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	Florida East Coast Industries : Florida East Coast Railway
		Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) brings over 100 years of regional understanding and expertise to meet the freight transportation needs of Florida’s densely populated and commercially critical east coast.
		FECR is a Class II freight railroad that extends along a 351-mile corridor between Jacksonville and Miami, with exclusive rail access to the Port of Palm Beach, Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale) and the Port of Miami.
		The Railway moves approximately 200,000 carloads of commodities such as crushed stone (aggregate), automobiles, food stuffs and construction material annually.
	www.feci.com /transportation (293 words)

	Florida East Coast Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Florida East Coast Railway (AAR reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the US state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad.
		The Florida Overseas Railroad, also known as the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, was heavily damaged and partially destroyed in the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935.
		The Florida East Coast Railway was financially unable to rebuild the destroyed sections, so the roadbed and remaining bridges were sold to the State of Florida, which built the Overseas Highway to Key West, using much of the remaining railway infrastructure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway (2751 words)

	Overseas Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Florida East Coast Railway train traveling on an Overseas Railroad (Key West Extension) railroad bridge.
		Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad) was the extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city of almost 20,000 inhabitants located 128 miles beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
		Returning to Florida in 1881, he became the builder and developer of resort hotels and railroads along the east coast of Florida.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Overseas_Railway (619 words)

	Florida Keys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Florida Keys are an archipelago or cluster of about 1700 islands in the extreme southeast of the United States.
		The islands lie in the Florida Straits, dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the west, and creating Florida Bay.
		After the destruction of the railway by the hurricane, it and the other bridges were rebuilt by the United States Federal Government as an automobile highway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florida_Keys (1868 words)

	Key West, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As Florida became a Spanish colony, a fishing and salvage village with a small garrison was established here.
		After Florida was transferred to the United States, Salas sold the island to U.S. businessman John Simonton for $2,000 in 1821.
		Key West was the last of the series of Keys connected to the Florida mainland by a series of railroad bridges completed in 1912, as the Overseas Railway extension of Henry M. Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway (FEC).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Key_West,_Florida (2360 words)

	Florida East Coast Industries Provides Update on Impact From Hurricane Jeanne
		Florida East Coast Railway ("FECR") resumed rail service today along its 351-mile track located along the east coast of Florida after all sections of track and all rail crossings were cleared and passed inspection.
		Railway revenue and volumes for the first eight months were strong and once the short-term impact to the Railway operations is resolved, we expect this momentum to resume and continue over the balance of the year.
		FECR is a regional freight railroad that operates 351 miles of main line track from Jacksonville to Miami and provides intermodal drayage services at terminals located in Atlanta, Jacksonville and Miami.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-30-2004/0002262537&EDATE= (640 words)

	Flager Museum - Florida East Coast Railway (FEC)
		Flagler obtained a charter from the state of Florida authorizing him to build a railroad along the Indian River to Miami and as the railroad progressed southward, cities such as New Smyrna and Titusville began to develop along the tracks.
		Never one to rest on his laurels, Flagler next sought perhaps his greatest challenge: the extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city of almost 20,000 inhabitants located 128 miles beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
		Linking the entire east coast of Florida, a state that at the time was largely an uninhabited frontier, demanded a great deal of foresight and perseverance.
	flaglermuseum.us /html/fec.html (923 words)

	Florida East Coast Railway posts quarterly revenue, profit increases
		On Oct. 22, Florida East Coast Industries Inc. (FECI) reported third-quarter revenue of $87.1 million and consolidated net income of $1 million compared with $58.2 million and a net loss of $147.4 million, respectively, in third-quarter 2002.
		Florida East Coast Railway's (FECR) quarterly revenue increased 11.9 percent to $44.7 million compared with the same 2002 period.
		FECR's operating profit increased to $10.8 million compared with $9.7 million in third-quarter 2002, but the 351-mile regional's quarterly operating ratio of 75.9 worsened 0.3 points because lower-margin drayage operations have been managed by the railroad since FECI discontinued its trucking division in late 2002.
	www.progressiverailroading.com /freightnews/article.asp?id=3687 (237 words)

