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The Florida East Coast Railway depot in Sebastian.The structure was built in 1893. Beginning in 1892, when landowners south of Daytona petitioned him to extend the railroad 80 miles (130 km) south, Flagler began laying new railroad tracks; no longer did he follow his traditional practice of purchasing existing railroads and merging them into his growing rail system.
Overseas Railroad. / 24.71167°N 81.12306°W / 24.71167; -81.12306. The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located 128 miles (206 km) beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
24 October 1980. The Boca Express Train Museum, operated by the Boca Raton Historical Society, is housed in a restored 1930 Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) train station in Boca Raton, Florida. designed by Chester G. Henninger, built for Clarence H. Geist. It is located at 747 South Dixie Highway, off U.S. 1 (Federal Highway).
Even though Indian River County does ban train horns from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., the regulation is unenforceable because it conflicts with a federal requirement that trains sound their horns 15-20 ...
A southbound Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) freight train crosses the single-track St. Lucie River railroad bridge in Stuart, Fla., on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, the day high-speed passenger carrier ...
Brightline. Brightline ( reporting mark BLFX) is an intercity rail route in the United States that runs between Miami and Orlando, Florida. Part of the route runs on track owned and shared by the Florida East Coast Railway . Brightline is the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad in the United States.
No. Length. 38 mi (61 km) The NASA Railroad ( reporting mark NLAX) is a Class III industrial short-line railroad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The railroad consists of 38 miles (61 km) of track connecting the mainline of the Florida East Coast Railway and trackage at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. [1]
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 171 miles (275 km) The South Central Florida Express, Inc. ( reporting mark SCXF) (originally known as the South Central Florida Railroad ( reporting mark SCFE )) is a common carrier shortline railroad in southern Florida run by U.S. Sugar Corporation. Its trains operate from Sebring to Fort Pierce ...