The northbound Silver Star has just completed its first station stop at the new depot in Lakeland, Fla., (about a mile east) and is heading towards Tampa, where it will turn, make another stop in ... (more)

An old workhorse in the CSX yard of Lakeland

In a sea of new signals, a pair of cantilever bridges with old searchlights still stand near the abandoned Amtrak station in Lakeland. An eastbound freight passes under one of the two survivors.

CSX Q170-7 passes CSX Q453-7 at the Lakeland Connection in Lakeland, Florida.

CSX S604 climbs "The Hill" at S Lakeland coming off the Lakeland Sub and onto the Vitis Sub.

I was surprised to see these ACL signals still around... figured positive train control had already sealed their fate. Here Waycross to Winston train Q613 moves from the Vitis to Lakeland Subs, a... (more)

Break Of Dawn- CSX Q452 pulls up and stops at the opposing absolute signal, at the Winston Wye in Lakeland Florida. It's going to be another hot and sticky day here, but this crew won't care, thei... (more)

Nearing the end of the "blue hour", the Silver Star cruises north though Lakeland junction and under the cantilevered searchlights.

The terminal switcher works the Champion, what is believed to be Lakeland, where passengers could have connected with the Jacksonville-NYC train. The train will be gone with the birth of Amtrak a... (more)

The Peninsular Railfans Club promoted a trip on the Atlantic Coast Line on May 1, 1949. The round trip originated in Tampa, ran east to Lakeland, and continued north to Rainbow Springs. A stop at ... (more)

The Peninsular Railfans Club promoted a trip on the Atlantic Coast Line on May 1, 1949. The round trip originated in Tampa, ran east to Lakeland, and continued north to Rainbow Springs. A stop at ... (more)

The Peninsular Railfans Club promoted a trip on the Atlantic Coast Line on May 1, 1949. A stop at the Lakeland roundhouse and terminal was included and numerous photos were exposed at various stop... (more)

The Peninsular Railfans Club promoted a trip on the Atlantic Coast Line on May 1, 1949. The trip was headed by ACL 4-6-2 427, one of 45 P-3 Class locomotives built in 1914 by the Baldwin Locomotiv... (more)

The Peninsular Railfans Club promoted a trip on the Atlantic Coast Line on May 1, 1949. The trip was headed by ACL 4-6-2 427, one of 45 P-3 Class locomotives built in 1914 by the Baldwin Locomotiv... (more)

Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-0 Class K-6 359 was built in 1906 by Burnham, Williams & Co. She had 64" drivers, 20 x 26 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 185 lbs, and produced 25,623 lbs of tractive ef... (more)