] The new company was placed in receivership in October 1885, [5] sold at foreclosure and reorganized as the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company in 1886. [6]

On May 1, 1889, the company was reorganized again, as the Florida Central and Peninsular Railway, and on January 16, 1893, the final reorganization produced the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, along with a merger of the Florida Northern Railroad (a line from Yulee to Savannah, Georgia). [7] The Seaboard Air Line Railway leased the FC&P on July 1, 1900, and the latter was merged into the former on August 15, 1903. The FC&P tracks from Savannah, Georgia to Tampa, Florida via Jacksonville became part of Seaboard's main line. [8]

Though a series of mergers between 1967 and 1987, the Seaboard became part of CSX Transportation. Much of the former FC&P network remains in service today.

Routes

Main Lines (Southern and Western Divisions)

By the time the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad reached its greatest extent in 1893, it essentially had two main lines. One of the main lines (the Western Division) extended from Jacksonville west to Tallahassee and Chattahoochee, where it connected to the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad (a subsidiary of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad). The other main line (the Southern Division) was what was previously the Florida Railroad extending from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key. These two main lines intersected at Baldwin Junction just west of Jacksonville. The routes continued in operation after Seaboard acquired the lines in 1900, although Seaboard designated the route to Tampa as the main line south of Waldo instead of the route to Cedar Key.

Seaboard abandoned the former Southern Division from Archer to Cedar Key in 1932. [11] The line was abandoned between Callahan and Yulee in 1954. [12] The line from Archer to Waldo was removed in the late 1980s. Today, State Road 24 runs along much of the former right of way of the route between Waldo and Cedar Key. The Waldo Road Greenway also runs along the former right of way between Gainesville and Waldo. South of Baldwin, it is part of CSX's S Line.

FC&P's Southern Division is still active and in service as the following:

The Western Division remains operates as the following routes:

Tampa Division

The Tampa Division ran from the Fernandina-Cedar Key line at Waldo south to Tampa. This had been chartered as the Peninsula Railroad north of Ocala and the Tropical Florida Railroad south of Ocala. After the Seaboard acquisition, this route became the southernmost segment of their main line. It subsequently became part of CSX's S Line.

While mostly intact, a short 16-mile segment of the S Line has been abandoned between Lacoochee and Zephyrhills, where the line now briefly detours along a former Atlantic Coast Line route (using former South Florida Railroad and Tampa and Thonotosassa Railroad trackage). Despite not being part of the original line, this former Atlantic Coast Line segment is considered to be an unofficial part of the S Line since it carries all S Line traffic. [14] [15] [16]

The Tampa Division now operates as the following routes on the S Line:

Northern Division

FC&P Railway (Northern/Western Divisions)
First Coast Railroad
Kingsland/Jacksonville Terminal/Tallahassee Subdivisions (CSX)
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to Savannah (abandoned)
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S 593.4
Seals
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S 598.9
Kingsland
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St. Mary's Railroad
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Georgia
Florida
St. Mary's River
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← to Callahan (abandoned) · to Fernandina Beach
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First Coast Railroad
Kingsland Subdivision (CSX)
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S 613.5
Yulee
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S 625.4
Eastport
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S 626.0
Busch
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S 630.2
ASJ 644.8
Panama Park
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ASJ 644.6
Main Street
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Kingsland Subdivision
Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision
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CSX
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SP 638.0
Jacksonville
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SP 653.0
Baldwin
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CSX
← Callahan Subdivision
Wildwood Subdivision →
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Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision
Tallahassee Subdivision
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Norfolk Southern Railway
Navair District
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Lake City
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SP 715.3
Live Oak
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SP 799.3
Tallahassee
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former St. Mark's branch
(Tallahassee Railroad)
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CSX
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SP 811.4
Midway
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SP 828.7
Gretna
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AN Railway
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SP 842.5
00K 811.5
Chattahoochee
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CSX

The Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad was organized in 1874 and opened in 1881, connecting Jacksonville north to the Southern Division at Yulee. It was consolidated into the Florida Railway and Navigation Company in 1885.

The South Bound Railroad was organized in 1887 and completed in 1891, connecting Columbia, South Carolina to Savannah, Georgia. The FC&P leased it in 1893. In 1892 the Florida Northern Railroad was chartered by the FC&P to continue the Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad north into Georgia, where the FC&P continued the line to Savannah. This opened in 1894, forming a continuous line from Jacksonville to Columbia. In 1899 and 1900, the South Bound Railroad was extended north to Camden, South Carolina to meet the Seaboard Air Line Railway's Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad. The Northern Division became part of the Seaboard main line after the Seaboard acquisition.

