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Just a Foolish Saint!
Here's an unique Florida CSX branch to model! It starts in Tampa and ends in Hernando County/Brooksville. This lines reason to exist is two huge Cement Plants in my county(Florida Crushed Stone Co.) and (Florida Mining and Minerals owned by Cemex Co.). Some of you more CSX/internet savy people might be able to help me find more info on this neat branch! I looked on my local property appraiser web site. Then followed the line from it's beginings in the southern part of my county to it's end at Fla. Mining and Minerals Co. in our most northern part of the county. I was thinking of tring to model it but not sure Looks neat though.
Here's how I followed it, you might have a easier way but this is how I got there:
http://www.co.hernando.fl.us/pa/propertysearch.asp This is the property appraisers web site.
Go to the GIS Map Look for what looks to be big white lakes northern part of the county! Zoom in and the Pic's are clear enough u can see the unit coal trains and switchers working the mines! Type in on Street address: 10311 Cement Plant Rd. thats the first mine!
Here's a rough draft of the track plan:
I included Brooksville crew transfer station , the Florida Crushed Stone Mine and its transfer yard also included the Florida Mining and minerals interchange also as the end of the line. I copied the track as best as I could from the GIS pic's.......Just a thought I guess some proto type RR's are simple things too!
Here's how I followed it, you might have a easier way but this is how I got there:
http://www.co.hernando.fl.us/pa/propertysearch.asp This is the property appraisers web site.
Go to the GIS Map Look for what looks to be big white lakes northern part of the county! Zoom in and the Pic's are clear enough u can see the unit coal trains and switchers working the mines! Type in on Street address: 10311 Cement Plant Rd. thats the first mine!
Here's a rough draft of the track plan:
I included Brooksville crew transfer station , the Florida Crushed Stone Mine and its transfer yard also included the Florida Mining and minerals interchange also as the end of the line. I copied the track as best as I could from the GIS pic's.......Just a thought I guess some proto type RR's are simple things too!
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