List of Florida railroads

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This is a list of railroads operating in the U.S. state of Florida.

Contents

Current railroads

Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Private carriers

Never built

Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 3] FromToSuccessorNotes
Alabama and Florida Railroad (1853–1869) L&N 18531869 Pensacola and Louisville Railroad
Alabama and Florida Railroad (1898–1900) L&N 18981900 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Alabama and Florida Railroad (1936–1941) 19361941Ceased operations in 1941
Alabama and Florida Railroad (1986–1992) AFLR19861992 Alabama and Florida Railway
Alabama and Florida Railway AF19922011Ceased operations in 2011
Alabama and Western Florida Railroad 19261939
Alabama, Florida and Gulf Railroad 19171936Alabama and Florida Railroad (1936–1941)
Alabama, Florida and Southern Railroad19101917 Alabama, Florida and Gulf Railroad
Alafia, Manatee, and Gulf Coast Railroad SAL 18971906 Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway
Andalusia, Florida and Gulf Railway 19191925N/A [1]
Apalachicola Northern Railroad AN1903Later served by the AN Railway, the line is abandoned.
Arcadia, Gulf Coast and Lakeland Railroad 18911893 Florida, Peninsular and Gulf Railroad
Arlington and Atlantic Railway FEC 18921892 Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad
Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railway A&SA, ASAB19061993 Bay Line Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ACLACL19021967 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Atlantic Coast, St. Johns and Indian River Railway FEC 18831899 Southeastern Railway
Atlantic and East Coast Terminal Company ACL/ FEC 1905
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad A&G ACL 18661879 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company SAL 18721881 Florida Transit Railroad
Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railroad SAL 18931893 Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway
Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway SAL 18931909 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway SOU 18971902 Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, St. Johns River Terminal Company
Atlantic and Western Railroad FEC 18881896 Florida East Coast Railway
Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad SAL 18881891 Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad
Birmingham, Columbus and St. Andrews Railroad 19031926 Alabama and Western Florida Railroad
Blue Spring, Orange City and Atlantic Railroad FEC 18781887 Atlantic and Western Railroad
Bradford Farms Railroad Prison Spur between Raiford and Lawtey
Brooksville and Hudson Railroad 19021907 Tampa Northern Railroad
Brooksville and Inverness Railway SAL 19251946 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Burlington Northern Inc. BN19801981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN19811996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway BNSF19961997 Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad SAL 18911906 Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway
Central of Georgia Railway CGCG19041939N/A
Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway SAL 19061946 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Chattahoochee and East Pass Railway ACL 18811884 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
DeLand and St. John's River Railroad ACL 18861890 Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway
East Florida Railway ACL 18801884 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
East Florida and Atlantic Railroad SAL 18911893 Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
East and West Coast Railway E&WC SAL 19131945 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Fellsmere Railroad 19111924 Trans-Florida Central Railroad
Fernandina and Amelia Beach Railway SAL 18831894 Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad SAL 18801884 Florida Railway and Navigation Company
Florida Railroad SAL 18531872 Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company
Florida Railway 1905
Florida Railway and Navigation Company SAL 18841888 Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Florida and Alabama Railroad before 19141939N/A [1]
Florida, Alabama and Gulf Railroad before 19111919 Andalusia, Florida and Gulf Railway [1]
Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad SAL 18511868 Florida Central Railroad
Florida Central Railroad ACL 19071914 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Florida Central Railroad SAL 18681882 Florida Central and Western Railroad
Florida Central and Gulf Railway SAL 19161931N/A
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad SAL 18881903 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Florida Central and Western Railroad SAL 18821884 Florida Railway and Navigation Company
Florida Coast and Gulf Railway FEC 18921892 Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway
Florida, Georgia and Western Railway SAL 18911895 Tallahassee Southeastern Railway
Florida Midland Railway ACL 18831896 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Florida, Peninsular and Gulf Railroad 1893
Florida Southern Railroad ACL 18921903 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Florida Southern Railway ACL 18811892 Florida Southern Railroad
Florida Steinhatchee Railway
Florida Transit Railroad SAL 18811883 Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad
Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad SAL 18831884 Florida Railway and Navigation Company
Florida West Shore Railway SAL 19031909 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Florida Western Railroad SAL 18811882 Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad
Florida Western and Northern Railroad SAL 19241945 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Fort Myers Southern Railroad FMS ACL 19171987 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Fort White and Southern Railway 1896
Fort Wilderness Railroad FWRR19741980
Gainesville and Gulf Railway SAL 18951907 Tampa and Jacksonville Railway
Gainesville, Ocala and Charlotte Harbor Railroad ACL 18761881 Florida Southern Railway
Gainesville, Rocky Point and Micanopy Railway SAL 18841895 Gainesville and Gulf Railway
Georgia and Florida RailNet GFRR19992005 Georgia and Florida Railway
Georgia and Florida Railroad GFRR19951999 Georgia and Florida RailNet
Georgia and Florida Railroad G&FG&F19261951 Valdosta Southern Railroad
Georgia and Florida Railway G&FG&F19061926 Georgia and Florida Railroad
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad GF&A SAL 19271974 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway GF&A SAL 19011928 Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad
Georgia Pine Railway SAL 18951901 Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad SOU 18891895 Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Green Cove and Midland Railway 18851892 Southwestern Railroad
Green Cove Springs and Melrose Railroad 18811885 Green Cove and Midland Railway
Gulf Coast Railway 19151921N/A
Gulf, Florida and Alabama Railway

