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Don's Rail Photos
Florida Short Lines and Industrial Railroads
A-F
Agrico Chemical Co.
We have a full page on this operation. 
Alabama & Western Florida Ry.
The Birmingham, Columbus, & St. Andrews RR was incorporated April 30, 1903, to build a railroad from Chipley, FL, to Columbus, GA, a distance of 200 miles. They actually built 19.25 miles from Chipley to Greenhead. In addition, they operated trackage rights over 18.75 miles for a total of 38 miles. The company was reorganized on September 26, 1926, as the A&WF. In 1932 they owned 3 locomotives and 10 cars and had 17 employes.
154 appears to have been acquired second-hand.
Altra RR
3, 25 Ton, was built by General Electric in April 1956, #32246, as Lee Tidewater Cypress Lumber Co 3. It was sold as Altra 3 in 1984,
Apalachicola Northern RR
This line was purchased by Genesee & Wyoming.
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay RR
Bay Line RR
We have a page on this road.
J. W. Bailes Co.
No number, 45 Ton, was built by General Electric in December 1942, #17732, as United States Army 7422. It was sold to JWB no number and resold Becker Sand & Gravel Co no number. It was sold as Gifford-Hill Cement Co 10-930 and became Blue Circle Cement Co no number. It became Lafarge Corp no number and became Argos Cement Co no number.
Breagle Brothers Co.
No number, 15 Ton, was built by Plymouth in September 1943, #4148, for United States Army.
Brewster Phosphates Co.
American Cyanamid Corp split off this company and became BPCo . It became Agrico-IMC in 1985 and closed the mine was closed in 1995.
13, DS44-4-660, was built by Baldwin in May 1946, #72830, as American Cyanamid Corp 13. It became BPCo 13.
16, T6, was built by Alco in June 1966, #3454-01, as ACCorp 16. It became BPCo 16 and sold as International Minerals & Chemicals Co 16. It was renumbered 208 and sold as Conrad Yelvington Distributors as 258 in 1997.
Britton Lumber Co.
This company came into existence on July 9, 1904, when W. H. Britton and E. P. Rodwell (d/b/a Britton Lumber Co.) bought the existing sawmill plant and logging railroad of the Lake Lumber Company located at Lakewood, Walton County, Florida. The standard-gauge logging railroad servicing this mill was laid eastward from Lakewood and was approximately 50 miles in length when the oncoming Depression forced the Britton mill to cease operation in 1930.
Despite the fact that Britton Lumber had a Shay numbered 7, the company owned only a total of six locomotives (four 2-truck Shays and two Baldwin 2-6-2's).
The owners of the Britton mill kept thinking they would eventually get back into operation and did operate the planing mill at Lakewood spasmodically through 1931. However, when the Central of Georgia Ry. filed a request to abandon their branch (unused for six years) from Florala, Ala., to Lakewood, Fla., in 1938, the mill and a lot of the logging railroad equipment was still deteriorating at Lakewood. Britton Lumber was then forced to finally liquidate their physical assets and the CofG removed their rails in Spring 1939. I bet you didn't know that the Central of Georgia Ry. ever operated in the State of Florida! It was less than three miles of track, but the CofG did operate in a State other than Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee which are the only three that most fans know about! ---Tom Lawson
4 was built by Lima in August 1904, #923, for Britton.
7 was built by Lima in July 1919, #3040, for Rosa Lumber Co. as Goodyear Yellow Pine Co., #3, Picayune, MS. In September 1922 it became Britton Lumber Co., #7, Lakewood, FL, and was for sale in March 1931. It was scrapped.
Busch Gardens
4 was built by Crown Locomotive in 1971.
Carpenter-O'Brien Corp.
1 was built by Baldwin in August 1914, #41649. It became Brooks-Scanlon Corp 1 in 1917 and transferred as Lee Tidewater Cypress Co 1 in 1947. It was sold to F Nelson Blount in 1962 and moved to North Walpole, NH. It was moved to Bellows Falls, VT, and then sent to Scranton, PA as Steamtown National History Site.
City of Bradenton
2 was built by Baldwin in November 1913, #40861, as Taylor County Lumber Co 2. It was sold as Brooks-Scanlon Corp 2 and resold as Manatee Crate Co 2. It was sold to City of Bradenton in 1954.
