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29 Years of Southeastern Railroad History and Photographs since 1996

Mutual Crate Co. of Avon Park
by Don Hensley
mutual crate
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Table of Contents

Locomotives
Locomotive Photos and History from my collection

The Short Lines
The Jitneys of the Georgia Northern 

Aberdeen & Rockfish RR 125th Anniversary

Railroads of Ocala 
Silver Springs & Western
Rentz Lbr. Co. & its Ocala Northern
Ocklawaha Valley & Rodman Lumber Co.
Martel Lumber Co. &  Ocala & Southwestern

2 Part Series on the Trans Florida Central
 1 The Fellsmere Railroad
 2 The Trans Florida Central 

2 Part Series on the Charlotte Harbor & Northern
1 The Peace River Phosphate Co.
2 CH&N History

Four Part Series on the Florida Railway: 
1- The Drew Lbr. Co.
2  - Live Oak & Gulf  
 3 - Suwanee & San Pedro 
 4  The Florida Railway

Gainesville & Gulf  by Russell Tedder

Gulf Florida & Alabama Ry.

Georgia Florida & Alabama RR

An Inspection Trip on the Gulf Ports Terminal

Live Oak Perry & Gulf 

The South Georgia Ry.

Smoky Mountain RR

Greene County RR

Fernwood Columbia & Gulf by David Price

Wrightsville & Tennille


The Narrow Gauge

Pennsboro & Harrisville RR - Lorama RR

Florida Southern Railway

Green Cove Springs & Melrose

South Florida Railroad

Jupiter & Lake Worth Ry

Orange Belt Ry.

West Virginia Midland


The Industrial Railways
Mutual Crate Co. of Avon Park

  Upchurch Lumber Co.

Cabbage Stacks at Slater, The Dowling & Camp Inc,

The Argent Lumber Co. in 1938

Whitcomb Locomotives

Cuban Narrow Gauge

Brookville Locomotives!!!

The Southeast Scene

W.E.Boone - Jacksonville's Locomotive Contractor

  The Traveling Photo Artist - M.F. Timmerman


The Mystery Photos

Mystery No. 1 Solved!
Mystery No. 2  
  Mystery No. 3 -Solved!
Mystery No. 4
Mystery No. 5 - Solved! 
Mystery No. 6-Solved!


Taplines Railroad Photography
Railroad Locomotive Portrait Photographs - 5x8 - 8x10 - 8x12 - 11x14 - 13x19
Official Guides & Registers Scanned to PDF on Data DVDs
Poors Manuals Scanned to PDF on Data DVDs
Steam & Diesel Locomotive Builders lists Scanned to PDF on Data DVDs
 INDIVIDUAL RAILROAD RESEARCH Scanned to PDF on Data CDs or DVDs

Each individual Railroad Research CDs or DVD contain all the Official Guides, Equipment Registers, Poors Manuals, ICC Valuations, Rosters, Timetables (employee & public), maps, diagrams and other research materials that I have collected and digitized over the years. The guides run from 1854 to 1969, the Equipment Registers from 1888 to 1975 and the Poors Manuals from 1866 to 1917.
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Southeast RR History
Steam & Diesel Locomotive Rosters
Southeast Forest Industry Modeling 
Florida Citrus Industry Modeling
Florida Railroads
Georgia Rails
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