Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad

The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was the final name of a system of railroads throughout Florida, becoming part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1900. The system, including some of the first railroads in Florida, stretched from Jacksonville west through Tallahassee and south to Tampa. Much of the FC&P network is still in service under the ownership of CSX Transportation.

Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad

Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad network
1882 map
Overview
Locale	Florida
Dates of operation	1889–1900
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Previous gauge	5 ft (1,524 mm) originally, converted to 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) in 1886[1]

History

1893 map (also showing the Richmond and Danville Railroad)

The Tallahassee Rail Road was first organized in 1832 as the Leon Railway, changing its name in 1834. It opened in 1837, connecting Tallahassee, Florida to the Gulf of Mexico port of St. Marks, Florida. This was the second steam railroad in Florida, opening just a year after the Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad.

The Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad was chartered January 24, 1851, to build west from Jacksonville, Florida, and construction began in 1857. The Pensacola and Georgia Railroad was chartered in January 1853,^[2] to be built east from Pensacola, Florida, but started at Tallahassee. The two lines met at Lake City, Florida in 1860, and the latter also built from Tallahassee west to four miles (6 km) short of Quincy, Florida, stopping in 1863 in the middle of the American Civil War.

In 1855 the Pensacola and Georgia bought the Tallahassee. In 1869 the two merged to form the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, which obtained trackage rights over the Florida Central Railroad, the 1868 reorganization of the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf. The railroad eventually was built west to Chattahoochee, Florida, a major junction with the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad continuing west and the Chattahoochee and East Pass Railroad running northeast. In 1882, Sir Edward Reed purchased the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile, absorbing the Florida Central and reorganizing the two as the Florida Central and Western Railroad.

The Florida Railroad was incorporated January 8, 1853, to build a line across the state, from Fernandina, Florida (north of Jacksonville, Florida) southwest to Cedar Key, Florida. The first train ran in 1861, but the line failed and the company was reorganized in 1866. In 1872 it was reorganized again as the Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company. In 1881, Sir Edward Reed purchased the railroad and reorganized it as the Florida Transit Company, which in 1883 was reorganized again as the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad. The Florida Transit and Peninsular operated two subsidiaries, the Peninsula Railroad and Tropical Florida Railroad, organized to build lines respectively from the Florida Transit at Waldo, Florida to Ocala, Florida and beyond to Tampa, Florida.^[3]

In 1884-85, Reed merged the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad with the Florida Central and Western Railroad, Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, and Leesburg and Indian River Railroad as the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, which instantly became the largest railroad system in Florida.^[4] The new company was placed in receivership in October 1885,^[5] sold at foreclosure and reorganized as the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company in 1886.^[6]

On May 1, 1889, the company was reorganized again, as the Florida Central and Peninsular Railway, and on January 16, 1893, the final reorganization produced the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, along with a merger of the Florida Northern Railroad (a line from Yulee to Savannah, Georgia).^[7] The Seaboard Air Line Railway leased the FC&P on July 1, 1900, and the latter was merged into the former on August 15, 1903. The FC&P tracks from Savannah, Georgia to Tampa, Florida via Jacksonville became part of Seaboard's main line.^[8]

Though a series of mergers between 1967 and 1987, the Seaboard became part of CSX Transportation. Much of the former FC&P network remains in service today.

Routes

Main Lines (Southern and Western Divisions)

v t e Southern Division
Legend
milepost SMA 47.2 Fernandina Beach SMA 35.1 Yulee FC&P Northern Division former Gross Cutoff (SAL) CSX A Line (former ACL) SM 20.0 Callahan Norfolk Southern Valdosta District SM 12.3 Crawford FC&P Western Division S 653.0 Baldwin I-10 S 678.4 Starke FC&P Wannee Branch S 690.0 Waldo FC&P Tampa Division SR 704.2 Gainesville former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ← to High Springs│to Rochelle → I-75 Florida Northern Railroad ( former ACL ) SR 718.4 Archer FC&P Early Bird Branch 727.8 Bronson Gulf of Mexico 760.6 Cedar Key
Source[9]