(Deep Water Route)

DWR SLSF 19111922 Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railway
Gulf Ports Terminal Railway SLSF 19161927 Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad
Halifax and Indian River Railway FEC 18911892 Florida Coast and Gulf Railway
Inland Lakes Railway 20052009
Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad FEC 18921892 Jacksonville and Atlantic Railway
Jacksonville and Atlantic Railway FEC 18931900 Florida East Coast Railway
Jacksonville Belt Railroad SAL 18861888 Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Jacksonville Bridge Company FEC 18881892 Florida Coast and Gulf Railway
Jacksonville, Gainesville, and Gulf Railway SAL 19261943N/A
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad SAL 18691882 Florida Central and Western Railroad
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway FEC 18811892 Florida Coast and Gulf Railway
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway FEC 18921895 Florida East Coast Railway
Jacksonville and St. John's River Railway ACL 18991899 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad ACL 18991904 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway ACL 18811899 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Jacksonville and St. John's River Railway
Jacksonville Terminal Company JTCO ACL/ FEC/ SAL/ SOU 18941978N/A
Jaxport Terminal Railway JXPT19891996 Talleyrand Terminal Railroad
Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway 18881895N/A
Kissimmee River Railway SAL 1917N/A
Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad ACL 18751879 South Florida Railroad
Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad Company 18361841N/A
Leesburg and Indian River Railroad SAL 18811884 Florida Railway and Navigation Company
Live Oak and Gulf Railway 18941904 Suwannee and San Pedro Railroad
Live Oak and Perry Railroad SOU 19031905 Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad
Live Oak, Perry and Georgia Railroad 19951999 Georgia and Florida RailNet
Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad SOU 19051971 Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway
Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway LPSG SOU 19711993 Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad ACL 18811884 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad ACL 18811884 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Louisville and Nashville Railroad L&N, LNL&N18801983 Seaboard System Railroad
Macon and Florida Air Line Railroad SOU 18841889 Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
Madison Southern Railway 1922N/A
Marianna and Blountstown Railroad M&BT, MBT19091972N/A
Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad MSBP SLSF 19241928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railway MSBP SLSF 19221924 Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad
Naples, Seaboard, and Gulf Railway SAL 1926 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Ocala Northern Railroad 19091915 Ocklawaha Valley Railroad
Ocala and Southwestern Railroad 1923N/A
Ocklawaha Valley Railroad 19151922N/A
Orange Belt Railway ACL 18851893 Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad
Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad ACL 18801886 DeLand and St. John's River Railroad
Orlando and Winter Park Railway SAL 18861891 East Florida and Atlantic Railroad
Ormond Bridge Company FEC 18871898 Florida East Coast Railway
Osceola and Lake Jesup Railway SAL 18891891 East Florida and Atlantic Railroad
Palatka Bridge Company FEC 18881893 Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway
Palatka and Indian River Railway ACL 18811887 Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway
Patterson and McInnis Sawmill Railway P&M1940 Georgia-Pacific Former logging railroad
Pelham and Havana Railroad 19061923N/A
Peninsular Railroad SAL 18781883 Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad
Pensacola Railroad L&N 18771880 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Pensacola, Alabama and Tennessee Railroad SLSF 18921915 Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans Railway
Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad L&N 18811891 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Pensacola and Fort Barrancas Railroad L&N 18701882 Florida Western Railroad
Pensacola Electric Company 1906
Pensacola Electric Terminal Railway 18971906 Pensacola Electric Company
Pensacola and Georgia Railroad SAL 18531869 Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, Tallahassee Railroad
Pensacola and Louisville Railroad L&N 18681878 Pensacola Railroad
Pensacola and Mobile Railroad and Manufacturing Company L&N 18611881 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans Railway SLSF 19071917 Gulf Ports Terminal Railway
Pensacola and Perdido Railroad SLSF 18691915 Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans Railway
Pensacola Street Car Company 18821891 Pensacola Terminal Company
Pensacola Terminal Company 18911897 Pensacola Electric Terminal Railway
Plant System ACL 18941902 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad SAL 19051909 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Port Inglis Terminal Company SAL 1916 Florida Central and Gulf Railway
Port St. Joe Dock and Terminal Railway 19121929N/A
