East Florida and Atlantic Railroad

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The East Florida and Atlantic Railroad was a railroad line from Orlando, Florida northeast and east to Lake Jesup via Winter Park and Oviedo. It eventually became part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway system, and was most recently part of CSX before being abandoned.

Until April 9, 1891, the line was owned by two separate companies, the Orlando and Winter Park Railway (west of Lakemont station, incorporated November 20, 1886, colloquially known as the Dinky Line) and the Osceola and Lake Jessup Railway (incorporated January 23, 1889). In 1894, the railroad was merged into the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, which became part of the SAL in 1902.

The part west of Winter Park was abandoned before the rest, which became part of CSX's Aloma Branch, connected to the main line at Sanford, Florida. It is now all abandoned. The branch to the Orlando Naval Training Center is now the Cady Way Trail, and the part east of there is under construction as an extension of it. The last bit in Orlando was in use until recently as a short spur from CSX's main line, and will be used for the Dinky Line Trail.