area, including the Florida Central Railroad]]
The is one of several
Short Line railroads run by the
Pinsly Railroad Company . Its only
Interchange point is with
CSX in downtown
Orlando, Florida ; it has trackage rights from there south to
Taft Yard. The railroad is based out of the
Plymouth freight station.
On
November 21 ,
1986 , the newly-formed leased the following lines from
CSX Transportation (in three separate lease agreements):
- milepost AT-799.43 in Winter Garden to valuation station 1501+24 in the lead to "Diamond R Fertilizer" (east of the Hennis Road crossing on the line north of Plant Street)
On
September 28 ,
1990 , the Florida Central Railroad leased the following line from
CSX :
- milepost ST-814.65 in Orlando to milepost ST-806.30 in Toronto
On October 1 , 1998 , an agreement was signed between the railroad and other affected parties to abandon the line between Ocoee and Winter Garden west of Boyd Street, and the line to Diamond R Fertilizer west of 9th St, and build a new connector east of Winter Garden . This would eliminate grade crossings in downtown Winter Garden ; trains had to go to the west end of downtown and then reverse direction along the other track to reach Diamond R Fertilizer. As the West Orange Trail was built before this, there is a fence separating it from the former railroad east of downtown Winter Garden.
On
November 24 ,
2003 , the Florida Central Railroad was granted an easement for a new connector track in the northwest corner at
Toronto . Once this was built, the track crossing the mainline was removed, in preparation for abandoning the
Forest City Branch (which is still connected via the original connector track in the southeast corner).