	FECRS Florida East Coast Railway Society
		FECRS members may join our online group at FECRS_Group.
		We consist of a group of volunteers and hobbyists who share an interest in the Florida East Coast Railway, from its beginnings prior to 1895 through current operations and into the future.
		As the F.E.C. is an operating railroad, rather than a fallen flag, we attract mainly railfans interested in current operations, and those interested in modeling the line at various times in its history.
	www.fecrs.com (455 words)

	KEY TO FLORIDA BAY LOCKED IN ANCIENT CORAL (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But a new University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led study of coral skeletons from Florida Bay suggests that the present poor conditions of bay water were set in motion nearly 100 years ago by the construction of the Florida East Coast Railway, which connected Miami to Key West.
		"There is no doubt that the flows of freshwater into Florida Bay have declined, but the geological record from this coral head shows no clear evidence that during the last 80 years this decline has substantially affected the salinity of the portion of the bay where this coral is located," says principal investigator Dr.
		During construction of the railway, natural gaps between the keys in several locations were filled in to form causeways linking the islands.
	www.rsmas.miami.edu /info/press-releases/ancient-coral.html (862 words)

	In 1912, a proud Henry Flagler rode the first train into Key West, marking the completion of the Florida East Coast ...
		The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway served the north eastern portion of the state and was the first railroad in what would eventually become the Florida East Coast Railway Company.
		In September 1895, Flagler's system was incorporated as the Florida East Coast Railway Company and by 1896, it reached Biscayne Bay, the largest and most accessible harbor on Florida's east coast.
		Despite the hardships, the final link of the Florida East Cost Railway was completed in 1912, the year before Flagler's death.
	overseasrailroad.railfan.net /dream.htm (1083 words)

	Railway Age: FAST FREIGHT for the Sunshine State - Florida East Coast Railway - Company Profile (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Twenty years ago, Railway Age described the Florida East Coast Railway as "a feisty little railroad" that had dared to be different, defying the unions to enact sweeping work rules reforms and improve productivity (RA, Nov. 26, 1979, p.
		FECR plans to extend its intermodal reach beyond Jacksonville this year, using ITI to capture markets from which NS withdrew.
		FECR has a unique role as the only connecting carrier to the NASA Railroad, which serves the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_6_200/ai_55074237 (1193 words)

	History of the Florida East Coast Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In1912, a proud Henry Flagler rode the first train into Key West, marking the completion of the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway's overseas railroad connection to Key West and the linkage by railway of the entire east coast of Florida.
		Flagler realized that the key to developing Florida was a solid transportation system and consequently purchased the Jacksonville, St.
		Never one to rest on his laurels, Flagler next sought perhaps his greatest challenge: the extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city of almost 20,000 inhabitants located128 miles beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
	www.flaglermuseum.us /fec.html (893 words)

	Business Wire: Florida East Coast Railway Will Commission "Lif... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Data compiled by the Florida Department of Transportation shows Miami-Dade County has the third-highest number of grade crossing collisions and trespassing incidents in the state and that Florida ranks fifth in the nation in railway trespass fatalities.
		Florida Operation Lifesaver is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating collisions, deaths and injuries at highway-rail intersections and on railroad rights-of-way.
		Florida East Coast Railway is a unit of Florida East Coast Industries, Inc., a publicly held company based in St. Augustine, Florida.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:53332140&refid=ink_tptd_np (714 words)

	History - Florida Keys
		When the first Spanish explorers approached the Florida shores in the 16th century as they searched for rumored gold and eternal youth, a number of native indian tribes had long resided throughout the peninsula and on its surrounding islands.
		In 1763, the Spanish ceded Florida to the British in a trade for the port of Havana.
		Though most of the Florida Keys remained remote and inaccessible until well into the 20th century, their history glitters with romantic tales of pirates, fortunes gleaned from unfortunate shipwrecks, brief heydays for several island cities, struggling pioneer farmers and occasional military occupation.
	florida-keys.fl.us /history.htm (487 words)

	Florida East Coast Rwy - A Personal Perspective
		Southeast Florida was my home between 1969 and 1990 and I have always been fascinated with the railroads there.
		In the history of Florida's east coast, the FEC is singular in importance to the settling and development of this region the last hundred years.
		Antique rolling stock surviving as maintainence-of-way equipment, rusted rails or old R.O.W. paths cutting trails through the dense Florida outback, and preserved physical structures all testify to a long-passed era and the golden days of the FEC Railway and Florida's history in general.
	www.geocities.com /myfecrailway (542 words)

