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Central Pasco & Gulf Railroad

A non-profit organization dedicated to preserving railroad heritage.

	Updated November 16, 2008 The Central Pasco & Gulf (CP&G) is a 7 1/2" gauge railroad being constructed within Pasco County's Crews Lake Wilderness Park. The park is near Shady Hills in the north central portion of Pasco County Florida. The railroad is based upon the Orange Belt Railway. which ran from Sanford to St. Petersburg through Pasco County. The major towns on the CP&G are named for stops/stations on its route. The CP&G will be a point-to-point with approximately 15,000 feet of mainline track. The first phase, currently under construction, is approximately 2,500 feet long and is targeted to be completed in 2008. Drawings of the entire railroad and this first phase can be found on the Track Plan page. We are actively recruiting people interested in railroading, live steam and 7 1/2" gauge to join the group to build and operate the railroad. Membership classes and an application can be found on the Membership page. For further information about the railroad, membership, donations, Birthday Train or any other questions you can call 727-569-2289 and leave a message.

Updated November 16, 2008

The Central Pasco & Gulf (CP&G) is a 7 1/2" gauge railroad being constructed within Pasco County's Crews Lake Wilderness Park. The park is near Shady Hills in the north central portion of Pasco County Florida.

The railroad is based upon the Orange Belt Railway. which ran from Sanford to St. Petersburg through Pasco County. The major towns on the CP&G are named for stops/stations on its route.

The CP&G will be a point-to-point with approximately 15,000 feet of mainline track. The first phase, currently under construction, is approximately 2,500 feet long and is targeted to be completed in 2008. Drawings of the entire railroad and this first phase can be found on the Track Plan page.

We are actively recruiting people interested in railroading, live steam and 7 1/2" gauge to join the group to build and operate the railroad. Membership classes and an application can be found on the Membership page.

For further information about the railroad, membership, donations, Birthday Train or any other questions you can call 727-569-2289 and leave a message.

November 15, photo to the right shows the addition of a switch at the north end of Sanford Yard. Below, this switch will lead to ballast tipple and to its right, the switch to the steaming/loading area.

In this photo you will see some of the excavation work in the steaming/loading area.

This picture shows area where the steaming racks will be assembled. Line from foreground to back will be position of retaining wall.

This photo shows completed ballast work in Lachooche from the west end.

This photo show the short section of single track mainline that is not signaled. A hard stop is in place from the sign to the curve seen further down track.

October 25th. This photo shows the new siding completed this week at Trilby Junction.

As a birthday train passes, a crew begins to relocate the siding at Lachooche to provide more distance between tracks.

First the switch to an industry siding (future site of Winery) is relocated then track was moved to allow adequate passing room.

This photo shows siding in its final position. Ballasting and leveling will finish the job.

Another crew began installing pavers from our "Buy a Brick" program. For a donation you can have a brick in our passenger station.

Yet another crew worked on installing insulated rail joiners to enable train detection for our signal system.

On October 18th. Members completed two #11 switches for the siding at Trilby Junction.

These three photos show the first #11 installed at the west end of the siding, installation of track panels and finally positioning of the other switch at the east end of the siding.

This photo shows the insulated rail joiners used to electrically isolate a section of track for use in our signal system.

Photo to the left shows one of our recently acquired riding car with its new paint job. Below it, shows part of our parking area that was staked out. And below is a little fellow that wanted to help with the band saw.

This week, as you can see in this photo, Pasco County added a new sign on each of the Crews Lake Park signs.

Be sure to check our Honor Roll page for those companies which have donated time and/or materials to the construction of the railroad.

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