v t e Western Division
Legend
milepost FC&P Northern Division CSX A Line (former ACL) SP 638.0 Jacksonville SP 653.0 Baldwin FC&P Southern Division SP 660.8 Macclenny SP 673.9 Sanderson I-10 SP 680.7 Olustee Norfolk Southern Navair District SP 694.3 Lake City I-75 SP 704.2 Wellborn SP 715.3 Live Oak I-10 SP 735.5 Lee SP 745.6 Madison SP 756.4 Greenville Georgia & Florida Ry (fmr. NS) Aucilla River SP 764.6 Aucilla SP 770.8 Drifton SP 787.9 Chaires Lake Lafayette SP 799.3 Tallahassee fmr. Tallahassee Railroad (SAL) to St. Mark's Florida Gulf & Atlantic RR to Attapulgus, Georgia ( fmr. SAL ) Ochlockonee River SP 811.4 Midway I-10 SP 823.4 Quincy SP 825.6 Douglas City SP 828.7 Gretna AN Railway SP 842.5 00K 811.5 Chattahoochee Apalachicola River Florida Gulf & Atlantic RR to Pensacola ( fmr. L&N )
Source[10]

By the time the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad reached its greatest extent in 1893, it essentially had two main lines. One of the main lines (the Western Division) extended from Jacksonville west to Tallahassee and Chattahoochee, where it connected to the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad (a subsidiary of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad). The other main line (the Southern Division) was what was previously the Florida Railroad extending from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key. These two main lines intersected at Baldwin Junction just west of Jacksonville. The routes continued in operation after Seaboard acquired the lines in 1900, although Seaboard designated the route to Tampa as the main line south of Waldo instead of the route to Cedar Key.

Seaboard abandoned the former Southern Division from Archer to Cedar Key in 1932.^[11] The line was abandoned between Callahan and Yulee in 1954.^[12] The line from Archer to Waldo was removed in the late 1980s. Today, State Road 24 runs along much of the former right of way of the route between Waldo and Cedar Key. The Waldo Road Greenway also runs along the former right of way between Gainesville and Waldo. South of Baldwin, it is part of CSX's S Line.

FC&P's Southern Division is still active and in service as the following:

• First Coast Railroad (Fernandina Beach to Yulee)
• CSX (Callahan to Waldo)
  • Callahan Subdivision (Callahan to Baldwin Junction)
  • Wildwood Subdivision (Baldwin to Waldo)

The Western Division remains operates as the following routes:

• CSX Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision (Jacksonville to Baldwin)
• Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad (Baldwin to Chattahoochee)

Tampa Division

v t e Tampa Division
Legend
milepost FC&P Southern Division S 690.0 Waldo S 703.3 Hawthorne to Edgar S 712.3 Lochloosa S 719.8 Sparr to Silver Springs S 735.3 Ocala Florida Northern Railroad S 752.0 Summerfield S 756.8 Oxford S 761.5 Wildwood former FC&P Orlando Division (Leesburg and Indian River Railroad) Florida's Turnpike S 766.1 Coleman former Florida Western & Northern RR (SAL) to West Palm Beach S 775.1 Bushnell former Orange Belt Railway (ACL) ← to St. Petersburg│to Sanford → S 791.2 Lacoochee S 791.9 Owensboro former South Florida Railroad (ACL) to Inverness S 798.0 Dade City former Tampa & Thonotosassa RR (ACL) to Tampa S 808.0 Zephyrhills I-4 S 822.8 Sandler Junction S 823.1 Plant City CSX A Line (former ACL) CSX Plant City Subdivision (former SAL) S 823.2 Lake Wales Junction S 827.4 Turkey Creek former Florida West Shore Railway (SAL) to Sarasota CSX Valrico Subdivision (former SAL) S 832.5 Valrico I-75 S 839.2 YN Yeoman Yard S 840.9 Yeoman CSX Palmetto Subdivision I-4 / SR 618 ( Selmon Expwy Connector ) S 843.2 Gary CSX Clearwater Subdivision Hooker's Point Lead Old Tampa Yard S 844.9 (A881.7) Tampa Union Station
Source[13]

