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The line was mainly used to ship citrus fruit and other agricultural products, though its passenger trains also brought tourists to the city. Passenger service ended in 1949, and the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce bought the station in 1981. [2] On March 5, 1992, the station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Orange Blossom Cannonball was a train service run by the TE&G using a wood-fired steam locomotive. The excursion was a 1-hour & 45-minute trip between Tavares and Mount Dora. The trip took 30 minutes each direction with a 45-minute stop in between at each town. Special excursions were also offered, with the trains decorated according to theme.
The Mount Dora Meteor was day time excursion train that departed from the railway's Mount Dora depot. Narrated by the conductor, passengers embarked on a 1.5 hour, ten mile round trip excursion between the towns of Mount Dora and Tavares. Sights included: Lake Dora, Lake Gertrude, The Golden Triangle, and several orange groves.
Train on the Sanford and Lake Eustis Railway at Sorrento depot The line from Tavares to Mt. Dora was chartered as the Sanford & Lake Eustis Railway Co. in 1885. Construction began in Sanford in 1885 and its rails passed through Sylvan Lake, Sorrento , and Mount Dora before reaching Tavares in 1887. [ 1 ]
Caroline Colvin, age 23, tells Business Insider that she wakes up at 5 a.m. to catch the train from New York City to Baltimore three times a week. While supercommuters often live outside of major ...
In April 2019, the Florida Central Railroad closed the line from Tavares to Mount Dora to passenger rail traffic and began using it for train car storage. [5] In 2022, during a council meeting, SunRail officials proposed a new line called the Orange Blossom Express SunRail Line, which would be funded by a proposed 1 cent sales tax increase in ...
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Old Mount Dora Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station; Ocala Union Station; Orange Park station [1] Orlando. Church Street Station (Orlando) until 1926; Orlando Health/Amtrak station; Palatka station; Pinellas Park station; Plant City Union Depot; Punta Gorda Atlantic Coast Line Depot, listed on the NRHP in Florida; Quitman station; Russell ...
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