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{{short description|Historic railroad in Florida}}
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The '''Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railroad Company''' was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of [[Florida]] in 1893.
The '''Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railroad Company''' was a railroad that ran westward from [[Starke, Florida]], eventually terminating at [[Wannee, Florida]], on the [[Suwannee River]]. It was later absorbed by the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] becoming their '''Wannee Subdivision'''.


==Construction==
[[Florida]] state law chapter 4267, approved May 24, 1893, incorporated the Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway Company.
The Starke to Wannee rail line was initiated in 1891 with the incorporation of the Starke and Sampson City Railway Company. The company failed after grading the right-of-way from Starke to [[Sampson City, Florida|Sampson City]], and in 1892 transferred the right-of-way to the Ambler Lumber Co.{{sfn|Pettengill|1952|p=57}}{{efn|Pettengill has "Simpson City" throughout, which appears to be a misprint for "Sampson City". Prince lists Sampson City as the first station on the line west of Starke.{{sfn|Prince|1969|p=79}} Sampson City was the northern terminal point for the [[Tampa and Jacksonville Railway|Gainesville and Gulf Railroad]],{{sfn|Turner|2008|p=178}} and was also served by the [[Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad]].{{sfn|Watkins|1975|p=456}}}}
It was owned by [[Comer L. Peek]], [[F. L. Babbitt]], [[Thomas P. Denham]], [[George Tompsett]] and [[J. G. Alvarez]].


The Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railroad (ASR&G) was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of [[Florida]] in 1893.{{sfn|Prince|1969|p=79}}{{sfn|Mulligan|2008|p=63}} Shortly after incorporation, the company purchased the graded right-of-way between Starke and [[Sampson City, Florida|Sampson City]] from the Ambler Lumber Company and contracted with the Atlantic Lumber Company (successor to the Ambler Lumber Company) to lay the track. The track from Starke reached Sampson City in August, 1863, and [[LaCrosse, Florida|LaCrosse]] in March, 1894. After a pause, The track reached [[Alachua, Florida|Alachua]] in July, 1896, and Buda, between [[High Springs, Florida|High Springs]] and [[Newberry, Florida|Newberry]], in July, 1897. The [[Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad]] (FC&PR) leased the ASR&G in 1899, and contracted with the Atlantic Lumber Company to extend the line to Wannee, a distance of {{convert|22|mi|km}}. With completion of the Wannee extension in 1902 the line was {{convert|57|mi|km}} long. The completed line was [[standard gauge]] and [[Single-track railway|single-track]]. The ASR&GR under FC&PR control operated the line from Starke to Buda, and the Atlantic Lumber Company operated the line from Buda to Wannee. Operation of both the FC&PR and the ASR&GR was taken over by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in July, 1900, and both were formally adsorbed by the SAL in June, 1903. From its founding until its absorption by the SAL, the ASR&GR had served primarily to feed timber and lumber to the FC&PR.{{sfn|Pettengill|1952|pp=57–58}}{{sfn|Interstate Commerce Commission|1932|p=559}}
It was established to build, construct, maintain, manage and operate one of more lines of railway, as follows: Beginning at or near the town of [[Starke, Florida|Starke]], in the county of [[Bradford County, Florida|Bradford]], [[Florida]], and extending from thence through the counties of [[Bradford County, Florida|Bradford]] and [[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]] to a point on or near the [[Suwannee River]] between [[Clay Landing, Florida|Clay Landing]] and [[Fort White, Florida|Fort White]], and a branch or branches through the counties of [[Levy County, Florida|Levy]], [[Columbia County, Florida|Columbia]], [[Lafayette County, Florida|Lafayette]] and [[Taylor County, Florida|Taylor]], and with a branch or branches through the counties of [[Bradford County, Florida|Bradford]], [[Clay County, Florida|Clay]] and [[Duval County, Florida|Duval]], to a point on the [[St. Johns River|St. Johns river]].


==Later history==
The company had the right to build [[canal]]s as feeders for the railroad, which was to be [[standard gauge]]. The railroad was promised [[land grants]] along its line.
The Seaboard Air Line removed the track between Wannee and [[Bell, Florida|Bell]] in the 1930s.{{sfn|Turner|2003|p=133}} Much of the line west of Brooker was abandoned after the Seaboard Air Line merged with its competitor, the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]], in 1967. The track from Buda to Bell would remain as a spur of the [[DuPont—Lakeland Line|West Coast Subdivision]] (an ex-ACL line) until the 1980s.<ref name="SCL 1977">[http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/SCL/SCL%20ETTs/SCL%20Jville%20%26%20Tampa%20Divs%20ETT%20%238%2010-30-1977.pdf Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Jacksonville Division and Tampa Division Timetable (1977)]</ref>


