The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway is a historic railroad line that at its greatest extent serviced Gasparilla Island in Charlotte Harbor and a major shipping port that once operated there. The
Swing bridge over Gasparilla Sound as seen in 2013.
Historic passenger depot at Boca Grande built in 1910
Historic marker for Pierce, Florida
Northern terminus of the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway (right) in Mulberry as seen in 2021.
Lakeland—Fort Myers Line
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The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's Lakeland—Fort Myers Line was one of the railroad company's secondary main lines in Central and Southwest Florida. It was built incrementally between its namesake cit
Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway
…CSX's Brewster Subdivision. Seminole Gulf Railway owns the southernmost four miles of the remaining line in Arcadia, who also operates the connecting ex-ACL route south to Punta Gorda and Fort Myers. Despite its abandonment in 1981, evidence of the line south of Arcadia can still be found on Gasparilla Island and…
Caloosahatchee River trestle. Bridge was built in 1904 with the bascule span replacing the original swing span in 1977.
Overhead view of Punta Gorda in 1924 showing much of the railroad infrastructure at the time
Track in downtown Bonita Springs as seen in 2019
Empty CSX phosphate train passing the Fort Meade Depot in 2019