v t e FC&P Railway (Southern/Tampa Divisions)
Legend
First Coast Railroad Callahan/Wildwood/Yeoman/Tampa Terminal Subdivisions (CSX)
SMA 47.2 Fernandina Beach SMA 35.1 Yulee ← First Coast Railroad to Seals, Georgia CSX Kingsland Subdivision → former Gross-Callahan cutoff (SAL) CSX A Line (Nahunta Subdivision) SM 20.0 Callahan Norfolk Southern Railway Valdosta District SM 12.3 Crawford Callahan Subdivision Wildwood Subdivision CSX ← Tallahassee Subdivision S Line (Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision) → S 653.0 Baldwin I-10 S 678.4 Starke CSX Brooker Subdivision S 690.0 Waldo former FC&P Southern Division to Cedar Key S 703.3 Hawthorne to Edgar S 712.3 Lochloosa S 719.8 Sparr to Silver Springs (abandoned) S 735.3 Ocala Florida Northern Railroad S 752.0 Summerfield S 756.8 Oxford S 761.5 Wildwood former FC&P Orlando Division (Leesburg and Indian River Railroad) Florida's Turnpike S 766.1 Coleman former Florida Western and Northern Railroad (SAL) to West Palm Beach S 775.1 Bushnell former Orange Belt Railway (ACL) ← to St. Petersburg · to Sanford → S 791.2 Lacoochee former South Florida Railroad (ACL) to Inverness AR 830.2 Dade City AR 836.7 Vitis former Tampa and Thonotosassa Railroad (ACL) to Tampa ARF 840.7 S 808.0 Zephyrhills Wildwood Subdivision Yeoman Subdivision CSX Vitis Subdivision I-4 S 822.8 Sandler Junction S 823.1 Plant City CSX A Line (Lakeland Subdivision) S 823.2 Lake Wales Junction CSX Plant City Subdivision former Florida West Shore Railway (SAL) to Sarasota CSX Valrico Subdivision S 832.5 Valrico I-75 Yeoman Subdivision Tampa Terminal Subdivision S 839.2 YN Yeoman Yard S 840.9 Yeoman CSX Palmetto Subdivision I-4 / SR 618 Selmon Expressway Connector S 843.2 Gary CSX Clearwater Subdivision to Downtown Tampa (abandoned)

The Tampa Division ran from the Fernandina-Cedar Key line at Waldo south to Tampa. This had been chartered as the Peninsula Railroad north of Ocala and the Tropical Florida Railroad south of Ocala. After the Seaboard acquisition, this route became the southernmost segment of their main line. It subsequently became part of CSX's S Line.

While mostly intact, a short 16-mile segment of the S Line has been abandoned between Lacoochee and Zephyrhills, where the line now briefly detours along a former Atlantic Coast Line route (using former South Florida Railroad and Tampa and Thonotosassa Railroad trackage). Despite not being part of the original line, this former Atlantic Coast Line segment is considered to be an unofficial part of the S Line since it carries all S Line traffic.^[14][15][16]

The Tampa Division now operates as the following routes on the S Line:

• Wildwood Subdivision (Waldo to Lacoochee)
• Yeoman Subdivision (Zephyrhills to east of Tampa)
• Tampa Terminal Subdivision (east of Tampa to Gary)

Northern Division

v t e Northern Division
Legend
milepost CSX S Line (former Chesterfield & Kershaw RR) S 326.8 Camden Wateree River S 330.7 Lugoff S 360.7 Columbia S 362.5 Cayce S 366.5 Dixiana S 371.6 Gaston S 381.0 Swansea S 385.6 Woodford Edisto River (North Fork) S 393.7 Livingston S 395.4 Neeses S 402.0 Norway Edisto River (South Fork) S 414.1 Denmark S 417.7 Govan S 426.2 Ulmer S 433.4 Sycamore S 436.0 Fairfax S 442.8 Gifford S 450.5 Estill S 454.1 Scotia S 460.2 Garnett Savannah River South Carolina Georgia S 469.0 Clyo S 478.8 Stillwell S 481.2 Rincon NS Savannah District CSX A Line (former ACL) NS Savannah District Georgia Central Ry (former NS) S 501.8 Savannah S 503.9 Blossom Ogeechee River CSX A Line (former ACL) S 514.4 Ogechee S 515.6 Richmond Hill I-95 S 527.2 Midway S 529.1 Riceboro S 544.1 Townsend S 556.8 Everett S 568.4 Bladen S 587.7 Woodbine S 593.4 Seals S 598.9 Kingsland St. Mary's River Georgia Florida FC&P Southern Division S 613.5 Yulee Trout River S 630.2 Panama Park S 638.0 Jacksonville FC&P Western Division CSX A Line (former ACL)
Sources[17][18][19][20]

