Valrico Subdivision
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The Valrico Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of Florida. The line runs from Valrico, Florida to Bowling Green, Florida for a total of 47.0 miles. At its north end it continues south from the Yeoman Subdivision and at its south end it continues south where the track comes to an end. It junctions with the Plant City Subdivision at Welcome, Florida, the Brewster Subdivision at Edison and the Achan Subdivision at South Mulberry.
Today, the Valrico Subdivision is CSX's busiest rail line thorough Bone Valley.
The 47 miles of track that are today the Valrico Subdivision were built incrementally from the late 1800s and early 20th century as the phosphate industry in Bone Valley began expanding. It was mostly built and operated historically by CSX predecessors Seaboard Air Line Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad built the segment of the line from Welcome to Nichols around 1905. It was built as an extension of the Plant City, Arcadia, and Gulf Railroad (which is today CSX's Plant City Subdivision), which Seaboard had bought earlier that year. Seaboard extended the line east to Mulberry and Bartow in 1912. The line crossed the Winston and Bone Valley Railroad (which by then was an Atlantic Coast Line branch and is today CSX's Bone Valley Subdivision) in Mulberry. The junction of these two lines is today located in the median of State Road 37. The line also connected to the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway (currently CSX's Achan Subdivision) in Mulberry which at the time went as far as Port Boca Grande where a vast majority of phosphate was shipped in the early 20th century.
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