Palmetto Subdivision

The Palmetto Subdivision is a CSX Transportation rail line in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. It runs from East Tampa and roughly parallels U.S. Route 41 south through Ruskin to Palmetto and Bradenton. The Palmetto Subdivision ends just south of Tropicana Yard in Oneco, where it connects with the Seminole Gulf Railway, a shortline that continues south into Sarasota.

Palmetto Subdivision
CSXT
AZA 885.0
East Tampa
AZA 890.1
Big Bend
AZA 898.3
Ruskin
Port Manatee
AZA 910.0
Gillette
I-275
Ellenton Belt Line (abandoned)
to Terra Ceia (abandoned)
fmr. Florida West Shore Railway (SAL)
to Durant
SW 854.0
Willow
SW 860.2
Parrish
SW 869.1
Ellenton
Parrish Spur
AZA 914.8
Palmetto
AZA 917.8
Bradenton
fmr. East and West Coast Ry. (SAL)
to Arcadia
Tropicana Yard
fmr. Tampa Southern Railroad (ACL)
to Sarasota
SW 875.0
Oneco
Seminole Gulf Railway
Note: Not to scale

The line notably serves The Mosaic Company's Riverview phosphate plant near the Alafia River, TECO Energy's Big Bend Power Station in southern Hillsoborough County, and Port Manatee in northern Manatee County. It also serves the Tropicana Juice Plant in Bradenton, with Tropicana's Juice Train continuing to be the most consistent service on the line today.

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