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on the same routes used by the former TE&G. In April 2019, the
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company operating excursion trains on historic track owned by the
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Tavares in Lake County, was originally constructed by the
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A scene from the Trains of the Wild West special excursion.
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172:Sanford & Lake Eustis Railway Company
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551:"Surviving Steam Locomotives in Florida"
508:"Florida's Little Railroads That Could"
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162:, was originally constructed by the
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847:Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad
648:Fallstrom, Jerry (April 18, 2019).
343:, with excursion trains running to
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762:Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
594:Storey, Ken (March 30, 2017).
186:The Orange Blossom Cannonball.
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1087:Heritage railroads in Florida
837:South Central Florida Express
321:Royal Palm Railway Experience
944:Port of Palm Beach District
817:Georgia and Florida Railway
812:Florida West Coast Railroad
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392:Walt Disney World Railroad
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975:Kirby Family Farm Train
965:Florida Railroad Museum
362:Florida Railroad Museum
333:Georgia Coastal Railway
311:In September 2017, the
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277:No. 2 steam locomotive
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767:AN Railway
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