v t e FC&P Railway (Northern/Western Divisions)
Legend
First Coast Railroad Kingsland/Jacksonville Terminal/Tallahassee Subdivisions (CSX)
to Savannah (abandoned) S 593.4 Seals S 598.9 Kingsland St. Mary's Railroad Georgia Florida St. Mary's River ← to Callahan (abandoned) · to Fernandina Beach → First Coast Railroad Kingsland Subdivision (CSX) S 613.5 Yulee S 625.4 Eastport S 626.0 Busch Trout River S 630.2 ASJ 644.8 Panama Park ASJ 644.6 Main Street Kingsland Subdivision Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision CSX A Line SP 638.0 Jacksonville SP 653.0 Baldwin CSX ← Callahan Subdivision Wildwood Subdivision → Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision Tallahassee Subdivision I-10 Norfolk Southern Railway Navair District SP 694.3 Lake City I-75 SP 715.3 Live Oak I-10 Lake Lafayette SP 799.3 Tallahassee former St. Mark's branch (Tallahassee Railroad) CSX Bainbridge Subdivision Ochlockonee River SP 811.4 Midway I-10 SP 828.7 Gretna AN Railway SP 842.5 00K 811.5 Chattahoochee CSX P&A Subdivision

The Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad was organized in 1874 and opened in 1881, connecting Jacksonville north to the Southern Division at Yulee. It was consolidated into the Florida Railway and Navigation Company in 1885.

The South Bound Railroad was organized in 1887 and completed in 1891, connecting Columbia, South Carolina to Savannah, Georgia. The FC&P leased it in 1893. In 1892 the Florida Northern Railroad was chartered by the FC&P to continue the Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad north into Georgia, where the FC&P continued the line to Savannah. This opened in 1894, forming a continuous line from Jacksonville to Columbia. In 1899 and 1900, the South Bound Railroad was extended north to Camden, South Carolina to meet the Seaboard Air Line Railway's Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad. The Northern Division became part of the Seaboard main line after the Seaboard acquisition.

In 1925, the Gross Cutoff was built by Seaboard from the Northern Division near the Florida/Georgia state line southwest to the Southern Division at Callahan.

The Northern Division remains today in segments. The abandoned segment within Jacksonville is now the S-Line Urban Greenway.

After the Seaboard Coast Line became the CSX Corporation in the 1980s, CSX abandoned the S Line between Riceboro, Georgia (just southwest of Savannah) and Bladen, Georgia in 1986. Track between Bladen and Seals was removed in 1990.^[21]

The Northern Division is now the following routes:

• CSX (Camden, South Carolina to Savannah, Georgia)
  • Hamlet Subdivision (Camden, South Carolina to Columbia, South Carolina)
  • Columbia Subdivision (Columbia to Savannah, Georgia)
  • Savannah Subdivision West Route (within Savannah)
• Riceboro Southern Railway (Ogechee, Georgia to Riceboro, Georgia)
• First Coast Railroad (Seals, Georgia to Yulee, Florida)
• CSX Kingsland Subdivision (Yulee to Jacksonville)

Orlando Division

v t e Orlando Division
Legend
milepost FC&P Tampa Division ST 761.6 Wildwood ST 772.8 Leesburg former Florida Southern Ry (ACL) to Pemberton Ferry│to Ocala Florida Central RR (former ACL) to Umatilla ST 797.5 Tavares Florida Central RR (former ACL) to Sorrento ST 800.6 Apopka ST 806.3 Toronto former Orange Belt Railway (ACL) to Sanford Florida Central RR (former ACL) to Winter Garden I-4 ST 814.7 Orlando Central Florida Rail Corridor (former ACL) ST 818.9 Winter Park ST 822.0 Aloma ST 830.0 Oviedo ST 830.9 Lake Charm
Note: Not to scale Sources[22][23]

The Leesburg and Indian River Railroad was incorporated in 1884 and merged into the Florida Railway and Navigation Company in 1885. It built a line from the Tampa Division at Wildwood east to Tavares, with plans to continue east to Titusville. That extension was not built, but pieces were built by other companies.

The Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad was incorporated in 1883, and built an extension of line from Tavares to Orlando. The FC&P leased it in 1891.