The Seaboard Coast Line became [[CSX Transportation]] in the 1980s. In the 1990s, CSX rebuilt a short segment of the Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway to Hainesworth to reconnect with the remains of the former Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad, which had just been severed from its system. This segment is now [[CSX Transportation]]'s [[Brooker Subdivision]] and is still in service. The line's connection with the CSX S Line is still known as Wannee Junction.<ref name="CSX">[http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Jacksonville%20Div%20ETT%20%234%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable]</ref>

==Historic stations==
{| class="wikitable"
!Milepost
!City/Location
!Station<ref>[http://www.railwaystationlists.co.uk/pdfusarr/floridarrs.pdf Florida Railroads, Passenger Stations and Stops]</ref><ref name="SAL">Seaboard Air Line Railroad North Florida Division Timetable (1949)</ref>
!Connections and notes
|-
|SN 679.0
|[[Starke, Florida|Starke]]
|Wannee Junction
|junction with [[Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad]] Southern Division ([[Seaboard Air Line Railroad|SAL]])
|-
|SN 685.6
|[[Sampson City, Florida|Sampson City]]
|Sampson City
|junction with:{{bulleted list|[[Georgia Southern and Florida Railway]] ([[Southern Railway (U.S.)|SOU]])|Gainesville and Gulf Railroad ([[Seaboard Air Line Railroad|SAL]])}}
|-
|
|
|Wainright's
|
|-
|SN 689.5
|
|Clayno
|
|-
|
|
|Atlantic
|
|-
|SN 693.7
|[[Brooker, Florida|Brooker]]
|Brooker
|
|-
|SN 696.0
|
|Darby
|
|-
|SN 699.0
|[[La Crosse, Florida|La Crosse]]
|La Crosse
|
|-
|
|
|Getzens
|
|-
|SN 702.3
|
|Hainesworth
|junction with [[Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad]] ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])
|-
|
|! rowspan="2" |[[Alachua, Florida|Alachua]]
|Burnett's Lake
|junction with [[Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad]] ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])
|-
|SN 706.5
|Alachua
|
|-
|
|
|Hodges
|
|-
|SN 711.9
|
|Arno
|
|-
|SN 715.2
|
|Buda
|junction with [[Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad]] ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])
|-
|SN 720.3
|[[Neals, Florida|Neals]]
|Neals
|
|-
|SN 725.5
|[[Williford, Florida|Williford]]
|Williford
|
|-
|
|
|Harvard
|
|-
|SN 730.3
|[[Bell, Florida|Bell]]
|Bell
|
|-
|N 733.2
|[[Curtis, Florida|Curtis]]
|Curtis
|
|-
|N 735.7
|[[Wannee, Florida|Wannee]]
|Wannee
|
|-
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{Cite book |author=Interstate Commerce Commission |title=Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States |date=April–May 1932 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxwfAQAAIAAJ&q=Atlantic,%20Suwannee%20River |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |series=Interstate Commerce Commission Reports |volume=35, Valuation Reports |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=558–562}}
*{{cite book |last=Mulligan |first=M. |title=Railroad Depots of Central Florida |publisher=Arcadia Pub. |series=Images of rail |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7385-5390-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lY3-qoFEUgIC&pg=PA63 |access-date=May 18, 2018 |page=63 }}
*{{Cite journal |last=Pettengill |first=George W. Jr. |title=The Story of the Florida Railroads |date=July 1952 |publisher=Railway and Locomotive Historical Society |journal=[[Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin]] |volume=86 |location=Boston, Mass. |pages=1–133 |jstor=43517668 }}
*{{cite book |last=Prince |first =R.E. |title=Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History |publisher=Indiana University Press |series=Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History Series |year=1969 |isbn=978-0-253-33695-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MM2ph3S2V2cC&pg=PA79 |access-date=May 18, 2018 |page = 79 |quote=The ATLANTIC, SUWANNEE RIVER & GULF RY began construction in 1893 and passed westward through Sampson City, Burnetts Lake, and Alachua, to be completed 36 miles as far as Buda in 1897. On September 14, 1899 the company ... }}
*{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Gregg |title=A Short History of Florida Railroads |date=2003 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-2421-4 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Turner |first=Gregg M. |title=A Journey into Florida Railroad History |date=2008 |publisher=University Press of Florida |isbn=978-0-8130-4194-0 |oclc=960180796 }}
*{{Cite journal|last=Watkins|first=Caroline|date=1975|title=Some Early Railroads in Alachua County|journal=The Florida Historical Quarterly|volume=53|issue=4|pages=450–459|issn=0015-4113|jstor=30150300}}


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Latest revision as of 19:31, 2 November 2023

Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway
Map
Übersicht
LocaleFlorida
Dates of operation1891–1903
SuccessorSeaboard Air Line Railroad
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railroad Company was a railroad that ran westward from Starke, Florida, eventually terminating at Wannee, Florida, on the Suwannee River. It was later absorbed by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad becoming their Wannee Subdivision.

