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The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway is a historic railroad line that at its greatest extent serviced Gasparilla Island in Charlotte Harbor and a major shipping port that once operated there. The railroad's principal purpose was to transport phosphate mined along the Peace River and in the Bone Valley region of Central Florida to the port ...
The Florida Southern Railway was a railway that operated in Florida in the late 1800s. It was one of Florida's three notable narrow gauge railways when it was built along with the South Florida Railway and the Orange Belt Railway. The Florida Southern was originally chartered to run from Lake City south through central Florida to Charlotte ...
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]
Florida Railroad Museum (FGCX) Gold Coast Railroad Museum (GCOX) Jacksonville Skyway; Kirby Family Farm Train; Miami Metromover and Miami Metrorail [nb 1] Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR) Serengeti Express (located in Busch Gardens Tampa) Sugar Express (CHOX) SunRail (SRCX) Tradewinds & Atlantic Railroad; TECO Line Streetcar; Tri-Rail (TRCX)
The station continued service when the railroad was acquired by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in the 1920s. Rail service began to diminish during the Great Depression, and later during the post-World War II period, when it closed in 1958. Until its closure, the railroad was the only land connection between Boca Grande and mainland Florida. [2]
In 1928 the ACL completed a line between Perry, Florida and Drifton, near Monticello, Florida, the last link of the new "Perry Cutoff". [10] This created a more direct route between Chicago and Florida's west coast and bypassing Jacksonville, one which passed through Macon, Albany, and Thomasville, the route followed by ACL's passenger train ...
The line from the Arcadia yard southeast along Pine Street was the Charlotte Harbor and Northern's connecting track to the Florida Southern Railway. Desoto Turn near Punta Gorda From this point, Seminole Gulf continues south along the former Florida Southern Railway (a subsidiary of Henry Plant 's system of railroads) south to Punta Gorda.
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway: Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway: SOU: 1877 1996 Norfolk Southern Railway: Atlanta and Richmond Air–Line Railway: SOU: 1870 1876 South Carolina Air–Line Railway: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad: ACL ACL 1898 1967 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad: Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad: SOU: 1879 1882