In 1925, the Gross Cutoff was built by Seaboard from the Northern Division near the Florida/Georgia state line southwest to the Southern Division at Callahan.

The Northern Division remains today in segments. The abandoned segment within Jacksonville is now the S-Line Urban Greenway.

After the Seaboard Coast Line became the CSX Corporation in the 1980s, CSX abandoned the S Line between Riceboro, Georgia (just southwest of Savannah) and Bladen, Georgia in 1986. Track between Bladen and Seals was removed in 1990. [21]

The Northern Division is now the following routes:

Orlando Division

The Leesburg and Indian River Railroad was incorporated in 1884 and merged into the Florida Railway and Navigation Company in 1885. It built a line from the Tampa Division at Wildwood east to Tavares, with plans to continue east to Titusville. That extension was not built, but pieces were built by other companies.

The Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad was incorporated in 1883, and built an extension of line from Tavares to Orlando. The FC&P leased it in 1891.

The Orlando and Winter Park Railway was incorporated in 1886 and extended the line from Orlando to Winter Park. The Osceola and Lake Jesup Railway, incorporated 1888, continued the line past Oviedo to Lake Charm. In 1891 the two companies merged into the East Florida and Atlantic Railroad, which was leased by the FC&P in 1892. In the line's early days, passenger trains served the historic Church Street Station in Orlando, which belonged to the South Florida Railroad. [24] Trains turned onto the South Florida Railroad (which became the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, the Seaboard Air Line's competitor) in Downtown Orlando just north of the station. In 1896, the FC&P built its own Orlando station. [25]

The line west of Orlando remained intact under Seaboard and its successors until the 1970s when tracks were removed between Leesburg and Tavares. [26] Since 1986, the remaining line from Tavares to Orlando has been operated by the Florida Central Railroad, a short line that was run by the Pinsly Railroad Company from 1986 to 2019 and is now operated by Regional Rail, LLC. [27] The Florida Midland Railroad, another Pinsly-operated short line, operated the segment from Wildwood to Leesburg from 1987 until 2005, when most of that end of the line was abandoned. All that remains on the Wildwood end is a short wye which CSX uses to turn locomotives from Wildwood Yard.

East of Orlando, the abandoned right of way is now the Cady Way Trail and the southern extension of the Cross Seminole Trail.

Other Branches

Monticello

The Monticello Branch ran from the Western Division at Drifton north to Monticello.

Amelia Beach

The Fernandina and Amelia Beach Railway was organized in 1883 to run from Fernandina at the end of the Southern Division south to Amelia Beach. The FC&P leased it in 1891, and it was abandoned around 1900.

Wannee

The Wannee Branch was originally part of the Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway. It branched off the Southern Division at Starke and headed west to Wannee. Construction of the line began in 1863. The line was bought by the FC&P in 1899 and it was completed to Wannee in 1902. [28] The branch remains in service as part of CSX's Brooker Subdivision from Starke to a point just west of LaCrosse. The branch's connection with the main line is still known as Wannee Junction.

Early Bird

The branch to Early Bird was built in 1890 and branched off the Southern Division in Archer. The line gained more prominence in the Seaboard era. Seaboard extended the branch south through Dunnellon and Hernando to Inverness in 1911. The Brooksville and Inverness Railway, a Seaboard subsidiary, extended it further south to Brooksville in 1925 to connect with the Tampa Northern Railroad. This created an alternate route into Tampa, which the Seaboard Air Line designated as the Brooksville Subdivision. [29] [30] [ page needed ] Much of this line was removed in the late 1970s. [31]

Silver Springs

The short Silver Springs branch from Ocala east to Silver Springs was built along with the Tampa Division. The Seaboard Air Line later leased this branch to the Ocala Northern Railroad in 1909. The Ocala Northern extended the line to Palatka by 1912. The Ocala Northern was reorganized as the Ocklawaha Valley Railroad in 1915, but the line was abandoned by 1922. [32]

Lake Weir

The Lake Weir Branch ran from Summerfield east to South Lake Weir, and was built along with the Tampa Division.