St. Andrews Bay Railway and Terminal Company 1914
St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway FEC 18891893 Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway
St. Augustine and Palatka Railway FEC 18861889 St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway
St. Augustine and South Beach Railway 1886
St. Cloud and Sugar Belt Railway ACL 18881893 South Florida Railroad
St. Johns Railway FEC 18581893 Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway
St. Johns and Halifax Railway FEC 18811888 St. Johns and Halifax River Railway
St. Johns and Halifax River Railway FEC 18881893 Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway
St. John's and Lake Eustis Railroad ACL 18961902 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
St. John's and Lake Eustis Railway ACL 18791896 St. John's and Lake Eustis Railroad
St. Johns River Terminal Company SJRT SOU 1901
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway SLSFSLSF19281980 Burlington Northern Inc.
Sanford and Everglades Railroad ACL 19081913 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Sanford and Indian River Railroad ACL 18811893 South Florida Railroad
Sanford and Lake Eustis Railroad ACL 18851890 Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway
Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad ACL 18931903 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway ACL 18761902 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railroad SALSAL19461967 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railway SAL 19001945 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard-All Florida Railway SAL 19251945 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad SCL19671983 Seaboard System Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad SBD19831986 CSX Transportation
Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad ACL 18751901 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Silver Springs and Western Railroad
South Central Florida Railroad SCFE19901994 South Central Florida Express, Inc.
South Florida Railroad ACL 18791893 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
South Florida and Gulf Railroad 19141918N/A
South Georgia Railway SOU 19001971 Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway
Southeastern Railway FEC 18991902 Florida East Coast Railway
Southwestern Railroad 18921899N/A
Standard and Hernando Railroad SAL 19031916 Florida Central and Gulf Railway
Starke and Sampson City Railroad SAL 1890 Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway
Suwannee and San Pedro Railroad 19001905 Florida Railway
Tallahassee Railroad SAL 18341870 Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad
Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway SAL 19051909 Seaboard Air Line Railway
Tallahassee Southeastern Railway SAL 18951906 Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway
Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad SAL 19131976 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Tampa and Gulf Coast Railway SAL 19091913 Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad
Tampa and Jacksonville Railway SAL 19061927 Jacksonville, Gainesville and Gulf Railway
Tampa Northern Railroad TN SAL 19061946 Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Tampa, Peace Creek and St. John's River Railroad ACL 18781881 Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway
Tampa Southern Railroad TAS ACL 19171982 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Tampa Terminal Company SAL 1906
Tampa and Thonotosassa Railroad ACL 18931901 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Tampa Union Station Company ACL/ SAL 19101968N/A
Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railroad SAL 18811890 Tavares and Gulf Railroad
Tavares and Gulf Railroad TV&G SAL 18901969 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad TE&G20112017
Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad SAL 18811891 Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad SAL 18821888 Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad
Trans-Florida Central Railroad 19241953N/A
Tropical Florida Railroad SAL 18811883 Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad
United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company SAL 19001903 Florida West Shore Railway
Valdosta Southern Railroad VSO19511972N/A
Valdosta Southern Railway G&F 18951907 Georgia and Florida Railway
Watertown and Northern Railway
West Coast Railway SOU 19001924 South Georgia Railway
West India Fruit and Steamship Company WIF19461961N/A
Western Railway of Florida 18861892 Southwestern Railroad Leased the Green Cove and Midland Railway
Winston and Bone Valley Railroad ACL 18921909 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Withlacoochee Railway G&F 18931895 Valdosta Southern Railway
Yalaha and Western Railroad ACL 19001902 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Yellow River Railroad SAL 18871906 Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Notes

  1. Under same management and with a walking-distance transfer between the two.
  2. Under same management and with a walking-distance transfer between the two.
  3. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Turner, Gregg (2003). A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-7385-2421-4.