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Swampy’s Florida Friday Train Stops: Laying Rail in Escambia County, around 1890.

by on August 6, 2021 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Swampy's Florida History

It’s around 1890 and A.C. McSween has his crew laying track through  a pine forest in Escambia County. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – The Deep Water City’.You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking here or below.https://amzn.to/3ywEDvs[…]↓ 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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