Here’s the Dinky Line train in the Orlando rail yard around 1900. The train ran as part of the Orlando-Winter Park Railroad that started in 1889. The train ride was irregular and difficult and it wasn’t unusual for the train[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Baldwin engine was built in 1919 and, in the photograph, sits in Century, Florida, in 1960.Learn more about the engine and the photo by clicking here. It’s where I came across the photograph. Century, Florida, lines the Florida Alabama[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This rounded corner postcard is of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad’s coach and pullman streamliner. The card is not postmarked, but I would guess around 1970. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection………….#Florida #Trains #Transportation #RR #Railroad #FloridaTransportation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today it’s easy to roar down US27 in Glades County and not even realize you went by the tiny community of Palmdale. This photo is of the train that makes a stop at the Palmdale depot to drop off parcels[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth Bramson.You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.http://amzn.to/2c3C21F This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………>>#floridaeastcoastrailway #Train #Friday #floridatravel #Train #Transportation #History #FloridaHistory #Travelhistory #FloridaTRavels #floridatransportation #trains #Miami[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t know if these folks are coming, going or if all this was staged, but here they are in the Havana Special in Key West in the throes of the Depression in 1930. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘Boca Grande, Lives of an Island’ by Charles E. Blanchard. You can get your own copy of the book by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/3ri88CL This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library. . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Presidential Pullman used by Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower. This postcard isn’t postmarked, so it is very difficult to figure the date of the postcard. the train car is no longer in Fort Lauderdale. Now it is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo is from Yesterday’s St Petersburg by Hampton Dunn. You can purchase a copy of this wonderful photo book with accurate history here: https://amzn.to/32qbWCS This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the Holopaw train station in 1940. Holopaw is a very old cattle ranching community in eastern Osceola County. It’s major intersection has been State Road 441 and U.S. 192. This station was part of the Florida East Coast[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the 1928 Seaboard train station in Naples. Today the building still stand and holds the Naples Train Museum. Click here to plan a visit to the Naples Depot Museum: https://colliermuseums.com/locations/naples_depot Click here to plan a visit to the Naples[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Friday Train Stops: Hawthorne Railroad Station, 1912. The small city of Hawthorne, in eastern Alachua County once had a train stop coming north from Ocala. Hawthrone was once an up and coming city. It’s still there along[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…