Orange Belt Railway
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The Orange Belt Railway was a 3 ft narrow gauge railroad established in 1885 by Russian exile Peter Demens in Florida. It was one of the longest narrow gauge railroads in the United States at the time
Orange Belt train approaching San Antonio
Pier at the terminus in St. Petersburg
Orange Belt Railway steam locomotives
CSX's Clearwater Subdivision in Pinellas Park, Florida along the former right-of-way of the Orange Belt Railway
Plant System
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The Plant System, named after its owner, Henry B. Plant, was a system of railroads and steamboats in the U.S. South, taken over by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902. The original line of the sy
Orange Belt Railway
…of 1894–95, the railroad was put up for sale. It was purchased by Henry B. Plant in 1895, who converted it to standard gauge, and made it part of the Plant System. Plant would build a hotel along the line, the Belleview-Biltmore Hotel near Clearwater, in 1897. The Plant System became part of the Atlantic Coast…
Savannah, Florida & Western Railway's Locomotive No. 110, built in 1900. In a 1901 test, sister engine No. 111 averaged 120mph for 5 miles.
Advertising trade card for the railroad.