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
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.
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
Plant System
…in 1893, running northeast from the South Florida Railroad in Tampa to the small town of Thonotosassa. In 1895, Plant bought the 3 ft narrow gauge Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad (previously the Orange Belt Railway) in 1895, which stretched across the state from Sanford to St. Petersburg. The most profitable section of this line…
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