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The Florida Southern Railway was first chartered as the Gainesville, Ocala, and Charlotte Harbor Railroad in 1879, with a planned route from Lake City to Charlotte Harbor with a branch to Palatka to connect with steamboats on the St. Johns River. The name was then changed to the Florida Southern Railway in 1881. [1]
In 1853 the Florida Legislature chartered the Florida Railroad to build a 5 ft (1,524 mm) [2] gauge rail line from Fernandina (near the mouth of the St. Mary's River) to Tampa, Florida, with a branch to Cedar Key. The president and chief stockholder of the Florida Railroad was U.S. Senator David Levy Yulee. Yulee decided to complete the line to ...
Florida West Shore Railway: Valdosta Southern Railroad: VSO 1951 1972 N/A Valdosta Southern Railway: G&F: 1895 1907 Georgia and Florida Railway: Watertown and Northern Railway: West Coast Railway: SOU: 1900 1924 South Georgia Railway: West India Fruit and Steamship Company: WIF 1946 1961 N/A Western Railway of Florida: 1886 1892 Southwestern ...
The Brooksville 1885 Train Depot is one of three museums operated by the Hernando Historical Museum Association. [1] The museum is located just south of downtown Brooksville, Florida, on Russell Street. It was originally built by the Florida Southern Railway.
Both the South Florida Railroad and the Florida Southern Railway eventually became part of Henry B. Plant's system of railroads. Surveying work to determine the route for the Charlotte Harbor Division was accomplished by Punta Gorda civil engineer Albert W. Gilchrist, who would later serve as Florida's 20th governor.
The Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad was organized in 1875 with a charter to build from the St. Johns River port of Sanford south to Orlando.The South Florida Railroad was incorporated on October 16, 1878, but was unable to obtain a charter until December 9, 1879, when it took over the charter of the Lake Monroe and Orlando, which was in danger of losing its land grants.
The long-awaited, long-heralded passenger train route to Orlando's entertainment capital became reality Friday morning. Brightline trains' historic route from South Florida to Orlando. Here's what ...
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 ...