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Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad
The Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad was a railroad line that once operated from Plant City, Florida, south to Welcome, a distance of about 13 miles. The line remains in service today and is owned by CSX Transportation, which it operates as their Plant City Subdivision.
The Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad was first built as a logging railroad in 1898 by the Warnell Lumber & Veneer Company. It connected to the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad in Plant City, which would become the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1900.
The Seaboard Air Line bought the Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad in 1905. They rebuilt the line and incorporated it into their network as their Plant City Branch. Shortly after, the Seaboard built track from the line at Keysville (at a point that would then be known as Welcome Junction) east to Nichols where phosphate mines were located.
In 1908, Coronet Industries began mining phosphate just southeast of Plant City. The company built a phosphate processing plant there and a small town known as Coronet for workers to live. The Seaboard Air line built a spur from Coronet Junction to the plant.
In 1912, Seaboard extended the line's Nichols branch east to Mulberry and Bartow in 1912. The line would then be extended to Lake Wales by 1916. This led to the former Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad's junction with the Seaboard's main line in Plant City being named Lake Wales Junction.
In 1916, Coronet's phosphate mining operation moved south from Coronet to a new mine near Hopewell, and the Seaboard built a spur to the mine there. Track south of Welcome Junction to Welcome was abandoned the same year.
In 1925, Seaboard built the Valrico Cutoff which ran from the former Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad at Welcome Junction northwest to Valrico. The Valrico Cutoff and track east of Welcome Junction to Bartow and Lake Wales would then be designated as the Seaboard's Valrico Subdivision.
From 1926 to the 1940s, the Seaboard would designate the former Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad as the northernmost segment of their Fort Myers Subdivision (which would overlap the Valrico Subdivision from Welcome Junction a short distance to Edison Junction, where Seaboard's track continued south and connected to Fort Myers at the time). The line was later classified as a branch of the Valrico Subdivision as traffic to Fort Myers declined.
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Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad
The Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad was a railroad line that once operated from Plant City, Florida, south to Welcome, a distance of about 13 miles. The line remains in service today and is owned by CSX Transportation, which it operates as their Plant City Subdivision.
The Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad was first built as a logging railroad in 1898 by the Warnell Lumber & Veneer Company. It connected to the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad in Plant City, which would become the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1900.
The Seaboard Air Line bought the Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad in 1905. They rebuilt the line and incorporated it into their network as their Plant City Branch. Shortly after, the Seaboard built track from the line at Keysville (at a point that would then be known as Welcome Junction) east to Nichols where phosphate mines were located.
In 1908, Coronet Industries began mining phosphate just southeast of Plant City. The company built a phosphate processing plant there and a small town known as Coronet for workers to live. The Seaboard Air line built a spur from Coronet Junction to the plant.
In 1912, Seaboard extended the line's Nichols branch east to Mulberry and Bartow in 1912. The line would then be extended to Lake Wales by 1916. This led to the former Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad's junction with the Seaboard's main line in Plant City being named Lake Wales Junction.
In 1916, Coronet's phosphate mining operation moved south from Coronet to a new mine near Hopewell, and the Seaboard built a spur to the mine there. Track south of Welcome Junction to Welcome was abandoned the same year.
In 1925, Seaboard built the Valrico Cutoff which ran from the former Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad at Welcome Junction northwest to Valrico. The Valrico Cutoff and track east of Welcome Junction to Bartow and Lake Wales would then be designated as the Seaboard's Valrico Subdivision.
From 1926 to the 1940s, the Seaboard would designate the former Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad as the northernmost segment of their Fort Myers Subdivision (which would overlap the Valrico Subdivision from Welcome Junction a short distance to Edison Junction, where Seaboard's track continued south and connected to Fort Myers at the time). The line was later classified as a branch of the Valrico Subdivision as traffic to Fort Myers declined.