191:. 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.
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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
183:(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
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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
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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. Sampson City was the northern terminal point for the
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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
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Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States
151:, and in 1892 transferred the right-of-way to the Ambler Lumber Co.
822:. Boston, Mass.: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 1–133.
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703:Interstate Commerce Commission 1932
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211:(an ex-ACL line) until the 1980s.
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915:The Florida Historical Quarterly
890:. University Press of Florida.
301:Gainesville and Gulf Railroad (
214:The Seaboard Coast Line became
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355:Brooker
244:Station
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165:LaCrosse
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40:Overview
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803:May 18,
767:Sources
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502:Neals
482:Buda
470:Arno
923:ISSN
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