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This is the Florida Midland Railroad depot in Ocoee, in west Orange County. The photo is from here and you can read a bit more about the depot there.
Notice the cut trees loaded on the flats. This is a train owned by the Crummer Cypress Company bringing the dead wood into Lacoochee, in Pasco County, to be sliced and diced for shipment. It seems this is a load[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The rail yard in Dunnellon in 1906 was a hopping place as phosphate was a booming business at the time. Phosphate and rock was moved out of the bustling industrial community to nearby Rockwell and Inglis to prepare for use[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s 1950 in Boca Grande and the Seaboard Coastline train arrives. This photo is from ‘Boca Grande – Lives of an Island’ by the Boca Grande Historical Society. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
In Tallahassee it’s the Florida Railway and Navigation Company locomotive in 1901. This is from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can purchase a copy by clicking here of below.
Venice: Swampy visits the former Railroad Station
Swampy visits the Venice Train Depot, at 303 E. Venice Avenue., historic site. Not surprisingly the depot is home to the Venice Historical Society. Click here for more information about the historical society. The railroad station was active until 1991[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inverness – Withlacoochee State Trail
Swampy visits Inverness and the Withlacoochee State Trail located in Liberty Park at the end of North Pine Avenue, north of Hwy 41. At the park is the wonderful train caboose… Across from the caboose is the oldest standing train[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…