Bauwesen

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The Starke to Wannee rail line was initiated in 1891 with the incorporation of the Starke and Sampson City Railway Company. The company failed after grading the right-of-way from Starke to Sampson City, and in 1892 transferred the right-of-way to the Ambler Lumber Co.[1][a]

The Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railroad (ASR&G) was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of Florida in 1893.[2][5] Shortly after incorporation, the company purchased the graded right-of-way between Starke and Sampson City from the Ambler Lumber Company and contracted with the Atlantic Lumber Company (successor to the Ambler Lumber Company) to lay the track. The track from Starke reached Sampson City in August, 1863, and LaCrosse in March, 1894. After a pause, The track reached Alachua in July, 1896, and Buda, between High Springs and Newberry, in July, 1897. The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (FC&PR) leased the ASR&G in 1899, and contracted with the Atlantic Lumber Company to extend the line to Wannee, a distance of 22 miles (35 km). With completion of the Wannee extension in 1902 the line was 57 miles (92 km) long. The completed line was standard gauge and single-track. The ASR&GR under FC&PR control operated the line from Starke to Buda, and the Atlantic Lumber Company operated the line from Buda to Wannee. Operation of both the FC&PR and the ASR&GR was taken over by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in July, 1900, and both were formally adsorbed by the SAL in June, 1903. From its founding until its absorption by the SAL, the ASR&GR had served primarily to feed timber and lumber to the FC&PR.[6][7]

Later history

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The Seaboard Air Line removed the track between Wannee and Bell in the 1930s.[8] Much of the line west of Brooker was abandoned after the Seaboard Air Line merged with its competitor, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, in 1967. The track from Buda to Bell would remain as a spur of the West Coast Subdivision (an ex-ACL line) until the 1980s.[9]

The Seaboard Coast Line became CSX Transportation in the 1980s. In the 1990s, CSX rebuilt a short segment of the Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway to Hainesworth to reconnect with the remains of the former Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad, which had just been severed from its system. This segment is now CSX Transportation's Brooker Subdivision and is still in service. The line's connection with the CSX S Line is still known as Wannee Junction.[10]

Historic stations

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Milepost City/Location Station[11][12] Connections and notes
SN 679.0 Starke Wannee Junction junction with Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Southern Division (SAL)
SN 685.6 Sampson City Sampson City junction with:
Wainright's
SN 689.5 Clayno
Atlantic
SN 693.7 Brooker Brooker
SN 696.0 Darby
SN 699.0 La Crosse La Crosse
Getzens
SN 702.3 Hainesworth junction with Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad (ACL)
Alachua Burnett's Lake junction with Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad (ACL)
SN 706.5 Alachua
Hodges
SN 711.9 Arno
SN 715.2 Buda junction with Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad (ACL)
SN 720.3 Neals Neals
SN 725.5 Williford Williford
Harvard
SN 730.3 Bell Bell
N 733.2 Curtis Curtis
N 735.7 Wannee Wannee

Notes

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  1. ^ Pettengill has "Simpson City" throughout, which appears to be a misprint for "Sampson City". Prince lists Sampson City as the first station on the line west of Starke.[2] Sampson City was the northern terminal point for the Gainesville and Gulf Railroad,[3] and was also served by the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Pettengill 1952, p. 57.
  2. ^ a b Prince 1969, p. 79.
  3. ^ Turner 2008, p. 178.
  4. ^ Watkins 1975, p. 456.
  5. ^ Mulligan 2008, p. 63.
  6. ^ Pettengill 1952, pp. 57–58.
  7. ^ Interstate Commerce Commission 1932, p. 559.
  8. ^ Turner 2003, p. 133.
  9. ^ Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Jacksonville Division and Tampa Division Timetable (1977)
  10. ^ CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
  11. ^ Florida Railroads, Passenger Stations and Stops
  12. ^ Seaboard Air Line Railroad North Florida Division Timetable (1949)

Sources

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  • Interstate Commerce Commission (April–May 1932). Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. Interstate Commerce Commission Reports. Vol. 35, Valuation Reports. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. pp. 558–562.
  • Mulligan, M. (2008). Railroad Depots of Central Florida. Images of rail. Arcadia Pub. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7385-5390-0. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  • Pettengill, George W. Jr. (July 1952). "The Story of the Florida Railroads". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 86. Boston, Mass.: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 1–133. JSTOR 43517668.
  • Prince, R.E. (1969). Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History. Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History Series. Indiana University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-253-33695-8. Retrieved May 18, 2018. The ATLANTIC, SUWANNEE RIVER & GULF RY began construction in 1893 and passed westward through Sampson City, Burnetts Lake, and Alachua, to be completed 36 miles as far as Buda in 1897. On September 14, 1899 the company ...
  • Turner, Gregg (2003). A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-2421-4.
  • Turner, Gregg M. (2008). A Journey into Florida Railroad History. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-4194-0. OCLC 960180796.
  • Watkins, Caroline (1975). "Some Early Railroads in Alachua County". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 53 (4): 450–459. ISSN 0015-4113. JSTOR 30150300.
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