The Orlando and Winter Park Railway was incorporated in 1886 and extended the line from Orlando to Winter Park. The Osceola and Lake Jesup Railway, incorporated 1888, continued the line past Oviedo to Lake Charm. In 1891 the two companies merged into the East Florida and Atlantic Railroad, which was leased by the FC&P in 1892. In the line's early days, passenger trains served the historic Church Street Station in Orlando, which belonged to the South Florida Railroad.^[24] Trains turned onto the South Florida Railroad (which became the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, the Seaboard Air Line's competitor) in Downtown Orlando just north of the station. In 1896, the FC&P built its own Orlando station.^[25]

The line west of Orlando remained intact under Seaboard and its successors until the 1970s when tracks were removed between Leesburg and Tavares.^[26] Since 1986, the remaining line from Tavares to Orlando has been operated by the Florida Central Railroad, a short line that was run by the Pinsly Railroad Company from 1986 to 2019 and is now operated by Regional Rail, LLC.^[27] The Florida Midland Railroad, another Pinsly-operated short line, operated the segment from Wildwood to Leesburg from 1987 until 2005, when most of that end of the line was abandoned. All that remains on the Wildwood end is a short wye which CSX uses to turn locomotives from Wildwood Yard.

East of Orlando, the abandoned right of way is now the Cady Way Trail and the southern extension of the Cross Seminole Trail.

Other Branches

Monticello

The Monticello Branch ran from the Western Division at Drifton north to Monticello.

Amelia Beach

The Fernandina and Amelia Beach Railway was organized in 1883 to run from Fernandina at the end of the Southern Division south to Amelia Beach. The FC&P leased it in 1891, and it was abandoned around 1900.

Wannee

The Wannee Branch was originally part of the Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway. It branched off the Southern Division at Starke and headed west to Wannee. Construction of the line began in 1863. The line was bought by the FC&P in 1899 and it was completed to Wannee in 1902.^[28] The branch remains in service as part of CSX's Brooker Subdivision from Starke to a point just west of LaCrosse. The branch's connection with the main line is still known as Wannee Junction.

Early Bird

The branch to Early Bird was built in 1890 and branched off the Southern Division in Archer. The line gained more prominence in the Seaboard era. Seaboard extended the branch south through Dunnellon and Hernando to Inverness in 1911. The Brooksville and Inverness Railway, a Seaboard subsidiary, extended it further south to Brooksville in 1925 to connect with the Tampa Northern Railroad. This created an alternate route into Tampa, which the Seaboard Air Line designated as the Brooksville Subdivision.^{[29][30][page needed]} Much of this line was removed in the late 1970s.^[31]

Silver Springs

The short Silver Springs branch from Ocala east to Silver Springs was built along with the Tampa Division. The Seaboard Air Line later leased this branch to the Ocala Northern Railroad in 1909. The Ocala Northern extended the line to Palatka by 1912. The Ocala Northern was reorganized as the Ocklawaha Valley Railroad in 1915, but the line was abandoned by 1922.^[32]

Lake Weir

The Lake Weir Branch ran from Summerfield east to South Lake Weir, and was built along with the Tampa Division.

Sumterville

The short Sumterville branch from Sumterville Junction to Sumterville was built with the Tampa Division.

St. Marks

The St. Mark's branch was built by the Tallahassee Railroad ran from Tallahassee south. It was one of the first operating railroads in Florida. It's become the longest-operating railroad in Florida at 147 years. It was abandoned in 1983. The Florida Park Service currently maintains it as the Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail.

Whitehall

Historic stations

Southern Division

Milepost	City/Location	Station[33]	Connections and notes
SMA 47.2	Fernandina	Fernandina
	O'Neill	O'Neill
		Buena Vista
		Lofton
	Yulee	Hart's Road
SMA 35.1		Yulee	originally Hart's Road Junction junction with Northern Division
		Hero
	Italia	Italia
		Nassau
SM 20.0	Callahan	Callahan	junction with: East Florida Railway (ACL) Gross Cutoff (SAL)
SM 12.3	Crawford	Crawford	junction with Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway (GSF/SOU)
	Verdie	Verdie
	Ingle	Ingle
		St. Mary's
	Bryceville	Bryceville
SM 0.0 S 653.0	Baldwin	Baldwin	junction with: Western Division Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad (ACL)
S 656.5		Fiftone
S 659.0		Maxville
S 661.4		Hugh
S 665.7		Highland
		Trail Ridge
S 669.3	Lawtey	Lawtey
		Burrine's
S 672.1		Saxton
		Temple
S 678.4	Starke	Starke
S 679.1		Wannee Junction	junction with Wannee Branch
		Thurston
S 684.6	Hampton	Hampton	junction with Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (SOU)
S 690.0	Waldo	Waldo	junction with Tampa Division
		Millicans
SR 697.2		Fairbanks
		Dowd's
		Nedra
SR 704.0	Gainesville	Gainesville	junction with: Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad (ACL) Florida Southern Railway (ACL) Gainesville and Gulf Railroad (SAL)
		Daysville
		Hammock Ridge
		Arredondo
SR 710.8		Kanapaha
		Peach Orchard
		Palmer
SR 718.4	Archer	Archer	junction with Early Bird Branch
		Venables
		Albion
		Meredith
727.7	Bronson	Bronson
		Lennon
739.5	Otter Creek	Otter Creek	Junction with Perry Cutoff (ACL)
		Ellzey
		Emett
		Wylly
	Rosewood	Rosewood
		Hilton
	Sumner	Sumner
		Lukens
760.9	Cedar Key	Cedar Key

