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Swampy’s Florida Friday Train Stops: Dunnellon train yard, 1906.

by on September 1, 2022 at 6:11 am
Posted In: Swampy's Florida History

It’s 1906 and the railroad repair yard in Dunnellon, in western Marion County, is busy. Notice the steam coming from the locomotive and the people in the background to the right. I’d be curious to know how this photo was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Swampy’s Friday Train Stops: U.S. Sugar’s team of trains, Palm Beach County, 1930s.

by on October 19, 2018 at 9:01 am
Posted In: Swampy's Florida History

This is just half of a full page spread of locomotives from ‘Black Gold and Silver Sands’ by James D. Snyder. Trains were the way to transport sugar out of the Everglades area. U.S. Sugar had a team of trains[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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