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High Springs—Croom Line
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's High Springs—Croom Line was a historic rail line in northern Florida. The line dates back to the late 1800s and was used for both passengers and freight. Route description The High Springs—Croom Line began at the Atlantic Coast Line's High Springs Yard, where it also connected with their DuPont—Lakeland Line. From High Springs, the line proceeded southeast to Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville and continued south through Ocala, Florida, Ocala and Leesburg, Florida, Leesburg before reconnecting with the DuPont—Lakeland Line in Croom (originally known as Pemberton Ferry, Florida, Pemberton Ferry). Branches From Croom, the line continued west another ten miles to Brooksville, Florida, Brooksville, which was classified separately on employee timetables as the Brooksville Branch. The High Springs—Croom Line also connected with the Atlantic Coast Line's Palatka Branch just south of Gainesville at Rochelle. The Palatka Branch ran from Roch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Springs, Florida
High Springs is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. It is the fourth-largest city in Alachua County and seventh-largest in North Central Florida. The population was 6,215 at the 2020 census, up from 5,350 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The present-day area of High Springs was first settled on a permanent basis by English-speaking people during the late 1830s. One of the earliest settlements in the vicinity was at Crockett Springs, located about three miles east of present-day High Springs. Settlers who were living there during the 1840s included Fernando Underwood and Marshal Blanton. A discernible town began to develop in the early 1880s after the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway was constructed and several phosphate mines were established. A railroad station and a post office called Santaffey were established in 1884. The post office was renamed Santa Fe a few months later, then Orion the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a Class I railroad company operating in the Southeastern United States beginning in 1967. Its passenger operations were taken over by Amtrak in 1971. Eventually, the railroad was merged with its affiliate lines to create the Seaboard System in 1983. At the end of 1970, SCL operated 9,230 miles of railroad, not including A&WP-Clinchfield-CN&L-GM-Georgia-L&N-Carrollton; that year it reported 31,293 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 512 million passenger-miles. History The Seaboard Coast Line emerged on July 1, 1967, following the merger of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The combined system totaled , the eighth largest in the United States at the time. The railroad had $1.2 billion in assets and revenue with a 54% market share of rail service in the Southeast, facing competition primarily from the Southern. The seemingly redundant name resulted from the longstanding short-form names of these two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Midland Railroad (current)
The Florida Midland Railroad Company, Inc. is one of several short line railroads operated by Regional Rail, LLC in Florida (along with the Florida Central Railroad and the Florida Northern Railroad). The Florida Midland Railroad operates two former CSX Transportation railroad lines including their former Lake Wales Subdivision (running from West Lake Wales to Frostproof), and their former Bartow Subdivision (from Winter Haven to a point just northwest of Bartow). It once had a third line from Wildwood to Leesburg that is now mostly abandoned. Florida Midland Railroad began operating the lines in 1987 and uses locomotives branded for the Florida Central Railroad, its sister railroad. In November 2019, former owner Pinsly Railroad Company sold the Florida Midland, along with the Florida Central Railroad and Florida Northern Railroad, to 3i RR Holdings GP, LLC and subsidiaries (d.b.a. " Regional Rail, LLC"). Lake Wales Line The line from West Lake Wales to Frostpro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Rail, LLC
Regional Rail, LLC is a company operating short-line railroads in Delaware, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania. It operates 13 railroads: Burns Harbor Railroad, Carolina Coastal Railway, East Penn Railroad, Effingham Railroad, Florida Central Railroad, Florida Midland Railroad, Florida Northern Railroad, Great Sandhills Railway, Illinois Western Railroad, Middletown and New Jersey Railroad, Port Manatee Railroad, South Point and Ohio Railroad, Cincinnati Eastern Railroad (Ohio) and Tyburn Railroad as well as the Conshohocken Recycling & Rail Transfer. It is based in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Operations Regional Rail, LLC owns three railroads in the Mid-Atlantic states of the United States. The East Penn Railroad operates on of trackage in Delaware and eastern Pennsylvania. The Middletown and New Jersey Railroad operates of railroad lines near Middletown in New York. The Tyburn Railroad serves a transload facility in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Northern Railroad (current)
The Florida Northern Railroad Company, Inc. is one of several Short-line railroad, short line railroads run by Regional Rail, LLC. It has connections to CSX Transportation, Inc., CSX at Ocala, Florida, running north to Lowell, Florida, and south to Candler, Florida. It was formerly run by CSX as their Ocala Subdivision. The railroad also operates lines connecting to CSX in Newberry, Florida, running south to the Crystal River Energy Complex in Red Level, Florida, just north of Crystal River, Florida, Crystal River. This line was formerly CSX's West Coast Subdivision and Red Level Subdivision. Long coal trains are still pulled by CSX locomotives on this branch while local traffic still uses the Pinsly Red with Yellow locomotives. History Lowell to Candler Line The main track of the line from Lowell to Candler via Ocala was originally built by the Florida Southern Railway, which was part of the Plant System of railroads. It was built from Rochelle, Florida, Rochelle (south of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candler, Florida