Tampa Division

Milepost	City/Location	Station[33]	Connections and notes
S 690.0	Waldo	Waldo	junction with Southern Division
S 696.6		Orange Heights
		Dixie
S 700.1	Campville	Campville
S 703.3	Hawthorne	Hawthorne	junction with Florida Southern Railway Palatka Branch (ACL)
S 712.3	Lochloosa	Lochloosa
S 714.5	Island Grove	Island Grove
S 716.9	Citra	Citra
		Meadows
S 722.4	Sparr	Sparr
S 725.8	Anthony	Anthony
S 728.2		Oak
S 731.5	Ocala	Silver Springs Junction	junction with Silver Springs Branch
		Silver Springs	located on Silver Springs Branch junction with Ocklawaha Valley Railroad
S 735.3	Ocala	Ocala	replaced by Ocala Union Station in 1917 junction with: Florida Southern Railway (ACL) Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad (ACL)
S 743.5		Santos
S 747.1	Belleview	Belleview
S 752.0	Summerfield	Summerfield	junction with Lake Weir Branch
		Lake Weir	located on Lake Weir Branch
S 753.7		Dallas
S 756.8	Oxford	Oxford
S 761.5	Wildwood	Wildwood	junction with Orlando Division
S 766.1	Coleman	Coleman	junction with Seaboard Air Line Railroad Miami Subdivision
S 766.7		Warnell
S 770.4	Panasoffkee	Panasoffkee
S 771.0		Ekal	also known as Sumterville Junction junction with Sumterville Branch
		Sumterville	located on Sumterville Branch
		Edenfield
S 775.1	Bushnell	Bushnell
S 778.9		St. Catherine	junction with Florida Southern Railway (ACL)
S 783.2		Rerdell
S 784.2		Terrell
S 791.2	Lacoochee	Lacoochee	junction with Orange Belt Railway (ACL)
S 791.9	Trilacoochee, Florida	Owensboro Junction	junction with South Florida Railroad Pemberton Ferry Branch (ACL)
S 797.9	Dade City	Dade City
		Pasadena
		Greer
		Phelps
S 808.0	Zephyrhills	Zephyrhills	junction with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Vitis–Tampa Line
S 811.4	Crystal Springs	Crystal Springs
S 818.5	Knights	Knights
S 823.1	Plant City	Plant City	replaced by Plant City Union Depot in 1909 junction with: South Florida Railroad (ACL) Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad (SAL)
S 827.4		Turkey Creek	junction with Seaboard Air Line Railroad Sarasota Subdivision
S 829.5		Sydney
S 832.5		Valrico	junction with Valrico Cutoff (SAL)
S 834.8	Brandon	Brandon
S 835.8		Limona
	Tampa	South Tampa
S 840.9		Yeoman
S 843.5		Tampa Northern Junction	later known as Gary junction with Tampa Northern Railroad (SAL)
S 844.9		Tampa	original station was located at Franklin and Whiting Streets replaced by Tampa Union Station in 1912
		Seddon Island Terminal	Freight terminal built by the Seaboard Air Line in 1909

