"Speedway To Sunshine" the Florida East Coast Railway, like many classic American railroads, carries a rich history filled with both achievement and disappointment.  Arguably its greatest legacy was the development of Florida's Atlantic coastline.  Without the FEC cities like Miami, West Palm Beach, and Daytona Beach would simply not exist today.  Through the vision of Henry M. Flagler, who ironically had no interest in the railroad business until launching his vast hotel empire, popular resort destinations like these and others sprang up.

The FEC thrived through the 1920s as the Sunshine State's population exploded.  It then quickly declined a decade later and eventually fell into bankruptcy.   The company remained in receivership for more than three decades until a renewed period of growth began in the 1960s with intermodal's revolution.  Today, the FEC operates more like a Class I with new motive power and ribbons of welded rail.   In 2012 an exciting announcement stated privately operated passenger service would return to FEC's rails. If this project succeeds it will be the largest freight railroad to host such services since the early 1980s. 

Nearly the entirety of Florida's eastern coastline lay empty south of St. Augustine and remained this way into the early 20th century.  Its eventual development is thanks exclusively to Henry M. Flagler, an extremely affluent industrialist who had earned his millions through partnership with John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil.  Today, the state of Florida is lauded for its year-round warm temperatures, tropical climate, and pristine white sandy beaches.  It is a vacationer's paradise with resorts aplenty and several prominent cities such as Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee.   ** Thanks American-Rails  

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Note #4: This is a grandma & grandpa shop. We have a 4-business day shipping window (this means that if you pay for your order on a Friday, it may not get shipping until the following Thursday). We do combine shipping especially when we are asked about it.

If you want combined shipping, please purchase all your items in one order. If you purchase items in more than one order, send us a message so that we know about the additional items and box the orders together. (When items are bought in multiple orders, we do not always notice they were bought by the same person unless we are notified by the buyer.) We refund extra shipping charges when combined shipping is requested. If we ship items separately, we do not issue a shipping refund.

For our international customers: YES!! we do combine shipping. The most economical way for you to buy multiple items from us is for you to send us a list of the items you want to buy. Do not purchase them as they are listed!! (This leads to higher than necessary fees & shipping.) Send us a complete list of all the items you want. Then we will cancel the listings for the items and turn them into a special listing just for you (We'll send you the listing named before making it active). It will have your full purchase with the correct shipping box size and weight. This saves you on the international fees & shipping.