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The Florida East Coast Railway (reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México. Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a project of Standard Oil principal Henry Flagler.
Brightline (reporting mark BLFX) is an intercity rail route in the United States that runs between Miami and Orlando, Florida. Part of the route runs on track owned and shared by the Florida East Coast Railway. Brightline is the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad in the United States.
August 13, 1979. The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located 128 miles (206 km) beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
Brightline broke records as the fastest train in Florida and Southeast U.S. after test runs reached 130 mph between Cocoa and ... Florida East Coast Railway trains can travel a maximum 60 mph, but ...
The Seaboard–All Florida Railway was a subsidiary of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad that oversaw two major extensions of the system in the early 1920s to southern Florida on each coast during the land boom. One line extended the Seaboard's tracks on the east coast from West Palm Beach down to Fort Lauderdale and Miami (and later, Homestead ...
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 5,155 miles (8,296 kilometres) [1] The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark ACL) was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard ...
MiamiCentral was originally a railroad station opened April 15, 1896 as the southern terminus of Henry Flagler 's Florida East Coast Railway (FEC). The station was the southern end of the FEC line until 1905, when construction began to Key West via the Overseas Railroad. The FEC built a wooden passenger station building in 1912 at site of what ...
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway: FEC: 1881 1892 Florida Coast and Gulf Railway: Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway: FEC: 1892 1895 Florida East Coast Railway: Jacksonville and St. John's River Railway: ACL: 1899 1899 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway: Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad: ACL: 1899 1904