Western Division

Milepost	City/Location	Station[33]	Connections and notes
SP 635.4	Jacksonville	Jacksonville	junction with: Northern Division East Florida Railway (ACL) Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway (ACL) Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway (GSF/SOU) Florida East Coast Railway
		West Jacksonville
SP 641.6		Marietta
SP 652.5	Baldwin	Baldwin	junction with Southern Division
SP 656.3		Mattox	junction with Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad (ACL)
SP 661.4	Macclenny	Macclenny	known as Darbyville prior to 1890
SP 663.8	Glen St. Mary	Glen St. Mary
		Drake
		Taliaferros Junction
SP 670.7	Sanderson	Sanderson
		Woodstock
		Mann's Spur
SP 680.6	Olustee	Olustee
SP 685.1		Mount Carrie
SP 690.7	Watertown	Watertown
SP 693.1	Lake City	Lake City	junction with: Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad Lake City Branch (ACL) Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (SOU)
		Ogden
		McKinley
SP 704.5	Wellborn	Wellborn
SP 709.9	Houston	Houston
SP 715.3	Live Oak	Live Oak	junction with: Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad (ACL) Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad (ACL)
SP 721.5		Dickert
	Falmouth	Falmouth
SP 728.7	Ellaville	Ellaville
SP 736.3	Lee	Lee
		West Farm
SP 743.7	Madison	Madison
		Champaign
SP 757.4	Greenville	Greenville
SP 764.9	Aucilla	Aucilla
SP 772.3	Drifton	Drifton	junction with: Monticello Branch Perry Cutoff (ACL)
SPB 776.5	Monticello	Monticello	located on Monticello Branch
		Braswell
SP 781.2	Lloyd	Lloyd
		Capitola
SP 787.8	Chaires	Chaires
SP 799.3	Tallahassee	Tallahassee	junction with: St. Marks Branch Carrabelle, Tallahassee & Georgia Railroad (GF&A/SAL)
		Ocklocknee
		Lawrence
SP 811.4	Midway	Midway
SP 823.3	Quincy	Quincy
SP 828.7	Gretna	Gretna
SP 832.0	Mount Pleasant	Mount Pleasant
		Jamieson
	Chattahoochee	Chattahoochee
SP 841.9		River Junction	junction with: Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad (L&N) Apalachicola Northern Railroad Chattahoochee and East Pass Railroad (SF&W/ACL)

Orlando Division

Milepost	City/Location	Station[33]	Connections and notes
ST 761.2	Wildwood	Wildwood	junction with Tampa Division
		Orange Home
		Bamboo
		Spink's
ST 768.9		Whitney
ST 770.4		Montclair
ST 772.8	Leesburg	Leesburg	junction with: Florida Southern Railway (ACL) St. Johns and Lake Eustis Railway (ACL)
		Sunnyside
		Sadie
		El Dorado
		Eustis Transfer
ST 783.2	Tavares	Tavares	junction with St. Johns and Lake Eustis Railway (ACL)
ST 786.8		Ellsworth
ST 790.8		Lake Jem
		Gainesboro
ST 794.7	Zellwood	Zellwood
ST 796.2		McDonald
ST 798.7	Plymouth	Plymouth
ST 802.0	Apopka	Apopka	junction with Florida Midland Railway (ACL)
		Piedmont
ST 805.7		Toronto	junction with Orange Belt Railway (ACL)
ST 807.7	Lockhart	Lockhart
		Wekiva
ST 811.4	Fairvilla	Fairvilla
		Livingston
ST 812.1		Modello Park
ST 815.0	Orlando	Orlando	Built in 1896. FC&P trains previously used Church Street Station.[25] junction with South Florida Railroad (ACL)
		Fair Oaks
		Rowena
		Lake Mabel
		Bonnie Burn
		College Station
ST 819.4	Winter Park	Winter Park
ST 823.8		Lakemont
		Lake Howell
ST 822.0		Aloma
ST 823.8	Goldenrod	Goldenrod
		Bertha
		Gabriella
	Slavia	Slavia
ST 830.1	Oviedo	Oviedo	junction with Sanford and Indian River Railroad (SFRR/ACL)
ST 831.0		Lake Charm

