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1918 maps of the railroad. The East and West Coast Railway was a railroad line running from Bradenton on the west coast of Florida southeast to Arcadia in the Peace River valley. Despite its name, the line never went all the way to the east coast of Florida. [1] The line was often used to transport mail, lumber, grain and other commodities. [2]
The railroad operated by the East and West Coast Railway, herein called the East and West Coast, is a single-track, standard-gage, steam railroad, located in the southwestern part of the peninsula of Florida. The main line extends southeasterly from Manatee to Arcadia, a distance of 48.039 miles.
America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay. [1]
Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the Industrial Revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement of the West (1850s–1890s). The American railroad mania began with the founding of the first passenger and freight line in the country, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in 1827, and the "Laying ...
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway: East Florida Railway: ACL: 1880 1884 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway: East Florida and Atlantic Railroad: SAL: 1891 1893 Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad: East and West Coast Railway: E&WC SAL: 1913 1945 Seaboard Air Line Railroad: Fellsmere Railroad: 1911 1924 Trans-Florida Central Railroad
In Florida, Brightline runs along the Florida East Coast Railroad corridor. Although a number improvements were made along the route, particularly the addition of a second track between Miami and ...
The Florida East Coast Railway depot in Sebastian.The structure was built in 1893. Beginning in 1892, when landowners south of Daytona petitioned him to extend the railroad 80 miles (130 km) south, Flagler began laying new railroad tracks; no longer did he follow his traditional practice of purchasing existing railroads and merging them into his growing rail system.
Railway's long trains save FEC money but jam intersections and create dangerous delays for ambulances, fire and police vehicles. Editorial: Florida East Coast Railways needs to shorten 'monster ...