Florida Northern Railroad

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Florida Northern Railroad Overview

The Florida Northern Railroad is one of several short line railroads run by Regional Rail in Florida (along with the Florida Central Railroad and the Florida Midland Railroad).

Florida Northern Railroad operates 104 miles of track on two separate branch lines. The Ocala Branch runs from Lowell, through Ocala, to Candler. The Newberry Division runs from Newberry to Crystal River. The Newberry Division in recent years has really only been used for CSX coal trains heading to the Crystal River Energy Complex.

FNOR interchanges with CSX at Ocala and Newberry.

Florida Northern Railroad Locomotives

Number Model Year Built History Notes
FCEN 48 CF7 1949 Ex-AKMD 493/IANR 2493/ATSF 2493/ATSF 300L. Assigned to Ocala.
FCEN 59 GP18 1961 Ex-FWCR 1353/LSBC 1353/CRIP 1353. Assigned to Newberry.
FCEN 1802 GP11 1957 Ex-LIRC 1802/IC 8721/ICG 8721/IC 9341.. Assigned to Ocala.
KFRX 2007 SW8 1951 Ex-USAX 2007. Assigned to Newberry.
FCEN 4603 GP10 1957 Ex-KFRX 4603/USAX 4603/ICG 8088/IC 9216. Assigned to Ocala.

Florida Northern Railroad Ocala Division Customers

Customer Location Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Trademark Metals Recycling Ocala Scrapyard Gondolas Inactive?
Anderson Columbia Ocala Construction Materials Open Hoppers
Ocala Transload Ocala Transload Facility Tank Cars
Intec Warehouse Ocala Transload Facility & Warehouse Boxcars Inactive?
Ocala Breeders Feed & Supply Ocala Animal Feed Mill Covered Hoppers
Tibbetts Lumber Silver Springs Shores Lumber Yard Centerbeam Flatcars
Southern Aggregates Silver Springs Shores Aggregate Supplier Open Hoppers
Safety-Kleen Candler Liquid Waste Disposal Tank Cars

Florida Northern Railroad Newberry Division Customers

Customer Location Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Newberry Transload Newberry Transload Facility Tank Cars
Crystal River Energy Complex Crystal River Coal-Fired Power Plant Coal Hoppers Uses CSX run-through power.


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