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A Briefline History of The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad and it's Successors, The L&N and the CSX |
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A Briefline History of The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad and it's Successors, The L&N and the CSX |
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- March 4, 1881
- The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad Company is incorporated by Florida Legislature. William Dudley Chipley is named Vice President and General Superintendant. Along with the incorporation papers comes a land grant of 3,880,000 acres. The railroad would actually take delivery of only 2,830,000 acres.
- May 9, 1881
- The Louisville & Nashville Railroad gains control of the Pensacola & Atlantic. The L&N is to be the major financier for the construction of the railroad
- June 1, 1881
- Construction of 161 miles of track begins. Fred de Funiak, General Manager of the L&N, becomes the first President of the Pensacola & Atlantic.
- May 9, 1882
- Track reaches the edge of the Blackwater River.
- August 15, 1882
- Escambia Bay Bridge is completed The first train with passengers crosses and jourheys as far as the Yellow River in the care of Engineer Michael Carroll, Conductor F.R.Mayson, and Fireman George Mason .
- April 26, 1883
- The first through train from Pensacola arrives in Jacksonville. Peter W. Kelly, Engineer; John Register, Brakeman; Pete Moore, Porter. This comes to be known as the "Blue Ribbon Run."
- May 1, 1883
- Scheduled service is announced:
The Atlantic Express Station The Gulf Express Dep. 8:05 am Pensacola Union Depot Arr. 7:05 pm 8:57 am Milton 11:45 am Lake de Funiak 2:30 pm Marianna 4:25 pm River Junction 7:45 pm Tallahassee 1:05 am Live Oak 6:15 am Baldwin Arr. 7:30 am Jacksonville Dep. 8:15 pm
- October 4, 1884
- Pensacola to Lake de Funiak in one hour, ten minutes for the 80 miles.
- January 1, 1885
- The P&A ceased operations as an independant line, is incorporated into the L&N system. Chipley becomes Land Commissioner for the company
- February 12, 1885
- The Florida Legislature grants a charter to the Florida Chautauqua Association "..to establish and maintain an educational institution known as an Assembly on the general plan of the Chautauqua, New York, with courses of lecture and class instruction in art, science, philosophy, history, literature, theology and morals, and other branches of study. The said assembly to be located at Lake de Funiak, Walton County, Florida.
- February 10, 1885
- The First Florida Chautauqua season begins at Lake de Funiak
This timeline was adapted from the following sources:
Iron Horse in the Pinelands Copyright 1982 by the Pensacola Historical Society.
The Dixie Line, Vol. 8, No. 3, Issue 26 (Fall Quarter 1991); "L&N and Defuniak Springs" by David Woodward
NOTE: The Dixie Line magazine is the official publication of the L&N Railroad Historical Society.
All credit, and my sincere thanks, go to the authors and their sources; any inaccuracies or omissions are strictly my own.
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