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http://www.tri-rail.com/



Tri-Rail is one of the fastest growing systems in the country. It's biggest holdup, like many projects, is trying to utilize over-capacity freight mainlines (that of CSXT and FEC) in the area. The company that owns my operation also owns the Florida East Coast (FEC), which is a shame, because they used to be a real class organization.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Flagler

By 1905, Flagler decided that his Florida East Coast Railway should be extended from Biscayne Bay to Key West, a point 128 miles (206 km) past the end of the Florida peninsula. At the time, Key West was Florida's most populous city and it was also the United States' closest deep water port to the canal that the U.S. government proposed to build in Panama. Flagler wanted to take advantage of additional trade with Cuba and Latin America as well as the increased trade with the west that the Panama Canal would bring. In 1912, the Florida Overseas Railroad was completed to Key West. Over thirty years, Flagler had invested roughly fifty million dollars between railroad, home, and hotel construction, not to mention the aid he gave suffering farmers after the 1894 freeze. When asked about his philanthropic efforts by the President of Rollins College in Winter Park, Flagler is reported to have replied, "I believe this state is the easiest place for many men to gain a living. I do not believe any one else would develop it if I do not ... but I do hope to live long enough to prove I am a good business man by getting a dividend on my investment."[5]

I get tired of one lane shitty US Rt 1 to the Keys.....that would have been nice to use.....if it was still available.