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22-678: (Redirected from Peninsular Railway ) Peninsular Railroad or Peninsular Railway may refer to: Peninsular Railroad (Florida) , a predecessor of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Peninsular Railway (Illinois–Indiana–Michigan) , a predecessor of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Peninsular Railroad (Indiana) , a predecessor of the above Peninsular Railway (California) , an interurban subsidiary of

44-645: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Peninsular Railroad (Florida) The shipping route between the east coast and gulf coast of the United States passes through the Straits of Florida , close to the Florida Reef that lies just off the Florida Keys . Prior to the 20th century many ships were wrecked around the southern end of

66-513: Is still owned by CSX and is now the Callahan Subdivision from Callahan to Baldwin, and the S Line ( Wildwood Subdivision ) from Baldwin to Waldo. Today, State Road 24 runs along much of the former right of way of the route between Waldo and Cedar Key. The Waldo Road Greenway also runs along the former right of way between Gainesville and Waldo. Northern United States The Northern United States , commonly referred to as

88-701: The American North , the Northern States , or simply the North , is a geographical and historical region of the United States. Before the 19th century westward expansion, the "Northern United States" corresponded to the present day New England region. By the 1830s it corresponded to the present day Northeast and Great Lakes region . Before 1865, the North was distinguished from the South on

110-713: The St. Mary's River and Cedar Key in the Territory of Florida . In 1853 the Florida Legislature chartered the Florida Railroad to build a 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ) gauge rail line from Fernandina (near the mouth of the St. Mary's River) to Tampa, Florida , with a branch to Cedar Key. The president and chief stockholder of the Florida Railroad was U.S. Senator David Levy Yulee . Yulee decided to complete

132-476: The Confederacy controlled more than half of Kentucky and the southern portion of Missouri early in the war. The Confederacy largely lost control in both states after 1862; depending on the source, some of these states and territories may be included in either region. Geographically, the term includes the U.S. states and regions of the United States of America that are located across the northernmost part of

154-726: The Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, providing a connection from its tracks at Hart's Road (later Yulee, Florida ) to Jacksonville, Florida . Due to financial difficulties, the Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company was reorganized as the Florida Transit Company in 1881, under the control of Sir Edward James Reed . The company was restructured again as the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad in 1883. The Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad

176-653: The Florida Railroad after the war, but with much of the railroad's equipment, facilities and track destroyed or seized, the company did not do well, and defaulted on its bonds to the Internal Improvement Fund in 1866. The railroad was auctioned off, and bought back by the Dickerson syndicate for twenty percent of the original value of the bonds. In 1872 the Florida Railroad was reorganized as the Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company , still under

198-697: The Florida peninsula. A railroad across the northern end of the Florida peninsula would allow cargoes from ships in the Gulf of Mexico to be transferred to ships in the Atlantic Ocean , and vice versa, without the risk of passage through the Straits of Florida, while cutting 800 miles off the trip. In 1842 the United States Congress commissioned a survey of a route for a railroad between

220-602: The North in the context of the Civil War as five slave-holding states largely remained with the Union: the southern border states of Missouri , Kentucky , West Virginia , Maryland , and Delaware , along with the disputed Indian Territory , though Missouri and Kentucky had dual competing Confederate and Unionist governments with the Confederate government of Kentucky and the Confederate government of Missouri and

242-667: The Seaboard Air Line, the Florida Railroad between Baldwin and Waldo would become part of the company's main line . By 1925, track from Baldwin to Callahan was the Seaboard's Gross Subdivision , and the remaining track to Fernandina Beach was the Fernandina Subdivision . By 1932, Seaboard abandoned track from Archer to Cedar Key. Remaining track from Waldo to Archer was then part of the Seaboard's Brooksville Subdivision (which continued from Archer down

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264-768: The Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System , creating the CSX Corporation . The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately until 1986, when they were merged into CSX Transportation . Segments of the former Florida Railroad are still in service. Since 2005, track from Fernandina Beach to Yulee is now operated by the First Coast Railroad . Track from Callahan to Waldo

286-644: The Southern Pacific Company See also [ edit ] Peninsula Railroad (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Peninsular Railroad . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peninsular_Railroad&oldid=736157097 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

308-581: The control of the Dickerson syndicate. The newly reorganized company began construction of the long-promised line to Tampa through subsidiary companies: the Peninsular Railroad operated the line from the connection with the Florida Railroad at Waldo to Ocala and Silver Springs , while the Tropical Florida Railroad ran from Ocala to Wildwood . In the meantime, the Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company had leased

330-1080: The country. It includes states along the Canada–United States border . The United States Census Bureau divides some of the northernmost United States into the Midwest Region and the Northeast Region . The U.S. Census Bureau also includes the northernmost states of the Northwest , that are within the West Region . Among the larger cities by population in the Northern United States are: New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia , Boston , Pittsburgh , Columbus , Indianapolis , Cleveland , Cincinnati , Omaha , St. Louis , Minneapolis , Kansas City , St. Paul , Wichita , Buffalo , Milwaukee , Detroit, and Des Moines . The Northern United States also comprises most of

352-612: The former Early Bird Branch to the former Tampa Northern Railroad ). The Brooksville Subdivision would be an alternate freight route from northern Florida to Tampa. The line was abandoned between Callahan and Yulee in 1954. In 1967, the Seaboard Air Line merged with their long-time rival, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). After the merger was complete, the company was named the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL). In 1980,

374-404: The issue of slavery . In Southern states, slavery was legal until the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865. Northern states had all passed some form of legislation to abolish slavery by 1804. However, abolition did not mean freedom for some existing slaves. Due to gradual abolition laws, slaves would still appear in some Northern states as far as the 1840 United States Census . New Jersey

396-458: The line to Cedar Key first, leaving the connection to Tampa for later. Construction started in Fernandina in 1855. By 1858 the rail line was open between Fernandina and Starke , but the Panic of 1857 had left the railroad on the edge of bankruptcy. Yulee had to surrender a majority interest in the railroad to a northern investment syndicate headed by Edward Dickerson to save the company. The line

418-679: The railroad's rolling stock and buildings. In March 1862 a Union squadron seized Fernandina. Shells fired by the USS Ottawa damaged the last train leaving Fernandina, killing or injuring several passengers, and almost killing Senator Yulee. In 1864, the Confederate States Army pulled up rails from the Florida Railroad to use on a new rail line from Live Oak, Florida to Lawton, Georgia (now known as DuPont ). Union forces had also destroyed 30 miles of track leading from Cedar Key. The Dickerson syndicate resumed operation of

440-533: Was completed to Gainesville in 1859 and Cedar Key in 1861. Other towns served by the railroad included Callahan , Baldwin , Waldo and Archer . At 156 miles in length, it was the longest railroad to be completed in Florida before the start of the American Civil War . The Florida Railroad was adversely affected by the Civil War. The USS Hatteras raided Cedar Key in January 1862, destroying

462-587: Was merged with the Florida Central and Western Railroad , Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, and Leesburg and Indian River Railroad in 1884–85 to form the Florida Railway and Navigation Company . In 1900, a year after purchasing the majority of FC&P stock, the newly organized Seaboard Air Line Railway leased the FC&;P and, in 1903, acquired it outright. Once under the ownership of

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484-791: Was the last Northern state to end slavery when the 13th Amendment was ratified in 1865. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Northern states comprised the U.S. states that supported the United States of America, referred to as the Union . In this context, "the North" is synonymous with the Union, while "the South" refers to the states that seceded from the U.S. to form the Confederate States of America . There is, however, some historical disagreement as to exactly which states comprised

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