Tourist & Museum Railways in

Florida

TECO Line streetcar #428 turning onto 8th Avenue in Ybor City, Tampa.

Florida Railroad Museum Parrish to Willow, about 6½ miles (10 km). Standard gauge, diesel hauled. Operates most weekends throughout the year.
Gold Coast Railroad Museum offers diesel hauled train rides within the grounds of the museum on certain days. Rides in the cab of the locomotive may be available but must be booked in advance. Standard gauge.
Jacksonville Zoo has a miniature railway circling the grounds (Website contains some information relating to railway but no technical details)
Lakes Park & Gulf Railroad 7½ in (190 mm) gauge miniature railway a little under 1½ miles (2.3 km) in length, located in Lakes Park, Fort Myers. Operates every day of the year, weather permitting. Diesel hauled
Largo Central miniature railway in Largo. Society offers rides to the general public typically one weekend each month (Very poor website design, difficult to read against photo background, reliance on ticker for important information, and with badly situated overlays of little relevance)
Royal Palm Railway Experience Tavares to Eustis on the lines of Florida Central. Standard gauge, diesel hauled. Operates most weekends and some weekdays April to October and in December.
Seminole Gulf Railway Fort Myers to Punta Gorda, standard gauge. Daytime excursions operate between Fort Myers and Bayshore (about 10 miles, 16 km) on most Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from December to August. Inclusive dining and murder mystery evening trains operate on the whole route to Punta Gorda on Wednesdays to Sundays, April to September, and certain days in October, November and December. Diesel hauled. Company also operates freight trains
Serengeti Railway in Busch Gardens, Tampa, is a 3ft (914 mm) gauge steam hauled railway 3 miles (5 km) in length. Park is open daily throughout the year.
Sugar Express proposed steam hauled passenger excursions on the lines of South Central Florida Express. Expected to commence operations in 2020.
TECO Line historic and replica trams (streetcars) operating on a 3 mile (5 km) line in Tampa, between the downtown area and Ybor City (Centennial Park).
Universal Orlando Resort as well as various rail based amusement rides has:
- Hogwarts Express train ride linking the Harry Potter themed areas of Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure, a distance of a little under ½ mile (0.7 km)
Resort is open every day throughout the year
Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando has three passenger carrying railways (besides various rail based amusement rides):
- Walt Disney World Railway 3ft (914 mm) gauge railway about 1½ miles (2.4 km) in length running round the perimeter of Magic Kingdom and serving three stations located in Main Street USA, Frontierland and Mickey’s Toontown Fair
- Horse-drawn Streetcars in Main Street USA, Magic Kingdom Park
- Wildlife Express Train in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, connecting Harambe, Africa with Rafiki’s Planet Watch; about ⅔ mile (1 km)
Resort is open every day throughout the year

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