I am looking for a photo of the tower that once stood in Auburndale before the present overpass was built. I am also looking for carloadings out of the McDonald Citrus Plant and the Adams Citrus Plant (1940-1950's). Did Auburndale ever have passenger service? Thanks

-- Rickard H kearns (rhrnryk3@att.net), August 22, 2000

Answers

Both the ACL and SAL had passenger trains stopping at Auburndale, Fla., up to their merger as SCL. The first to be dropped by SCL was #27-28 on the ex-SAL side in early 1968. On the ex-ACL side, the last SCL passenger train to stop in Auburndale was the Jacksonville-St.Petersburg leg of #75-76, the "Gulf Coast Special" in mid to late 1969.

-- Tom Underwood (tlunder@attglobal.net), August 23, 2000.