Formed in 1909, the Marianna & Blountstown Railroad offered shortline service in the Florida Panhandle. Steam locomotive #444 was in operation when the M&B's first diesel engine arrived in 1947 and rests today on the exact location of the old M&B roadbed. Passenger service was offered until 1929, and the road handled agricultural and lumber products until it abandonment in 1972. Interchange with the Louisville & Nashville was maintained at Marianna. At 29 miles in length, the little train was Florida's shortest common-carrier railroad. Source: M&B Train Locomotive
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Traveling backroads and trying to avoid some of the Rt 10 expressway, we always travel through Blountstown. Our travel route starts in Red Beach and Rt19 to Rt98 (Passing St Marks Lighthouse via Lighthouse Road) to Rt267 (passing Wakulla Springs Lodge) towards and onto Rt20 through Blountstown. Then we searched the wb for historic train depots we learn THERE IS LOCOMOTIVE worth finding. Finding? .... we past the site every month and pass within 50 yards for the last year. Great locomotive and great to hop on board carefully and carefully shoot the interior.
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Traveling backroads and trying to avoid some of the Rt 10 expressway, we always travel through Blountstown. Our travel route starts in Red Beach and Rt19 to Rt98 (Passing St Marks Lighthouse via Lighthouse Road) to Rt267 (passing Wakulla Springs Lodge) towards and onto Rt20 through Blountstown. Then we searched the wb for historic train depots we learn THERE IS LOCOMOTIVE worth finding. Finding? .... we past the site every month and pass within 50 yards for the last year. Great locomotive and great to hop on board carefully and carefully shoot the interior.
