When the Florida East Coast Railway went to great expense to build on the keys all the way to Key West, Flagler envisioned that he would get a lot of freight traffic from the Panama Canal. That did not materialize, but it does look like it got some traffic to Cuba.
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| John Chantry posted Interesting photo and text [This post has lots of informative comments. And so far the group is public.] Jerry Schlozz shared Dan McClary: Strange track alignment with the "S" curve crossing over to the right side of the carferry. Very different than the standard design slip approach trackage used by the Great Lakes carferries that allowed interchangeably so if one railroad needed another carferry while it's was being serviced, that railroad could lease one from another railroad and it would connect to the slip. The standardization also allowed all the Lake Michigan carferries to jointly use slips on the west side of Lake Michigan. The only exception was at the Straits of Mackinaw, where the two carferries there were three track carferries, while the others had four tracks. Four track carferry railroads included AARR, GTW, C&O, and one more. Michael Douglas: Those cable wheels adjusted the ferry & tracks for the tides. |
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| William Robinson commented on John's post [Satellite] |
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