Deerhaven Subdivision

The Deerhaven Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Florida. The line runs from Burnett's Lake to Gainesville for a total of 12.8 miles. At its north end it continues south from the Brooker Subdivision and at its south end the track comes to an end.[1][2]

Deerhaven Subdivision
fmr. Live Oak, Tampa, and Charlotte Harbor RR (ACL) to High Springs fmr. Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Ry. (SAL) ← to Wannee · to LaCrosse → CSX Brooker Subdivision ARB 725.8 Burnett's Lake ARB 729.7 Hague ARB 738.6 Gainesville fmr. FC&P Southern Division (SAL) ← to Cedar Key· to Waldo → fmr. Florida Southern Railway (ACL) to Ocala

History

Scale map of Deerhaven Subdivision with historic rail lines.

The Deerhaven Subdivision was originally built as part the Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad in the early 1880s by Henry B. Plant. It was the final segment of Plant's first rail line into Florida, which originated in Du Pont, Georgia. The line connected to the Florida Southern Railway in Gainesville. Plant's system of railroads would eventually become part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1899. The Atlantic Coast Line would become part of CSX by 1986.[3]

See also

• List of CSX Transportation lines

References

1. CSX Deerhaven Sub
2. CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
3. "When Trains First Came to Central Florida". Tampa Bay Trains. Retrieved 7 August 2017.