Candler is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States. It is located on County Road 464 between Silver Springs Shores and Lake Weir. The community is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area. Candler's Zip Code is 32624. Geography Candler is located at (29.071 -81.968). History Candler is a post-Civil War-era town. The plat of Candler dates to 1883/4, and the town is named for John W. Candler, then president of the Florida Southern Railway 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 .... Gallery File:Candler FL sign01.jpg, Candler FL File:Candler FL CR464 west01.jpg, County Road 464, looking west, in Candler File:Candler Cemetery.jpg, View of Candler Cemetery File:Historic Candler Presbyterian Church.jpg, This church used to be located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowell, Florida
Lowell is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States, located near the intersection of County Road 329 and County Road 25A. The community is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area. The United States Postal Service operates the Lowell Post Office. The Lowell post office has been in operation since 1888. The community was probably named after Lowell, Massachusetts. The ZIP Code for Lowell is 32663. Geography Lowell is located at (29.3303, -82.1917). Government and infrastructure The Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is the government agency responsible for operating state prisons in the U.S. state of Florida. It has its headquarters in the state capital of Tallahassee. The Florida Department of Corrections oper ... operates the Lowell Correctional Institution. References Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida {{MarionCoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail
Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail is a paved rail trail in Florida. It is protected as a long Florida State Park and runs from the City of Gainesville's Boulware Springs Water Works to the town of Hawthorne. It passes through the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park and the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area along a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line. The property was purchased by the state of Florida from CSX Transportation with money from the "trails from rails" program in late 1989. The trail opened for use in January 1992. History At the entrance of Witness Tree Junction, a trailhead along the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail, a trio of live oak trees sport carvings demanding notice of Colonel Daniel Newnan and his 100 soldiers' march to capture runaway Black Seminoles during the Patriot War of 1812. These three trees are also marked by N.R. Gruelle, a surveyor for the Florida Southern Railway (originally the Gainesville, Ocala and Charlotte Harbor Railroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooker Subdivision
The Brooker Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Florida. The line runs from the CSX S Line (the Wildwood Subdivision) at Wannee Junction in Starke to Newberry for a total of 39.6 miles. Route description The Brooker Subdivision begins at Wannee Junction in Starke where it connects to CSX's S Line (Wildwood Subdivision). From here, it heads southwest through Sampson City, Brooker, LaCrosse. In Alachua, it connects with CSX's Deerhaven Subdivision which runs south to Gainesville. From Alachua, the Brooker Subdivision continues southwest to its terminus at Newberry, Florida, where it connects with the Florida Northern Railroad. Operation The Brooker Subdivision is primarily used by CSX to interchange with the Florida Northern Railroad in Newberry, Florida. It is also used for local freight, as well as providing access to the Deerhaven Subdivision, CSX's only remaining line to Gainesville. History The Brooker Subdivision from Starke to Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida State Road 120
State Road 120 (SR 120) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Florida. Known as North 23rd Avenue, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 441 (US 441) east to SR 24 within Gainesville. Route description SR 120 begins at an intersection with US 441 (N.W. 13th Street north of downtown Gainesville; N.W. 23rd Avenue continues west of the intersection as an unnumbered street. SR 120 heads east as a four-lane undivided highway through a mixed residential and commercial area. The highway intersects SR 20 (N.W. 6th Street) and enters the northeast quadrant of Gainesville at an abandoned rail line. East of the address axis, SR 120 intersects County Road 329 (Main Street) and continues through a residential area. The highway reaches its eastern terminus at an intersection with SR 24 (Waldo Road). The roadway continues east across the Waldo Road Greenway, which parallels the eastbound side of SR 24, to a gate for the Tacachale developmental disability community. Major intersections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Trail
A rail trail or railway walk is a shared-use path on a Right of way#Rail right of way, railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed but may also share the rail corridor with active railways, light rail, or tram, streetcars (rails with trails), or with disused track. As shared-use paths, rail trails are primarily for non-motorized traffic including pedestrians, bicycles, horseback riders, skaters, and cross-country skiers, although snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicle, ATVs may be allowed. The characteristics of abandoned railways—gentle grades, well-engineered rights of way and structures (bridges and tunnels), and passage through historical areas—lend themselves to rail trails and account for their popularity. Many rail trails are long-distance trails, while some shorter rail trails are known as Greenway (landscape), greenways or linear parks. Rail trails around the world Americas Bermuda The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micanopy, Florida
Micanopy ( ) is a town in Alachua County, Florida, Alachua County, Florida, United States, located south of Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville. It is part of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population as of the 2010 United States Census, 2020 census was 648, up from 600 at the 2010 census. It is the oldest community in the interior of Florida that has been continually inhabited. Its downtown area is designated as the Micanopy Historic District, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This municipality contains a number of antique stores, as well as several restaurants, a library, firehouse, and post office. Its unofficial slogan is "The Town that Time Forgot." History A historical marker in the area notes that Spanish people, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto recorded finding a village of the Timucua portion of the Potano tribe located near by in 1539. In 1774, the American naturalist William B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