Sumterville

The short Sumterville branch from Sumterville Junction to Sumterville was built with the Tampa Division.

St. Marks

The St. Mark's branch was built by the Tallahassee Railroad ran from Tallahassee south. It was one of the first operating railroads in Florida. It's become the longest-operating railroad in Florida at 147 years. It was abandoned in 1983. The Florida Park Service currently maintains it as the Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail.

Whitehall

Historic stations

Southern Division

MilepostCity/LocationStation [33] Connections and notes
SMA 47.2 Fernandina Fernandina
O'Neill O'Neill
Buena Vista
Lofton
Yulee Hart's Road
SMA 35.1Yuleeoriginally Hart's Road Junction
junction with Northern Division
Hero
Italia Italia
Nassau
SM 20.0 Callahan Callahanjunction with:
SM 12.3 Crawford Crawfordjunction with Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway (GSF/SOU)
Verdie Verdie
Ingle Ingle
St. Mary's
Bryceville Bryceville
SM 0.0
S 653.0
Baldwin Baldwinjunction with:
S 656.5Fiftone
S 659.0Maxville
S 661.4Hugh
S 665.7Highland
Trail Ridge
S 669.3 Lawtey Lawtey
Burrine's
S 672.1Saxton
Temple
S 678.4 Starke Starke
S 679.1Wannee Junctionjunction with Wannee Branch
Thurston
S 684.6 Hampton Hamptonjunction with Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (SOU)
S 690.0 Waldo Waldojunction with Tampa Division
Millicans
SR 697.2Fairbanks
Dowd's
Nedra
SR 704.0 Gainesville Gainesville junction with:
Daysville
Hammock Ridge
Arredondo
SR 710.8Kanapaha
Peach Orchard
Palmer
SR 718.4 Archer Archerjunction with Early Bird Branch
Venables
Albion
Meredith
727.7 Bronson Bronson
Lennon
739.5 Otter Creek Otter CreekJunction with Perry Cutoff (ACL)
Ellzey
Emett
Wylly
Rosewood Rosewood
Hilton
Sumner Sumner
Lukens
760.9 Cedar Key Cedar Key

Tampa Division

MilepostCity/LocationStation [33] Connections and notes
S 690.0 Waldo Waldojunction with Southern Division
S 696.6Orange Heights
Dixie
S 700.1 Campville Campville
S 703.3 Hawthorne Hawthornejunction with Florida Southern Railway Palatka Branch (ACL)
S 712.3 Lochloosa Lochloosa
S 714.5 Island Grove Island Grove
S 716.9 Citra Citra
Meadows
S 722.4 Sparr Sparr
S 725.8 Anthony Anthony
S 728.2Oak
S 731.5 Ocala Silver Springs Junctionjunction with Silver Springs Branch
Silver Springs located on Silver Springs Branch
junction with Ocklawaha Valley Railroad
S 735.3 Ocala Ocalareplaced by Ocala Union Station in 1917
junction with:
S 743.5Santos
S 747.1 Belleview Belleview
S 752.0 Summerfield Summerfieldjunction with Lake Weir Branch
Lake Weir located on Lake Weir Branch
S 753.7Dallas
S 756.8 Oxford Oxford
S 761.5 Wildwood Wildwood junction with Orlando Division
S 766.1 Coleman Colemanjunction with Seaboard Air Line Railroad Miami Subdivision
S 766.7Warnell
S 770.4 Panasoffkee Panasoffkee
S 771.0Ekalalso known as Sumterville Junction
junction with Sumterville Branch
Sumterville located on Sumterville Branch
Edenfield
S 775.1 Bushnell Bushnell
S 778.9 St. Catherine junction with Florida Southern Railway (ACL)
S 783.2Rerdell
S 784.2Terrell
S 791.2 Lacoochee Lacoocheejunction with Orange Belt Railway (ACL)
S 791.9 Trilacoochee, Florida Owensboro Junctionjunction with South Florida Railroad Pemberton Ferry Branch (ACL)
S 797.9 Dade City Dade City
Pasadena
Greer
Phelps
S 808.0 Zephyrhills Zephyrhillsjunction with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Vitis–Tampa Line
S 811.4 Crystal Springs Crystal Springs
S 818.5 Knights Knights
S 823.1 Plant City Plant Cityreplaced by Plant City Union Depot in 1909
junction with:
S 827.4 Turkey Creek junction with Seaboard Air Line Railroad Sarasota Subdivision
S 829.5 Sydney
S 832.5 Valrico junction with Valrico Cutoff (SAL)
S 834.8 Brandon Brandon
S 835.8Limona
Tampa South Tampa
S 840.9Yeoman
S 843.5Tampa Northern Junctionlater known as Gary
junction with Tampa Northern Railroad (SAL)
S 844.9Tampaoriginal station was located at Franklin and Whiting Streets
replaced by Tampa Union Station in 1912
Seddon Island Terminal Freight terminal built by the Seaboard Air Line in 1909

