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Ex-Ohio Central SD40-2 #4023 trails on CSX M457 as it pulls into the TDSI yard in Taft. The railroad recently purchased two SD40-2s from the Ohio Central; 4023 will be used by Florida Central in the Orlando area, while 4022 will go to Florida Midland in Winter Haven. CSX dropped it off at the north end of Taft Yard, where FCEN's interchange job would later pick it up and bring it to Orlando.
The Florida Northern is seen switching its yard in Ocala, Florida on former Atlantic Coast Line rails. The power is #1802, a former Illinois Central GP11 which was previously owned by the LIRC, and #60, a chopped-nose ex-N&W GP9. The FNOR and its affiliates, FCEN and FMID, were owned by the Pinsly Railroad Company of Massachusetts since the late 1980s. All three railroads were sold to Regional Rail LLC in 2019.
Looking splendid in their heritage Seaboard Coast Line Railroad paint job, a pair of GP15-1s head away from Winter Haven and head towards Bartow.
With a Conrad Yelvington SW working the yard, Amtrak making a station stop and a CSX local ahead of them, the crew of a Florida Central train is trying to stay cool as they wait for traffic to clear.
The crew arrived at the yard this morning and fired up the 50 to go into immediate service moving the CSX interchange from Monday to their customers. November 15 2016 at 1041.
An FNOR crew has just fired up #1802 and are preparing for a day of switching around Ocala. Pictured on the left is #59, a former Rock Island GP18.
I have no idea why the 50 and 59 were run in MU today for the trip south - it was a nice photo op though. After getting the signal from CSX JA dispatcher it's up and over the lift diamond. April 11 2017 at 1153.
I have no idea why the 50 and 59 were run in MU today for the trip south - it was a nice photo op though. Returning to Ocala they've run around the wye and back to the CSX interchange yard. Waiting to back up under 441 April 11 2017 at 1428.
Just before Q452-06 went through, FNOR pulled the yard and headed right around the wye to the diamond at the depot. As soon as Q452 cleared they called the dispatcher for a light to go south, enabling me to boogie downtown and into the new parking ramp overlooking the town square to get the shot. March 6 2017 at 1221. The 59 does not present the best image running backwards with a replacement unpainted cab door.
I have no idea why the 50 and 59 were run in MU today for the trip south - it was a nice photo op though. Here a tele shot having just cleared Bonny Heath Blvd and crossing NE 9th St. April 11 2017 at 1151.
Bronson State Forest, east of Orlando, features an expansive trail system criss-crossed by several beautiful free-flowing creeks. It houses a large section of Florida National Scenic Trail, and an excellent loop can be made by utilizing the white-blazed River trail and other cross trails.
GP7u #57 at Orlando, FL on March 13, 2009. This unit is an ex-Santa Fe Cleburne shop rebuild (ex ATSF #2157).(misc50736o)
As advertised, the Wildwood Local showed up shortly after noon and delivered CF-7 50 to the Florida Northern. An interesting note - although the 50 was not running, it appeared to be fully MU'd with the 2712, both air lines and electrical jumper. November 14 2016 at 1253.
What can I say - there was no way to take a vertical without hanging over the edge, not for me! So I just cropped this one to get the train at least straight up and down. It looks like landscaping rock in the hoppers, but I have no idea what's in the CH if anything, or why all the hatch covers are open. March 6 2017 at 1221.
Simplified map, updated from a version posted here in 2014, now shows the names of station stops along the route of the Orange Belt Railway in 1890. Courtesy Tom Pavluvcik
Definitely a nice surprise on our return to Ocala. The CF-7 was active on this day returning from Candler and then heading to the CSX interchange to pick up cars left by the A782 local. Of note, it wasn't smoking and it's clean without oil all over the long hood. Maybe there was some work done on power assemblies over the summer? It must be healthy as there were 20 cars of rock and a few other commercial cars to haul back to the FNOR yard. October 22 2018 at 1503.
I caught FCEN 48 in the rain early on a Saturday morning. Oil aside, she is looking good for a 64 year old locomotive.
Delivered as ATSF 300L in October 1949. This F7A went through Cleburne in November 1974 and emerged as a CF7, ATSF 2493.
Bronson State Forest, east of Orlando, features an expansive trail system criss-crossed by several beautiful free-flowing creeks. It houses a large section of Florida National Scenic Trail, and an excellent loop can be made by utilizing the white-blazed River trail and other cross trails.
CF7 # 50 and GP35 #207 are at the shops in Plymouth, FL on April 18, 2002. The Florida Central began operations in 1986 on 68 miles of ex-SCL track running north out of Orlando, FL.(misc50735a)
The Tavares Orlando & Atlantic Railroad came to Zellwood by 1885. Two Wildwood-to-Orlando trains a day, operated by parent company Florida Central & Peninsular Railway (a SAL predecessor), stopped here by 1930, but only bus service was available by the end of the 1950s. The SCL abandoned this station in 1971 (when this picture was taken), but it was used as a feed store before finally being demolished. R. Randolph Stevens photo, Michael Mulligan collection
Four ex-Conrail SW1200s (built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1957) pull an L&C train through Heath Springs, South Carolina past the former Southern Railway depot enroute to the ADM plant in Kershaw. All four units have been sold off the railroad and replaced with ;arger power. Lead unit L&C #94 (built PRR #7917, to PC 9336, to Conrail %9336) i now on the Florida Central as FCEN #94.
I can't be totally sure about the date, but I'm guessing 2002 sometime.
(Scanned from a print)
I have no idea why the 50 and 59 were run in MU today for the trip south - it was a nice photo op though. The day's work nearly complete, heading back across Bonnie Heath to the yard. April 11 2017 at 1445.
Simplified map shows the route of the Orange Belt Railway (blue line) and its rail connections in central Florida in 1890. These include the Florida Central & Peninsular Railway (green line), a predecessor of the Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL), and also railroads of the Plant System (red lines).
At Sanford, Orange Belt Railway passengers and freight could be transferred to the Plant System's Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway and go on to Jacksonville, or transfer to the Plant System's South Florida Railroad and go south. There was also a connection to the Plant System's South Florida Railroad at Trilby. The Orange Belt Railway tracks crossed the Florida Central & Peninsular Railway's tracks at Lacoochee. Courtesy Tom Pavluvcik
It's work done, the ex-CN rebuild begins the trek north to the other end of the ex-SCL line at West Lake Wales, FL as it passes the old depot at Frostproof.(misc50737L)
The first railroad systems to reach Central Florida were the Florida Railway & Navigation company (green lines on map) and the Plant System (red lines). The Plant System began running trains to Tampa in early 1884. The map shows railroad progress as of 1886, when the Plant System completed its direct rail link along the St. Johns River between Jacksonville and Sanford. The Plant System's Florida Southern Railway also connected a line between Bartow and Punta Gorda in 1886. Meanwhile, the Florida Railway & Navigation company was being reorganized to become the Florida Central & Peninsular Railway (eventually reaching Tampa in 1890 under the new leadership of W. Bayard Cutting). Courtesy Tom Pavluvcik