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455:"Boom time rail branches, Manatee and Sarasota Counties"
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484:Turner, Gregg M. (December 1, 1999).
411:Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway
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604:Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad
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569:Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
486:Railroads of Southwest Florida
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430:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
115:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
16:Historic railroad in Florida
751:Port of Palm Beach District
624:Georgia and Florida Railway
619:Florida West Coast Railroad
76:East and West Coast Railway
20:East and West Coast Railway
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807:Walt Disney World Railroad
777:Gold Coast Railroad Museum
599:Florida East Coast Railway
234:Seaboard Air Line Railroad
209:Seaboard Air Line Railroad
184:Seaboard Air Line Railroad
95:Seaboard Air Line Railroad
59:Seaboard Air Line Railroad
852:Defunct Florida railroads
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614:Florida Northern Railroad
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639:Norfolk Southern Railway
609:Florida Midland Railroad
594:Florida Central Railroad
433:Lakeland–Fort Myers Line
406:C. H. & N. Crossing
119:Lakeland–Fort Myers Line
782:Kirby Family Farm Train
772:Florida Railroad Museum
190:Tampa Southern Railroad
130:Tampa Southern Railroad
812:Wildlife Express Train
512:Once There Was a Verna
291:renamed Verna in 1916
166:Connections and notes
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787:Seminole Gulf Railway
649:Seminole Gulf Railway
634:Port Manatee Railroad
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589:First Coast Railroad
553:Railroads of Florida
237:Sarasota Subdivision
212:Sarasota Subdivision
204:Bradentown Junction
802:TECO Line Streetcar
756:Port of Panama City
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680:Jacksonville Skyway
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736:The Mosaic Company
663:Passenger carriers
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207:located on
182:located on
179:Bradentown
107:Myakka City
88:Peace River
846:Categories
824:See also:
705:Metromover
675:Brightline
574:AN Railway
441:References
354:Pine Level
287:St. Claire
157:Bradenton
155:Miles from
142:Fort Ogden
700:Metrorail
175:Bradenton
138:Southfort
80:Bradenton
55:Successor
695:Tri-Rail
425:Arcadia
391:Belgium
341:Parkton
302:Parmalee
273:Lorraine
221:Manatee
163:Station
134:Sarasota
113:and the
32:Overview
685:SunRail
402:Arcadia
260:Alsace
86:in the
84:Arcadia
670:Amtrak
464:1 June
367:Tryon
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