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  2. Florida Southern Railway - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Template:SFR Pemberton Ferry Branch - Wikipedia

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    This is a route-map template for the South Florida Railroad, a United States railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.

  4. Florida Railroad - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of Florida railroads - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of rail trails in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Florida Southern Railway (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) General James A. Van Fleet State Trail: 29.2 miles (47.0 km) Polk, Lake, and Sumter Counties Florida Western and Northern Railroad (Seaboard Air Line Railroad) Good Neighbor Trail: 10.7 miles (17.2 km) Hernando County: Florida Southern Railway-- Brooksville Branch (Atlantic Coast Line ...

  7. High Springs—Croom Line - Wikipedia

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    The Florida Southern also The Florida Southern also built the Palatka Branch during their initial construction, as well as the branches to Micanopy and Citra. The Florida Southern Railway would eventually become part of the Plant System. After Plant's death, his network of railroads was sold to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) in 1902. [2]

  8. Lakeland—Fort Myers Line - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. South Florida Railroad - Wikipedia

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    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.