Western Division

MilepostCity/LocationStation [33] Connections and notes
SP 635.4 Jacksonville Jacksonvillejunction with:
West Jacksonville
SP 641.6Marietta
SP 652.5 Baldwin Baldwinjunction with Southern Division
SP 656.3Mattoxjunction with Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad (ACL)
SP 661.4 Macclenny Macclennyknown as Darbyville prior to 1890
SP 663.8 Glen St. Mary Glen St. Mary
Drake
Taliaferros Junction
SP 670.7 Sanderson Sanderson
Woodstock
Mann's Spur
SP 680.6 Olustee Olustee
SP 685.1Mount Carrie
SP 690.7 Watertown Watertown
SP 693.1 Lake City Lake Cityjunction with:
Ogden
McKinley
SP 704.5 Wellborn Wellborn
SP 709.9 Houston Houston
SP 715.3 Live Oak Live Oakjunction with:
SP 721.5Dickert
Falmouth Falmouth
SP 728.7 Ellaville Ellaville
SP 736.3 Lee Lee
West Farm
SP 743.7 Madison Madison
Champaign
SP 757.4 Greenville Greenville
SP 764.9 Aucilla Aucilla
SP 772.3 Drifton Driftonjunction with:
SPB 776.5 Monticello Monticellolocated on Monticello Branch
Braswell
SP 781.2 Lloyd Lloyd
Capitola
SP 787.8 Chaires Chaires
SP 799.3 Tallahassee Tallahasseejunction with:
Ocklocknee
Lawrence
SP 811.4 Midway Midway
SP 823.3 Quincy Quincy
SP 828.7 Gretna Gretna
SP 832.0 Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant
Jamieson
Chattahoochee Chattahoochee
SP 841.9River Junctionjunction with:

Orlando Division

MilepostCity/LocationStation [33] Connections and notes
ST 761.2 Wildwood Wildwoodjunction with Tampa Division
Orange Home
Bamboo
Spink's
ST 768.9Whitney
ST 770.4Montclair
ST 772.8 Leesburg Leesburgjunction with:
Sunnyside
Sadie
El Dorado
Eustis Transfer
ST 783.2 Tavares Tavaresjunction with St. Johns and Lake Eustis Railway (ACL)
ST 786.8Ellsworth
ST 790.8Lake Jem
Gainesboro
ST 794.7 Zellwood Zellwood
ST 796.2McDonald
ST 798.7 Plymouth Plymouth
ST 802.0 Apopka Apopkajunction with Florida Midland Railway (ACL)
Piedmont
ST 805.7Torontojunction with Orange Belt Railway (ACL)
ST 807.7 Lockhart Lockhart
Wekiva
ST 811.4 Fairvilla Fairvilla
Livingston
ST 812.1Modello Park
ST 815.0 Orlando OrlandoBuilt in 1896. FC&P trains previously used Church Street Station. [25]
junction with South Florida Railroad (ACL)
Fair Oaks
Rowena
Lake Mabel
Bonnie Burn
College Station
ST 819.4 Winter Park Winter Park
ST 823.8Lakemont
Lake Howell
ST 822.0Aloma
ST 823.8 Goldenrod Goldenrod
Bertha
Gabriella
Slavia Slavia
ST 830.1 Oviedo Oviedojunction with Sanford and Indian River Railroad (SFRR/ACL)
ST 831.0Lake Charm

