The Florida Midland Railway Company was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of Florida , and surveyed a line from Lake Jessup , in Orange County , to Leesburg , in Lake County .
9-398: Florida Midland Railroad or Florida Midland Railway may refer to: Florida Midland Railway (defunct) , a former railroad bypassing Orlando to the west Florida Midland Railroad (current) , a short line railroad in several sections in central Florida See also [ edit ] Midland Railroad (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
18-438: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Florida Midland Railway (defunct) The company was reincorporated on February 10, 1885; only 10 miles (16 km) had been graded. The new owners were E. W. Henck, S. M. Breuster, Carl Cushing, A. Menser and C. E. Munson of Florida, and Edward Page, Charles W. Morris and Cyrus Carpenter of Boston, Massachusetts . The line
27-620: The Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad (also taken over by the Plant System) was abandoned and the remaining trackage from Clarcona to Kissimmee was converted to 3 ft narrow gauge. The two narrow gauge lines were run in conjunction with one another, allowing the usage of the same narrow gauge equipment on both lines. The Plant System became part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad system in 1902. From Clifton to Apopka ,
36-469: The counties of Orange, Sumter, Polk , Hernando , Hillsborough , Manatee and Monroe , or such of them as may be necessary to reach the terminal point, which shall be selected on the Gulf of Mexico. Land grants were promised, as long as part of the railroad was completed within a year. Florida state law chapter 3795, approved June 2, 1887, expanded the area from which land grants could be chosen, and extended
45-508: The deadline to June 1, 1888. The line actually built was rather different, running from Clifton on Lake Jesup west to Apopka , but then turning south to Kissimmee . The railroad's track was 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge while it was independent, but when it was taken over by the Plant System in the late 1890s, all track north of the 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow gauge section of
54-526: The railroad has been abandoned for over 100 years. Virtually no trace of this section remains, but parts of the right-of-way were used to construct SR 434 . From Apopka to Clarcona , the right-of-way is used for the West Orange Trail . From Clarcona to Ocoee , the right-of-way is currently owned by CSX Transportation and run by the Florida Central Railroad . From Ocoee to Kissimmee ,
63-589: The railroad is abandoned, and some elements remain. These are listed from north to south. Clarcona, Florida Clarcona is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Orange County , Florida , United States. The population was 2,990 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Orlando – Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area . Clarcona is located in western Orange County, Florida, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of downtown Orlando. According to
72-445: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Florida Midland Railroad . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florida_Midland_Railroad&oldid=1140817348 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
81-617: Was extended ... beginning at a point on the Indian River and running through the counties of Brevard and Orange to Leesburg , in Sumter county , or to Eustis , in Orange county, or to points or a point of connection with railroads or a railroad running from these places, or from either of them, and from a point on the line of said road, in Orange county, to a point on the Gulf of Mexico , running through
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