The Florida Central Railroad, headquartered in

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, constructed a line between that city and Fanlew, Florida in 1907 and 1908. The first ran from Thomasville to the lumber mill in

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, then on to Roddenberry. The Florida Central ran parallel to part of an

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line, crossing the ACL near the Florida/Georgia border and then running south to Stringers in extreme northeastern Leon County. From there the FC ran to

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and Wadesboro in Leon County, then to Capitola in Leon County (where it crossed the Seaboard Air Line Railroad),

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in Jefferson County, terminating at Fanlew.Georgia Railroads History & Heritage
/ref> In 1914, the Atlantic Coast Line purchased the Florida Central Railroad.

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