acl depot at titanic,florida

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looking for information about a acl depot with the name of titanic,florida;which is located in northeast pasco county.time frame should be 1900 to about 1930.it could have been a logging railroad that was taken over by the acl. thanks,tom rydzik

-- tom rydzik (thrydzik@gte.net), November 02, 2000

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Tom, I'm coming in on this question rather late, but I'll share my recollections about the "Titanic" depot. In the early 1960's in the twilight of Cummer Sons Cypress Co. railroad operations out of their big mill at Lacoochee, Fl., I was lucky enough (because of a relative employed at the mill), to ride several of their steam-powered log trains into the Green Swamp. I remember that one log load-out siding was named Titanic. I was told that the name was given because of the extremely large or "titanic" logs that had been cut in that area many years before. Aaron Dowling

-- Aaron Dowling (aarondowling@cfl.rr.com), August 27, 2002.

Tom - I am unable to find any reference to a Titanic, Fla., on the ACL going back to 1900. Can you help us by a.) Giving the source of your information about this location, and b.) Tell us, if possable, what line of the ACL this place was supposed to be on. Thanks.

-- Tom Underwood (tlunder@attglobal.net), November 04, 2000.

Tom I have lived in nort east Pasco County all of my life and have never heard of Titanic Florida. I know quit a bit about our local history and if I don't know I have access to several local historians who would so I will inquire for you and get back to you.

Eric Herrmann

-- Eric Herrmann (E.A.Herrmann@usa.net), November 03, 2000.


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