	The Birth of Miami
		Tuttle’s husband, Frederick, died in 1886, and she decided to move to South Florida due to what was described as the “delicate health” of her children.
		Florida’s famous citrus crop was lost, as well as the winter vegetable crop in the ground throughout the state.
		Homesteaders who had looked upon Florida as the promised land and had invested years in their farms were wiped out in two days.
	www.historical-museum.org /history/found1.htm (2271 words)

	Henry Flagler - Top 50 Most Important Floridians of the 20th Century (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The second: a man who paved the way for tourism as he built the east coast of Florida with a renewed sense of compassion.
		Born in 1830 in Hopewell, N.Y., the man with the bushy mustache and hair parted down the middle was one of the state's most glamorous developers -- and the namesake of the state's 53rd county.
		Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad stretched from St. Augustine to Key West, complementing his string of luxury lodgings that included the Breakers in Palm Beach County.
	www.theledger.com /static/top50/pages/flagler.html (433 words)

	Rail life, post-Frances: Florida East Coast resumes operations
		FECR had suspended service late in the day on Sept. 2 in anticipation of Hurricane Frances’ arrival.
		Lingering power outages have left many grade crossings inoperable; as a result, FECR officials have reduced train speeds and train starts until power can be fully restored.
		"Railway revenue and volumes for the first eight months were strong and once the short-term impact to the railway operations is resolved, we expect this momentum to resume and continue over the balance of the year," he said.
	www.progressiverailroading.com /freightnews/article.asp?id=5380 (268 words)

	Henry Flagler Page One
		Florida was chosen for the winter of 1878 and the Flagler's set out for Jacksonville, Florida.
		Flagler convinced the Florida Legislature to change its law in 1901 and he married his third wife, Mary Lily Kenan, whom he had known for about eight years.
		He had practically built the east coast of Florida, had everything in life that any reasonable man could want, yet something pushed him on to new horizons.
	www.keyshistory.org /flagler.html (2834 words)

	Florida East Coast Railway Receives Wal-Mart's Innovative Carrier of the Year Award - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Florida East Coast Railway operates a Class II freight railroad along a 351-mile corridor between Jacksonville and Miami.
		It serves the densely populated east coast of Florida and is the only rail-service provider to the Port of Palm Beach, Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale) and the Port of Miami.
		FECR is a regional freight railroad that operates 351 miles of mainline track from Jacksonville to Miami and provides intermodal drayage services at terminals located in Atlanta, Jacksonville and Miami.
	www.forbes.com /prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2005/11/09/prnewswire200511091240PR_NEWS_B_SET_FL_FLW020.html (966 words)

	Florida East Coast Industries Provides Update on Impact From Hurricane Frances
		Power outages have left many grade crossings along the railway inoperable and, as a result, train speeds and the number of train starts has been reduced until power can be fully restored.
		The Railway and local authorities continue to work together to restore electricity to many of the Railway's grade crossings.
		Their untiring dedication and commitment has allowed the Railway to be back in service in less than 48 hours after Frances moved across the state of Florida," said John D.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-08-2004/0002246789&EDATE= (618 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Florida East Coast Railway Bridge, across the Okeechobee ...
		SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Florida East Coast Railway drawbridge across the Okeechobee Waterway at Stuart, has a vertical clearance of 7 feet above mean high water (MHW) measured at the fenders in the closed position and during construction will have a horizontal clearance of 50 feet.
		On September 8, 2000, Florida East Coast Railway, the drawbridge owner, requested a deviation from the current operating regulation in 33 CFR 117.5 which requires drawbridge to open promptly and fully when a request to open is given.
		Under this deviation, the Florida East Coast Railway Bridge need not open the bridge for short periods of time, approximately 30 to 45 minutes in duration.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2000/October/Day-04/i25485.htm (392 words)

	FEC Strauss Bascule Bridge
		In 1922, the Florida East Coast Railway contracted with the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company of Chicago for the construction of a twin-track bridge to replace the single-track swing-span bridge connecting Jacksonville with South Jacksonville.
		The southern approaches lay between the Prudential Insurance complex to the west and the children's museum to the east.
		A single refuge (illustrated here) is provided on the east (downstream) side of span 20, halfway between the end of the walkway and the southern abutment.
	users.ipa.net /~ewall/fecbr.htm (2405 words)

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