From the Lakeland Ledger: "Nucor Corp. of Charlotte, North Carolina, officially announced it would build a $240 million steel mill Monday on a 400-acre site on U.S. 27 just south of Frostproof near th

Spent most of this week trying to catch Q604 on every single day starting on Monday, to see what his average departure time was and what his power/consist looked like going through the week. Here's wh

All: Just off phone with our friend, Jerry Groothouse, shortly ago. The people who own the property on which 253 and the Sebastian depot sits have sold it (the property) and have given whoever it is t

Taplines has been updated - Martel Lumber Company and the Ocala Southwestern Railroad The direct link is here: Martel Lumber Co. - Ocala & Southwestern RR Martel Lumber Co. - Ocala & Southwestern RR -

Cannot tell you—which I am doing—how much I (and, I am certain, all of us) appreciate your great work, Don. Also, want to let those on these lists know that we will be speaking at the BEACHES AREA HIS

While most peoples weekends are on Saturday & Sunday, my weekends lately have fallen on Wednesday & Thursday. It was a busy weekend for me, I wrote and edited the Railway & Locomotive Historical Socie

…..was Labor Day, a Monday, and on that day the horrific 1935 Labor Day storm devastated the Florida Keys, destroyed forty miles of the Key West Extension, and ended operations on the greatest (railro

One last elementary-level question concerning ACL operations. The railroad seems to have avoided the use of Manual Block entirely. There is no mention of MBS in the 1949 timetable, that I could see. I

List: I have a few questions for the experts. I recently gained access to a ACL Southern Division Employee Timetable (#3) dated December 1949. It's available here... http://www.multimodalways.org/arch

I did some research on USGS, and found out about how the ACL bought the ex-SAL line to downtown Naples in 1944, and began operating a mixed train with a pullman down from Fort Myers a few times a week

The Tpa to Venice passenger train was operated by one of the doodlebugs. I think that freight was operated with ALCo S type road switchers but others may have more info.

Can anyone shed some light on the types of locomotives used by the Seaboard Air Line in the 1960's on the Venice turn? Any other history is most welcome as well! I currently have track charts of the b

THE FLORIDA CITRUS MODEL TRAIN SOCIETY MODEL TRAIN SHOW & swap meet PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER SCHOOLCENTRAL CAMPUS12350 SHERIDAN STREETPEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA 33026 FEBRUARY 28, 20159:00 am - 3:00 pm PUB

Trains magazine article on the F.E.C. Dear Lists and Railfans, Current issue on the shelf, which I believe is for January, 2015, has a story on the F.E.C. has anyone read It yet? I’ve glanced at it bu

Greene Cove Springs was the home of quite a few railroads and loggers and the abandon lines radiated from all directions. The narrow gauge common carrier Green Cove Springs & Melrose ran SW to Melrose

James, If you go to the following link you find maps containing houses, roads and railroads from the 1800s to early twentieth century cities; just type in the name and search. Sanborn maps won't help

Hello, I have spent many hours looking at Google Earth maps noticing how many of the state and county roads appear as though they may have been, in a former time, railroad track beds which have long s

One last bit of business from me--I promise it's the last--concerning the S&E. There is a bit of historical folklore surrounding the construction of the Sanford & Everglades that I believe needs atten

Some stuff from my notes: SANFORD TRACTION COMPANY CO Incorporated - 1908 Capital stock - no record Route - The company was founded by A.T. Rossiter, J.N. Whitner, A.P. Connelly, F.P. Foster and S.O.

Richard and friends: FEC operated into Sanford for several years via Benson (nee Enterprise) Junction utilizing trackage rights from the junction into Sanford. The service lasted for only a few years