Train Ride at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

Operated from around 1965 to 1985

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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This wonderful unused 1970 standard size chrome postcard is a great addition to any collection.

Dukane Scenics, Hollywood, Florida
Number: DO1286
Copyright 1970 Dukane Press, Hollywood, Florida
Printed in U. S. A.
Postcard measures 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is a Florida State Park located in Fort Lauderdale, on East Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838), between the Intracoastal Waterway and SR A1A.

There was once an old, slow moving train attraction that ran through Hugh Taylor Birch State Park. It operated from around 1965 to 1985 where it fell into ill repair and was sold. It was a huge attraction for this local state park helping make it at one point the most visited State Park in Florida. The train is rumored to have been sold to a "car dealer in New Jersey so that he could decorate his business."

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park was located on Highway A1A and East Sunrise Blvd., between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, in Fort Lauderdale. The Florida Park Service acquired the park from the original landowner and South Florida winter resident Hugh Taylor Birch on 7 January 1943, when Birch passed away. Born in 1848, Birch first came to Florida in 1893, and began buying the property that would become the state park in 1903. In December 1941 he decided to will the land to the state upon his death.

The park train is an electric train made to resemble a authentic steam engine train. It was made by the Chance Manufacturing Company of Wichita, Kansas. This model was called the C.P. Huntington Train, and was based upon the 1863 original train that is now housed at the California State Railroad Museum.

The markings on the side of the train engine read: "Birch State Park" and "39". "1863" is listed on the train cars.

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