Ye Old Train Tracks

There is a tiny alley to this called East Florida Avenue on the east side of the current railroad tracks, behind some houses’ backyards lay the first train tracks connecting Longwood to the rest of Florida. There is a small gap in the old train tracks, and then their continuation is East Magnolia past the Church of the Nazarene.

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Heading west from the historic district, its old path is now Warren Avenue, as it angles southwest toward SR 434. The railroad then roughly followed SR 434’s path until Sand Lake Road.

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The right-of-way from Apopka to Clarcona is used for the West Orange Trail. The right-of-way from Clarcona to Ocoee is owned by CSX and run by the Florida Central Railroad. From Ocoee to Kissimmee, the old railroad is abandoned, but some elements of its time remain.

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The community of Altamont was located at I-4 and SR 434. During the 1880s and 1890s, this was the intersection of the Florida Midland and Orange Belt Railroads. Today, the Seminole-Wekiva Trail (Orange Belt Railroad) and Highway 434 (Florida Midland Railroad) crossing marked this.