CSR Rinker Materials
233, SW1200, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1954, #20092, FN 4285-5, as Florida East Coast 233. It was sold as CSR 233.
Estech Phosphate Center
Swift Agricultural Chemicals
1976, MP15DC, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1976, #796158-1, FN 796158-1.
Florida & South Western Railway
I received an email from Faye Perry requesting help in locating a narrow gauge locomotive which operated some years ago near St. Augustine, FL. She sent a copy of the brochure advertising rides. Adults are 75 cents. This would really age this piece. The locomotive was built by Fred Perry in 1945 in a machine shop in his back yard. He is shown in the cab of the locomotive in the picture. Mrs. Perry has access to construction photos. In this picture, Mrs. Perry's husband and his grand-father are shown with her two oldest sons.
After posting this the first time, we were told the locomotive was purchased by Elliott Donnelly and sent to Wisconsin Dells for rebuilding by Sandley. It was taken apart and the boiler was apparently scrapped. The remains of the locomotive were sold to a buyer in California after Norman Sandley's death. And there the trail goes cold.
Florida Central RR
This is a Pinsley Railroad line. 
Florida Fun Train
This was a very short lived operation between Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. First run was October 15, 1997, and the last run was September 17, 1998. The locomotives were leased from and returned to Amtrak. The 9 cars were sold at auction to Alaska RR.
358, F40PH, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1980, #796391-12, FN 796391-12, as Amtrak 358. It was leased as FFT 358 and returned as Amtrak 358. It was then rebuilt as Panama Canal Ry 1858.
374, F40PH, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1981, #807050-14, FN 807050-14, as Amtrak 374. It was leased as FFT 374 and retured as Amtrak 374. It was then rebuilt as PCRC 1860.
Florida Midland RR
This is a Pinsley Railroad line.
Florida Northern RR
This is a Pinsley Railroad line.
Florida Portland Cement Co.
7 was built by Porter in July 1942, #7367. It was sold to Keith Mackey and was sold as Texas Tank Car Works 7. It was sold to the New Braunfels Railroad Museum in Texas in 1993.
020, SW1200, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1963, #27868, FN 7634-1, as Missouri Pacific 1100. It was retired on January 31, 1985, and sold to Precision National Corp on April 11, 1985. It was sold as FPCCo 020 in 1987.
Florida Power & Light Co.
1102, RSC2, was built by Alco in May 1949, #76815
1105, RSC2, was built by Alco in September 1949, #77413, as SAL 1531. It became SCL 1105 in July 1967 and retired in January 1974. It was sold as FP&LCo 1105 and sold as Adirondack Ry 25 in 1979. It was acquired by Adirondack Railway Preservation Society and is on display at Utica.
Florida Power Generation Co.
21-0-102. SW9, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1951, #14913, FN 4098-16, as Atlantic Coast Line 687. Later Seaboard Coast Line 169 in July 1967 and sold as FPG 21-0-102. It was sold as Farmrail 169.
Florida Railroad Museum
Florida Gulf Coast
1835, GP7L, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1951, #15705, FN 7012-15, as United States Army 1835. It was donated to FRM in 1992 and painted as FGC 1835.
Florida West Coast RR
The FWC operated between Newberry and Chiefland via Wilcox over former Atlantic Coast Line trackage.
405, RS11, was built by Alco in June, 1961, #83695, as Norfolk & Western 405. It was sold to XTRA Inc as 405 and leased as North Texas Central 405. It went into the XTRA lease fleet in April, 1984. It was leased as Lone Star Track Inc 405. It was sent as FWCR 405 in 1980s and transferred as New Hampshire & Vermont 405 in 1990s. It was sold and rebuilt as Lake State Ry 1195 "City of East Tawas" in 1995. It was retired.
1337, GP18, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1960, #25454, FN 5605-5, as Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 1337. It went to Chrome Locomotive in February 1981 and was resold to FWCR as 1337. It was sold as Florida Central 58 in 2005 and scrapped in November 2010.
1353, GP18, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1961, #26942, FN 7610-10, as CRI&P 1353. It also came through Chrome Locomotive.
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