Amtrak and FEC have contracted to try and make the plan work. They feel they could break ground by summer 2002. All they need is seed money--about $65 million for starters. Area politicians are talking to local, state and Federal Government officials on the venture, developer sources tell GlobeSt.com.
Passenger service along the coastline ran from 1885 when Henry M. Flagler, a partner of Standard Oil Co.'s John D. Rockefeller, built the first set of tracks, to 1970 when Florida East Coast canceled the service after it proved to be unprofitable.
FEC uses the line exclusively for its freight business and runs 30 freight trains daily from Jacksonville to Miami.
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