Florida Central Lines Illustration by Otto M. Vondrak. Not all stations shown. Not an official map. ©2013 Carstens Publications, Inc. Altoona Umatilla
Lake Yale
Fort Mason
Lake Eustis
Tavares
Lake Harris
TE&G Ellsworth Lake Jem
FCEN (ACL)
Lake Dora
Ellsworth Jct. Gainesboro Zellwood Palm Mcdonald Plymouth Apopka Ferndale Lake Apopca Clarcona Villa Nova Ocoee Winter Garden 0 5 MILES 10 15 to Kissimmee Toronto
Winter Park
Modello Park Fairville
Springs Longwood Visiting the Cannonball First, be aware that the locomotive
may not always lead and it may not op- erate boiler first. A little bit of luck might be needed when you plan your visit. The train departs from Tavares and heads southwest before turning southeast as it rounds the west end of
Eustis Mount Dora Sorrento
Sylvan Lake
ACL- Atlantic Coast Line AMTK- Amtrak CSXT- CSX Transportation FCEN- Florida Central SAL- Seaboard Air Line SCL- Seaboard Coast Line
Tavares ORLANDO
to Jacksonville
Lake Monroe SANFORD
movie was in 1964 when the Cotton Belt caboose appeared in This Property Is Condemned starring Natalie Wood and Robert Redford. In the ensuing years, other films were made in Arkansas with the train, including Boxcar Bertha with Barbara Hershey (1972), CBS’s The Blue and the Gray (1981), ABC’s North And South (1985, with a sequel in 1986), and feature film O Brother, Where Art Thou? with George Clooney (1999). Mogul No. 2 didn’t hit the big time, however, until 2007’s 3:10
to Yuma with Russell
Crowe and Christian Bale. Most re- cently the train was featured in the re- make of True Grit (2010) with Matt Da- mon, Jeff Bridges and Josh Brolin.
ORLANDO
BELOW: The bridge over the Dora Canal was modernized in early 2013 with this structure replacing a wooden trestle. An amazing amount of boat traffic uses the canal.
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