Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad
{{short description|19th century railroad in Florida}}
File:SB FL 15A; DeLand Spur RR Xing.jpg approaching the DeLand Spur, built by the Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad.]]
The Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad was a railroad in Central Florida, United States, linking DeLand with the main line of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway (now the CSX Sanford Subdivision). It connected with the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West main line {{convert|2|mile}} from DeLand Landing at DeLand Junction.[http://www.volusia.com/deland/index.htm The Volusia Community, DeLand, Florida]Daytona Beach News-Journal, [http://www.nieworld.com/special/floridaquest/quest2002/hideawaytimes1.htm Steamboats, trains helped open the way] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507234127/http://www.nieworld.com/special/floridaquest/quest2002/hideawaytimes1.htm |date=2006-05-07 }}, April 6, 2001 The line is still operated by CSX as their DeLand Spur.
History
Florida state law chapter 3332, approved 1880, incorporated the Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad Company.[https://archive.today/20240524172449/https://www.webcitation.org/5kpJCiF89?url=http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/8428/hikeplans/deland/plandeland.html DeLand Historical Trail]
Florida state law chapter 3646, approved February 16, 1885, extended the time limit for completion to January 1, 1888.
The railroad was reincorporated in 1886 as the Deland and St. Johns River Railroad Company and converted to 5-foot gauge to match the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway.{{Cite book|last=Pettengill|first=George W. Jr.|title=The Story of the Florida Railroads 1834–1903|publisher=The Southeast Chapter of The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.|year=1998|series=Bulletin of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.|volume=86|location=Jacksonville, Florida|edition=Reprint|pages=80–82|orig-date=1952}}
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway acquired the line in 1890, which became part of the Plant System in 1899. The Plant System became part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1967 to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, and eventually became part of CSX Transportation in the 1980s.{{cite book|last1=Turner|first1=Gregg|title=A Short History of Florida Railroads|date=2003|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-2421-4}}
Historic stations
| class="wikitable"
!Milepost !City/Location !Station !Connections and notes |
| ASE 750.0
|Deland Junction |junction with Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Main Line (ACL) |
| ASE 753.2
|Deland | |
Gallery
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Valuation Section 3A-Florida - DPLA - 0c6701429de476cfe9761fb707881428 (page 1).jpg|Valuation map of the line by the ACL, p. 1
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Valuation Section 3A-Florida - DPLA - 0c6701429de476cfe9761fb707881428 (page 2).jpg|Valuation map of the line by the ACL, p. 2.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Valuation Section 3A-Florida - DPLA - 0c6701429de476cfe9761fb707881428 (page 3).jpg|Valuation map of the line by the ACL, p. 3
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Orange Ridge Deland Atlantic Railroad}}
Category:Defunct Florida railroads
Category:Predecessors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Category:Railway companies established in 1880