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Community => History => Topic started by: stjr on March 26, 2009, 09:51:15 PM

Title: Rare Historic FEC, Railroad, Florida, Jax, Miami Pix, Maps, etc. in FEC Book
Post by: stjr on March 26, 2009, 09:51:15 PM
For Florida East Coast RR, general railroad, Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, St. Augustine, Key West, and trolley history lovers, this is a must look at book with tons of rare and incredible historic pictures:

http://books.google.com/books?id=dQ1-zOG_DqwC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=railway+express+agency+jacksonville&source=bl&ots=CyFAxkog8K&sig=CVCkcRB4AaX6VdUJcI6u9MgiMK8&hl=en&ei=lyzMSZCfB8THtgeanOjlCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPP3,M1

QuoteFlorida East Coast Railway has been the speedway to America's playground for more than 110 years. FEC offered some of America's finest rail passenger service until 1968 and remains the freight lifeline of Florida's east coast. The railroad arrived on the shores of Biscayne Bay on April 15, 1896, and it reached Key West in January 1912. That feat etched both Henry Flagler's and the railroad's names in Florida and U.S. railroad history. FEC's operation is so precise and punctual, its roadbed and motive power so well maintained, that it is the benchmark for every other railroad in the country.

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Florida East Coast Railway
By Seth H. Bramson
Edition: illustrated
Published by Arcadia Publishing, 2006
ISBN 0738543411, 9780738543413
128 pages
Title: Re: Rare Historic FEC, Railroad, Florida, Jax, Miami Pix, Maps, etc. in FEC Book
Post by: billy on March 26, 2009, 09:59:12 PM
cool
Title: Re: Rare Historic FEC, Railroad, Florida, Jax, Miami Pix, Maps, etc. in FEC Book
Post by: stjr on March 26, 2009, 10:03:30 PM
For those wanting more, there are FEC RR fan sites including one with this list of more books, publications, and videos:

http://www.fecrs.com/reading.html

Apparently, Seth Bramson is their official historian.  The previous post was his second book.
Title: Re: Rare Historic FEC, Railroad, Florida, Jax, Miami Pix, Maps, etc. in FEC Book
Post by: stjr on March 26, 2009, 10:15:04 PM
(http://pro.corbis.com/images/U300894INP.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B92c4b717-eae0-42f5-9f0a-1a7c18d07125%7D)

Building the current FEC St. Johns River Bridge in downtown Jax in 1925.

From: http://pro.corbis.com/search/Enlargement.aspx?CID=isg&mediauid={92C4B717-EAE0-42F5-9F0A-1A7C18D07125}
Title: Re: Rare Historic FEC, Railroad, Florida, Jax, Miami Pix, Maps, etc. in FEC Book
Post by: BridgeTroll on March 27, 2009, 06:45:22 AM
Awesome pic! :o
Title: Re: Rare Historic FEC, Railroad, Florida, Jax, Miami Pix, Maps, etc. in FEC Book
Post by: mtraininjax on March 28, 2009, 02:03:14 AM
QuoteBuilding the current FEC St. Johns River Bridge in downtown Jax in 1925.

That is NOT the current bridge. That is the swing bridge that was replaced by the current double stack bridge that is NOT a swing, but draw bridge. Sorry don't have a picture, but I am sure that the other track would appreciate being there, otherwise the engineers would drown.
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