Florida Midland Railroad (other)
Florida Midland Railroad or Florida Midland Railway may refer to: *Florida Midland Railway (defunct) - a former railroad bypassing Orlando to the west *Florida Midland Railroad (current) The Florida Midland Railroad Company, Inc. is one of several short line railroads operated by Regional Rail, LLC in Florida (along with the Florida Central Railroad and the Florida Northern Railroad). The Florida Midland Railroad operates tw ...

Florida Midland Railway (defunct)
The Florida Midland Railway Company was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of Florida, and surveyed a line from Lake Jessup, in Orange County, to Leesburg, in Lake County. History The company was reincorporated on February 10, 1885; only had been graded. The new owners were E. W. Henck, S. M. Breuster, Carl Cushing, A. Menser and C. E. Munson of Florida, and Edward Page, Charles W. Morris and Cyrus Carpenter of Boston, Massachusetts. The line was extended Land grants were promised, as long as part of the railroad was completed within a year. Florida state law chapter 3795, approved June 2, 1887, expanded the area from which land grants could be chosen, and extended the deadline to June 1, 1888. The line actually built was rather different, running from Clifton on Lake Jesup west to Apopka, but then turning south to Kissimmee. The railroad's track was while it was independent, but when it was taken over by the Plant System in the late 1890s, all track n ...
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