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Pensacola (FL) News Journal, 11/15/18:

Railroad giant CSX announces deal to sell rail line between Pensacola and Jacksonville

 

 

Railroad giant CSX plans to sell 373 miles of track between Pensacola and Jacksonville to Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of Boca Raton-based Rail USA.

 

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Local officials and regional officials said Wednesday they were unsure what the transaction could mean for the future of passenger rail service along the Florida Gulf Coast. 

 

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Progressive Railroading, 11/16/18:
 

CSX to sell 373 miles of rail lines in Florida, Georgia

 

 

CSX is selling 373 miles of rail lines to Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad LLC (FGAR), according to a Nov. 6 filing with the Surface Transportation Board (STB).

The notice of intent to acquire the rail lines did not mention a sale price.

The rail lines involved in the transaction run through parts of Tallahassee, Baldwin, Chattahoochee and Pensacola, Florida; and Attapulgus, Georgia.

 

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Railway Age, 11/16/18:
 

CSX selling Florida Panhandle lines

 

 

CSX plans to sell 373 miles of track in the Florida Panhandle to a new company backed by an investment group headed by veteran short line entrepreneur Gary Marino.

 

The sale was revealed in a filing by the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad to the Surface Transportation board Nov. 6.

 

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The deal includes the Tallahassee Subdivision between Baldwin and Chattahoochee, the P&A Subdivision between Chattahoochee and Pensacola,  and portions  of  the  Bainbridge  Subdivision  between  Tallahassee and Attapulgus, Ga.

 

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