Downtown Orlando, Fl

[Paulman]

Gary: Yep, that's the main. It doesn't carry much anymore since the Golden Gem OJ factory in Umatilla went south along with the groves. The most notable customer on the Tavares-Eustis branch aside from Tool World is the tourist excursion line that changes its name every year or so. At present it runs a GP10 (8330) and an EMD NW2 switcher in MILW livery. It pulls an interesting collection of vintage passenger cars, including a dome car built in 1948 for the California Zephyr.


Galen, this one's for you. FCEN's HQ and service yard are to the right of the photo, where the big OJ factory used to be. Would love to hear your recollections as well. I grew up in Lake County in the 1970s when the rail activities in the Golden Triangle were more active, but I was away from Florida for 25 years. I wish I had been taking photos back then!


I'll start another thread after this to cover general Central Florida and let this one get back to covering the industrial parks...