Northern Division

StateMilepostCity/LocationStation [34] [35] [33] Connections and notes
For stations north of Savannah, see South Bound Railroad
GA S 501.8 Savannah Savannahjunction with:
Anderson
S 512.4Burroughsjunction with Savannah, Florida and Western Railway (ACL)
S 514.4Ogechee
S 515.6 Richmond Hill Richmond Hill
S 522.1 Limerick Limerick
S 527.2 Midway Midwayalso known as Dorchester
Gibson
S 529.1 Riceboro Riceboro
S 534.0Lecount
S 537.1Jones
S 538.1Brickston
S 540.1 Warsaw Warsaw
S 544.1 Townsend Townsend
S 550.4Cox
S 556.8 Everett junction with Macon and Brunswick Railroad (SOU)
Ford
S 564.4Thalmann
S 568.4 Bladen junction with Brunswick and Western Railroad (ACL)
S 573.8Hayner
S 575.5Glencoe
S 578.3 Waverly
S 582.6 White Oak
S 587.7 Woodbine Woodbine
S 591.2Colesburg
S 593.4 Seals Seals
S 598.9 Kingsland Kingslandjunction with St. Mary's Railroad
FL S 605.4Grossjunction with Gross Cutoff (SAL)
S 609.6 Becker Becker
S 613.5 Yulee Yuleejunction with Southern Division
S 614.2Hedges
S 619.1Tisonia
S 621.1Duval
S 623.3Broward
S 629.5 Jacksonville Panama Park junction with Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad (ACL)
S 638.0Jacksonvillejunction with:

Notes

  1. "The Days They Changed the Gauge". Southern Railfan.
  2. Turner 2003, p. 61.
  3. Tucker. 50[ full citation needed ]
  4. Turner 2003, p. 52.
  5. "Affairs of the railways; a receiver for Florida lines" (PDF). New York Times. October 30, 1885. Retrieved July 25, 2008.[ dead link ]
  6. Tucker. 53[ full citation needed ]
  7. Pettengill, Jr., George W. (1998) [1952]. The Story of the Florida Railroads (Reprint ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. p. 56.
  8. "Peninsular Railroad routes to Tampa Bay". Tampa Bay Trains. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  9. CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
  10. CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
  11. Roberts, Bruce. "Florida's Forgotten Railroad". The Florida Railroad Company - Fernandina & Cedar Key. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  12. "Yulee to Callahan, FL". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  13. CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
  14. "Tampa Bay Lines in CSX Era". Tampa Bay Trains. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  15. Harmon, Danny (12 May 2012). "Railfanning With Danny - Dade City May 3, 2012". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  16. "CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable" (PDF). Multimodalways.
  17. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Savannah and Waycross Division Timetable (1982)
  18. CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
  19. CSX Florence Division Timetable
  20. "Geographic Information System". Federal Railroad Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  21. "The Everett Subdivision". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  22. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Jacksonville Division and Tampa Division Timetable (1977)
  23. "Geographic Information System". Federal Railroad Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  24. "CHURCH STREET STATION/OLD ORLANDO RAILROAD DEPOT". Riches Mosaic Interface. University of Central Florida. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  25. 1 2 Mulligan, Michael (2008). Railroad Depots of Central Florida. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7385-5390-0 . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  26. "Wildwood to Tavares". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  27. "Florida Central, Midland, and Northern Railroads". Pinsly Railroad Company. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  28. Pettengill, George W. Jr. (July 1952). "The Story of the Florida Railroads". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin . 86. Boston, Mass.: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 1–133. JSTOR   43517668.
  29. Seaboard Air Line Railroad South Florida Division Timetable (1940)
  30. Turner 2003.
  31. "Peninsular Railroad Routes to Tampa Bay". Tampa Bay Trains. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  32. Florida Railroad Commission Records, 1924 yearbook, railroad comments.[ full citation needed ]
  33. 1 2 3 4 5 "Florida Railroads: Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists (Florida). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  34. "South Carolina Railroads: Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists (South Carolina). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  35. "Georgia Railroads: Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists (Georgia). Retrieved 5 June 2020.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ocala Union Station</span> Historic passenger train station in Ocala, Florida

The Ocala Union Station is a bus station and former train station in Ocala, Florida, United States. It is located at 531 Northeast First Avenue, and was built in 1917 by both the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Prior to this, ACL and SAL had separate depots in Ocala. The former ACL station was originally built by the Florida Southern Railroad, while the former SAL station was built by the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad. On December 22, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The Florida Railroad was the first railroad to connect the east and west coasts of Florida, running from Fernandina to Cedar Key. The line later became part of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, and, where still in use, is operated by CSX Transportation and the First Coast Railroad. The highway corridor of SR 24, US 301, and SR A1A/SR 200 closely parallels the former Florida Railroad.

