Green Cove Springs and Melrose Railroad

Green Cove Springs and Melrose Railroad
Overview
Other name(s)South-Western Railroad
Western Railway of Florida
StatusDefunct
LocaleClay County, Florida & Putnam County, Florida
Termini
Service
TypeCommon carrier / forest railway
History
Commenced1881
Opened1883
Completed1890
Closed1899
Technical
Line length33.5 mi (53.9 km)
Track gauge3 ft 0 in (914 mm)
Route map

0.0
Green Cove Springs
JT&KW line to Sanford
6.0
Wilkinson's
7.1
Novella
9.4
East Sharon
10.4
Sharon
13.7
Belmore
14.9
Wilderness
16.7
Athens
19.0
Kellums
24.0
Spring Lake
27.9
Newburg
GS&F line to Palatka
28.2
Hunter's Mill
30.0
Saranac
33.5
Melrose

The Green Cove Springs and Melrose Railroad was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge[1] common carrier and logging railroad that operated between 1881 and 1899. Its core route ran for 33.5 miles in a southwesterly direction from the city of Green Cove Springs, Florida, United States, to the lakeside town of Melrose.