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The Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad was assigned land grants on March 12, 1879, by the state legislature of Florida. This was accomplished by Florida State Law Chapter 3170. [1] The line was complete between Ocala and Dunellon in 1887 and used to transport phosphate and limestone. [2] It connected with the Florida Southern Railway in ...
They were granted the exclusive right to operate a street railroad in Ocala, Florida by a town ordinance passed September 18, 1889. Florida state law chapter 4268, approved June 1, 1893, verified the incorporation of the Ocala Street and Suburban Railroad Company, since there was some doubt as to whether it was strictly following the laws ...
Alabama and Florida Railroad (1853–1869) Alabama and Florida Railroad (1986–1992) Alabama, Florida and Gulf Railroad; Arcadia, Gulf Coast and Lakeland Railroad; Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad; Atlantic and Gulf Railroad (1856–1879) Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company; Atlantic, Suwannee River ...
The track connecting the Florida Northern main track with the CSX track and the industrial spur from Ocala west was originally part of the Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad, which was built in 1887 and historically extended west to Dunnellon and Homosassa. The Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad also became part of the Plant System. [1]
The completion of the railroad to Rodman Junction spelled the end of hauling logs to market by wagon, soon Cummings Lumber was operating a large rail system reaching into the forest in every direction. [3] On April 16, 1915, the railroad was bought by H.S. Cummings of Rodman Lumber in Rodman, Florida, and reorganized as the Ocklawaha Valley ...
State Road 492 (SR 492) is a short state road in Ocala, Florida.It is an east-west road that runs 3.7 miles (6.0 km), [1] is four lanes wide with provisions for center turn lanes where necessary, and serves as a connecting route between U.S. Route 27 (US 27) and eastern Ocala, Silver Springs, and the Ocala National Forest.
Visitors riding “Rail Explorers” pass an abandoned train car on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 at the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad and Museum in Versailles, Ky.
The road remains 4 lanes wide through Dona Vista and then curves northeast where it crosses Lake Umatilla in Umatilla and the becomes a two lane highway at the south end of the concurrency with County Road 450 (West Ocala Street). An unusual note is that railroad tracks used to run down the median of the four lane road between the Florida's ...