The Inland Lakes Railway, later known as Florida Rail Adventures, was a tourist railroad located in the northwestern portion of Central Florida. The railway operated several excursion trains ranging from a five course dinner train to sightseeing excursions throughout Lake and Orange Counties. The company operated through a lease agreement with the Florida Central Railroad, the owner of the tracks. Trains operated between the towns of Mount Dora, Tavares, Eustis, Lake Jem, and Orlando.

The Jacksonville & Southwestern Railroad (J&SW) was a railroad that served Florida from 1899 to 1904. It was purchased by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1904. The Atlantic Coast Line would extend the line further west and it would become their Jacksonville—Wilcox Line. Some of the original right-of-way was converted to a recreational path in the rails to trails program in the 1990s.

The Callahan Subdivision is a CSX Transportation railroad subdivision within the Jacksonville Division on the former Seaboard Air Line Railroad. The sub extends northward 20 miles from Baldwin, Florida, where the Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision's S Line and Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad meet just north of Baldwin Yard, a classification yard. According to Jacksonville Division Timetable Number 4 published in 2005, the sub runs from milepost SM 0.18 to milepost SM 20.0, where it joins the Nahunta Subdivision, a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, in Callahan, Florida. The line serves as a bypass to Jacksonville.

The Brooker Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Florida. The line runs from the CSX S Line at Wannee Junction in Starke to Newberry for a total of 39.6 miles. At its north end it continues south from the Wildwood Subdivision and at its south end it junctions at a wye with the Florida Northern Railroad.

CSX Transportation's Brooksville Subdivision is a railroad line in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. Today, the line runs from the Clearwater Subdivision in Sulphur Springs, Florida north to a point just north of Brooksville, a distance of 49.1 miles. Historically, the Brooksville Subdivision was owned and operated by CSX predecessor, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Under Seaboard ownership, the Brooksville Subdivision continued north as far as Waldo, where it intercepted the Seaboard Air Line main line.

The Kingsland Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Northeast Florida. The line begins in Jacksonville at a junction with the A Line near Moncrief Yard. From there, it heads east and then turns north near Panama Park. From Panama Park, the Kingsland Subdivision heads north to Yulee on a discontinuous piece of CSX's S Line. In Yulee, the line connects with the First Coast Railroad, which operates north to Seals, Georgia, on tracks that were previously part of the Kingsland Subdivision prior to 2005. The line's namesake is Kingsland, Georgia, which is located north of Yulee on the First Coast Railroad.

The Wildwood Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Florida. It runs along CSX's S Line from Baldwin south to Zephyrhills via Ocala and Wildwood for a total of 155.7 miles. The S Line is CSX's designation for the line that was the Seaboard Air Line Railroad main line from 1903 to 1967.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yeoman Subdivision</span> CSX railroad line in Florida

The Yeoman Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Florida. It runs along CSX’s S Line from Zephyrhills south to just east of Tampa via Plant City for a total of 31.2 miles.

The Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad is a shortline railroad owned and operated by RailUSA in the Florida Panhandle. The line consists of 430 miles of track: a main line from Baldwin, Florida, through Tallahassee to Pensacola, as well as a branch from Tallahassee north to Attapulgus, Georgia.

The Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad was a historic railroad in Florida chartered by railroad tycoon Henry B. Plant. It was built as an extension of Plant's Live Oak and Rowlands Bluff Railroad. Together, the two lines ran from Live Oak, Florida, to Gainesville via High Springs. The lines were completed in 1884.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Main Line (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)</span> Historic railroad in the Southeast

The CSX A Line forms the backbone of the historic Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Main Line, the backbone of their network in the southeastern United States. The main line runs from Richmond, Virginia to Port Tampa just southwest of Tampa, Florida, a distance of nearly 900 miles. Along its route it passes through Petersburg, Rocky Mount, Florence, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, and Orlando. With the exception of a short 61-mile segment in Greater Orlando, the entire line is owned by CSX Transportation.

The Seaboard Air Line Railroad’s Main Line was the backbone of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad's network in the southeastern United States. The main line ran from Richmond, Virginia to Tampa, Florida, a distance of over 800 miles. Along its route it passed through Petersburg, Raleigh, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville, and Ocala, Florida. While some segments of the line have been abandoned as of 2023, most of the line is still in service and is owned by the Seaboard Air Line's successor, CSX Transportation as their S-Line.

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