Northern Division

State	Milepost	City/Location	Station[34][35][33]	Connections and notes
For stations north of Savannah, see South Bound Railroad
GA	S 501.8	Savannah	Savannah	junction with: Savannah, Florida and Western Railway (ACL) Georgia and Alabama Railway (SAL)
			Anderson
	S 512.4		Burroughs	junction with Savannah, Florida and Western Railway (ACL)
	S 514.4		Ogechee
	S 515.6	Richmond Hill	Richmond Hill
	S 522.1	Limerick	Limerick
	S 527.2	Midway	Midway	also known as Dorchester
			Gibson
	S 529.1	Riceboro	Riceboro
	S 534.0		Lecount
	S 537.1		Jones
	S 538.1		Brickston
	S 540.1	Warsaw	Warsaw
	S 544.1	Townsend	Townsend
	S 550.4		Cox
	S 556.8		Everett	junction with Macon and Brunswick Railroad (SOU)
			Ford
	S 564.4		Thalmann
	S 568.4		Bladen	junction with Brunswick and Western Railroad (ACL)
	S 573.8		Hayner
	S 575.5		Glencoe
	S 578.3		Waverly
	S 582.6		White Oak
	S 587.7	Woodbine	Woodbine
	S 591.2		Colesburg
	S 593.4	Seals	Seals
	S 598.9	Kingsland	Kingsland	junction with St. Mary's Railroad
FL	S 605.4		Gross	junction with Gross Cutoff (SAL)
	S 609.6	Becker	Becker
	S 613.5	Yulee	Yulee	junction with Southern Division
	S 614.2		Hedges
	S 619.1		Tisonia
	S 621.1		Duval
	S 623.3		Broward
	S 629.5	Jacksonville	Panama Park	junction with Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad (ACL)
	S 638.0		Jacksonville	junction with: Western Division East Florida Railway (ACL) Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway (ACL) Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway (GSF/SOU) Florida East Coast Railway

Notes

1. "The Days They Changed the Gauge". Southern Railfan.
2. Turner 2003, p. 61.
3. Tucker. 50^{[full citation needed]}
4. Turner 2003, p. 52.
5. "Affairs of the railways; a receiver for Florida lines" (PDF). New York Times. October 30, 1885. Retrieved July 25, 2008.^{[dead link]}
6. Tucker. 53^{[full citation needed]}
7. Pettengill, Jr., George W. (1998) [1952]. The Story of the Florida Railroads (Reprint ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. p. 56.
8. "Peninsular Railroad routes to Tampa Bay". Tampa Bay Trains. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
9. CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
10. CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
11. Roberts, Bruce. "Florida's Forgotten Railroad". The Florida Railroad Company - Fernandina & Cedar Key. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
12. "Yulee to Callahan, FL". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
13. CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
14. "Tampa Bay Lines in CSX Era". Tampa Bay Trains. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
15. Harmon, Danny (12 May 2012). "Railfanning With Danny - Dade City May 3, 2012". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
16. "CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable" (PDF). Multimodalways.
17. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Savannah and Waycross Division Timetable (1982)
18. CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
19. CSX Florence Division Timetable
20. "Geographic Information System". Federal Railroad Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
21. "The Everett Subdivision". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
22. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Jacksonville Division and Tampa Division Timetable (1977)
23. "Geographic Information System". Federal Railroad Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
24. "CHURCH STREET STATION/OLD ORLANDO RAILROAD DEPOT". Riches Mosaic Interface. University of Central Florida. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
25. Mulligan, Michael (2008). Railroad Depots of Central Florida. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5390-0. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
26. "Wildwood to Tavares". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
27. "Florida Central, Midland, and Northern Railroads". Pinsly Railroad Company. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
28. Pettengill, George W. Jr. (July 1952). "The Story of the Florida Railroads". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 86. Boston, Mass.: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 1–133. JSTOR 43517668.
29. Seaboard Air Line Railroad South Florida Division Timetable (1940)
30. Turner 2003.
31. "Peninsular Railroad Routes to Tampa Bay". Tampa Bay Trains. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
32. Florida Railroad Commission Records, 1924 yearbook, railroad comments.^{[full citation needed]}
33. "Florida Railroads: Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists (Florida). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
34. "South Carolina Railroads: Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists (South Carolina). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
35. "Georgia Railroads: Passenger Stations & Stops" (PDF). Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists (Georgia). Retrieved 5 June 2020.

References

• Turner, Gregg M. (2008). A Journey into Florida Railroad History. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3233-7.
• Turner, Gregg (2003). A Short History of Florida Railroads. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-2421-2.

External links

• Railways portal

• Railroad History Database
• Bruce Roberts, Tampa Tribune Correspondent, Florida's Forgotten Railroad (1954)
• Confederate Railroads
• Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage - Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad