Everything about Jacksonville Tampa And Key West Railroad totally explained
The
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway was a
railroad and
steamboat network in
Florida,
USA at the end of the 19th century. Most of its lines became part of the
Plant System in 1899 and the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902.
History
The
Tampa, Peace Creek and St. Johns River Railroad was incorporated in 1879, and on
June 27,
1881 the name was changed to the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. The
Palatka and Indian River Railroad was incorporated in 1881 to run from
Palatka south past
Sanford. The JT&KW bought it in 1887. Eventually the JT&KW main line stretched from
Jacksonville to the
St. Johns River port of Sanford, where the separately-owned
South Florida Railroad continued to
Tampa. The full line opened on
February 20,
1886.
The
Atlantic Coast, St. Johns and Indian River Railroad was organized in 1883 to build a connection from the JT&KW's branch to
Enterprise, another St. Johns River port, southeast to
Titusville on the
Indian River. The JT&KW acquired the line in 1886.
The
Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway opened in 1889 as a short connection between the JT&KW's
Indian River Steamboat Company at
Jupiter and the north end of
Lake Worth, where steamers continued south. The line was abandoned by 1896 after the completion of the parallel
Florida East Coast Railway.
In 1893 the JT&KW went
bankrupt. The
Southeastern Railway bought the line from Enterprise to Titusville in 1899, and later that year sold it to the
Florida East Coast Railway. Also that year, the rest of the system was reincorporated as the
Jacksonville and St. Johns River Railway and sold to the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway (the
Plant System). The Plant System became part of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902. In 1967 the ACL merged into the
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, eventually becoming part of
CSX. The JT&KW is now part of the "A" Line, one of CSX's two main lines into Florida.
Branches
DeLand
The Orange Ridge, De Land and Atlantic Railroad was incorporated by Laws of Florida Chapter 3332, No. 114 on March 7, 1881, running from DeLand west across the JT&KW at DeLand Junction to the St. Johns River. It became the De Land and St. Johns River Railroad in 1886, and the JT&KW bought it in 1890.
Enterprise
The Enterprise Branch ran from the main line at Benson Junction east to Enterprise. It continued to Titusville as the Atlantic Coast, St. Johns and Indian River Railroad, acquired in 1886.
Lake Eustis
The Sanford and Lake Eustis Railroad was organized in 1886 and merged into the JT&KW on May 1, 1890. The line ran west from Sanford to Tavares on Lake Eustis.
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