Last Train at the Mount Dora Train Station

Last Train at the Mount Dora Train Station

Last Mount Dora Train

Mount Dora (Fla.)

Railroads--Florida

The last passenger train at the Mount Dora Train Station, located at 341 North Alexander Street in Mount Dora, Florida, in 2012. 1886 was when the first railroad stopped in Mount Dora, connecting Jacksonville to Tampa. The Mount Dora Depot cost $8,223 to build. The last passenger train left Mount Dora in 1950 and freight was discontinued in 1973. On March 5, 1992, the station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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Digital reproduction of original color image by Kevin Andrusia on RailPictures.Net, January 2012.

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Original color image by Kevin Andrusia, January 2012.

Digital reproduction of original color image by Kevin Andrusia, January 2012.

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Mount Dora Train Station, Mount Dora, Florida

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