The Florida Central Railroad, headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia

Thomasville, Georgia

Thomasville is the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia, United States. The city is the second largest in Southwest Georgia after Albany.The city deems itself the City of Roses and holds an annual Rose Festival. The town features plantations open to the public, a historic downtown, a large...

, constructed a 47 mile line between that city and Fanlew, Florida

Fanlew, Florida

Fanlew is an unincorporated community located in southern Jefferson County, Florida, United States.-Location:Fanlew is located west of State Road 59 at Fanlew Road, and at the east end of Natural Bridge Rd., which comes out of neighboring Leon County....

 in 1907 and 1908.

The first 10 miles ran from Thomasville to the lumber mill in Metcalf, Georgia

Metcalf, Georgia

Metcalf is a small village in southwestern Georgia. Near Metcalf there is the WCTV Tower, the tallest structure in Georgia. A lumberyard is located on the main highway. There are two churches located in Metcalf, Friendship Baptist and Metcalf Methodist Church. Friendship Baptist is one of the...

, then on to Roddenberry. The Florida Central ran parallel to part of an Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was an American railroad that existed between 1900 and 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its long-time rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad...

 line, crossing the ACL near the Florida/Georgia border and then running south to Stringers in extreme northeastern Leon County

Leon County, Florida

Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida, named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. At the 2010 Census, the population was 275,487. The county seat of Leon County is Tallahassee which also serves as the state capital. The county seat is home to two of Florida's major...

. From there the FC ran to Miccosukee

Miccosukee, Florida

Miccosukee is a historical small unincorporated community in northeastern Leon County, Florida, United States. It is located at the junction of County Road 59 and County Road 151...

 and Wadesboro

Wadesboro, Florida

Wadesboro is a small unincorporated community in eastern Leon County, Florida, USA.-Location:In broad geographic terms, Wadesboro is located between Highway 90 on the north, Interstate 10 on the south, Baum Road on the west, and State Road 59 on the east...

 in Leon County, then to Capitola

Capitola, Florida

Capitola is a small unincorporated community in eastern Leon County, Florida located at Capitola Road and Leon County Road 1541.- History :Evergreen Hills Plantation, a large cotton plantation, occupied the land that is now or extremely close to Capitola. From 1908 through the 1940s Capitola was...

 in Leon County (where it crossed the Seaboard Air Line Railroad), Cody

Cody, Florida

Cody is an unincorporated community in western Jefferson County, Florida, United States. It is west of Wacissa near the Leon County/Jefferson County line.Cody was serviced by the Florida Central Railroad and had its own post office from 1912 through 1937....

in Jefferson County, terminating at Fanlew.

In 1914, the Atlantic Coast Line purchased the Florida Central