This engine, No. 21, was built in 1886 for the Florida Southern Railroad and named ‘Ocala’ after the city. This photo is from ‘The Plant System’ by Gregg Turner and Seth Bramson. You can purchase a copy by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…
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.