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Historic Abandoned Railroad Being Restored Part 1
In 1926 Seaboard Air Line Railroad built these train tracks to Miami and eventually Homestead, Florida. At one point, they even connected to the FEC Overseas Railway en route to the Florida Keys and eventually Key West. During the 1970s Sunshine Industrial Park was buzzing with rail activity and it just so happened that at the same time I-95 was being built South toward Miami. This industry spur was a victim of progress because it was located right in the way of where one of the highway columns was supposed to be located. Needless to say the traffic engineers didn't care about the tracks and just placed right smack in the middle of it. They severed it and immediately it became abandoned never to be used again. The railroad crossing here only has cross bucks and I'm pretty sure it never sports crossing gates or signals and much less a cantilever because it was lightly used. Eventually SAL became SCL Seaboard Coast Line then Seaboard System and finally CSX in 1986 which it still is to this day. Nowadays, the main line is used by tri rail Amtrak and CSX. Join me for some history and archaeology as we witness this industry spur being restored in this video!
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