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- Still a Flood Watch…but Drier
- Federal Stimulus $$: Now Flowing to a Town near You
- Tribune Editorial: Beware the new CSX deal
- Court rules against Crist in fight over diversity in judicial appointments
- More heavy rain possible today
- Wilkinson to announce congressional race (?) Thursday
- Greer: No “pay to play” with black media
- Flood watch in effect in Tampa Bay area
- Crist signs water bill that drew objections
- Dockery 4th most powerful person in Orlando, says mag
- Pro-drilling Dem draws primary challenge
- Crist, Henriquez seek SOE post
- Sachs/M-D poll shows McCollum leading Sink
- Heavy rain possible today
- Florida congressional delegation opposes changes in drilling limits
In the course of research for an upcoming story on the big CSX project planned for Winter Haven, I discovered something neat about CSX rail lines in Polk County. The Jacksonville-based CSX runs two primary freight lines through peninsular Florida. They run roughly north-south. One bascially follows Interstates 95 and 4 through Jacksonville and Orlando into Polk County. The other runs more through the center of the state, through Ocala and north Lakeland. The two big lines cross only in Polk County. The exact spot is a little confusing because there are ancillary lines that run east-west through the county as well. (A CSX spokesman didn’t know for sure where.)
As near as I can tell, judging from several maps, the major cross spot is just south of Auburndale.
I’m not sure what this means beyond illustrating just how centrally located Polk is.
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