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Near the same time, track laid by the Florida Southern Railroad reached Hawthorne; its east–west line was intended to connect Palatka and Gainesville. [22] [23] Each railroad company had a depot in the Hawthorne area, about a half-mile apart. [24] A Hawthorn post office was established in 1880, and its spelling was changed to Hawthorne in ...
Florida Midland and Georgia Railroad (Valdosta Southern Railroad) Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park: 16 miles (26 km) Alachua County: 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 ...
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.
Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail is a paved rail trail in Florida. It is protected as a 16-mile (26 km) long Florida State Park and runs from the City of Gainesville's Boulware Springs Water Works to the town of Hawthorne .
The Florida Railroad was the first railroad to connect the east and west coasts of Florida, running from Fernandina to Cedar Key. The line later became part of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad , and, where still in use, is operated by CSX Transportation and the First Coast Railroad .
Alabama and Florida Railroad (1986–1992) AFLR 1986 1992 Alabama and Florida Railway: Alabama and Florida Railway: AF 1992 2011 Ceased operations in 2011 Alabama and Western Florida Railroad: 1926 1939 Alabama, Florida and Gulf Railroad: 1917 1936 Alabama and Florida Railroad (1936–1941) Alabama, Florida and Southern Railroad 1910 1917
This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be termed Classification, Freight, Marshalling, Shunting, or Switching yards, which are cultural terms generally meaning the same thing no matter which part of the world's railway traditions originated the term of art.
The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was the final name of a system of railroads throughout Florida, becoming part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1900. The system, including some of the first railroads in Florida, stretched from Jacksonville west through Tallahassee and south to Tampa.