A railroad track in Deep Lake constructed in 1914 to haul grapefruit crops to Everglade for shipment to Ft. Myers, c1927. The notation reads " R.R. Through Hammock, Deep Lake, Fla. W. M. Buswell".

Workmen laying rails for Seaboard Airline Railway near Gordon River grove. John Hachmeister is in the center foreground. The caption reads" Laying rails. Seaboard Ry., Passing Gordon River grove, December 1926". The first passenger train arrived into Naples the following month, January 7, 1927 at the Naples Depot.

Duplicate of 78.4.28, but the caption is placed differently, reads " Laying rails, Seaboard Railway. December 1926. Passing Gordon River Grove".

A group of people sitting on a handcar at Seaboard Airline Railway station, Naples Depot. Pictured are C.H. Maxleg, Manager of Naples Company (extreme left), John Hachmeister (fourth from right), John Halloway ( third from right), William Cambier (second from right). Dated February 1927, the same year the Naples Depot was completed.

View of the unfinished Naples Depot, February 7, 1927.

The first Seaboard Airline Railway passenger train, the Orange Blossom Special arriving at the unfinished Naples Depot. The caption reads "First train into Naples, January 7, 1927".

The Naples Depot, Seaboard Airline Railway station under construction. The caption reads " Seaboard Station, January 7, 1927".

Orange Blossom Special, January 7, 1927, first passenger train into Naples.

Seaboard Air Line Railway map, April 1, 1931.

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad map, July 15, 1947.

A young woman (unidentified) seated in the back of a railroad depot hack with opposing bench seats, known as a "Jitney". Location unknown.

Reverse has an ink stamp that reads "The Deep Lake Company Everglade, Fla".  Handwritten caption on reverse reads "Railway at terminal looking north Everglade, Fla. 1922.  Equipment: #one gas engine. 1 Jerry boy - flat cars".

Atlantic Coast Line under construction 9 miles north of Naples, Fla., March 16, 1926. 

C.J. Jones Lumber Company locomotive. One of the earliest and most active lumbermen was Jones who moved into the Big Cypress from Immokalee in 1940. Operating out of the tiny logging town of Jerome, his mill became the largest steam-powered sawmill in the SE US, turning native pine and cypress into finished lumber at the rate of 100,000 board feet per day. By the time Jones' mill burned down in 1956, he had cut most of the pine in the region.

Atlantic Coast Line passenger train crossing the wooden trestle bridge to Marco Island from the mainland, c1937.  Service on the line began on June 27, 1927 and discontinued in 1942. 

Photograph enlarged from a 16mm movie frame taken by Dr. Earl L. Baum in 1937.

Letter from J.B. Mashburn, Superintendent Dining Cars for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Jacksonville, to Margaret T. Scott, Collier County Clerk of Courts, Naples, dated August 20, 1963. 

Seaboard Air Line Railway's diesel locomotive, the Orange Blossom Special, taken in January 1939 by H.W. Desormeau. 

Naples Depot, the former Seaboard Air Line Railway station, in 1976. 

West view of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad station, the Naples Depot, taken March 18, 1974.  The railroad leased its depot to a building supply company, as seen here, until Southwest Heritage, Inc. was created in the mid-19070s as a result of  the "Save the Depot" campaign. 

Rear or northwest view of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad station, the Naples Depot, 1970s.  The railroad leased its depot to a building supply company, as seen here, until Southwest Heritage, Inc. was created in the mid-19070s as a result of  the "Save the Depot" campaign.   Sign on rear of building reads "Construction Supply Co.,Naples".