Hudson-Crews Lake Wilderness Park-Central Pasco & Gulf Railraod-Open to public for rides 2/13/10

Crews Lake Wilderness Park is home to the Central Pasco & Gulf Railroad. The Central Pasco & Gulf Railroad provides train rides to the public on the second Saturday of each month. Rides are available from 10am until 4pm and take approx. 20-25 minutes road trip. A donation of $1 per ride per person is suggested since the railroad gets no public funding and is building and expanding on donated funds. So come on out and take a ride: the kids will love it!

Info from their website (Click to go to website): The Central Pasco and Gulf (CP and G) is a 7 1/2" gauge railroad being constructed within Pasco County's Crews Lake Wilderness Park. The park is near Shady Hills in the north central portion of Pasco County Florida.

The railroad is based upon the Orange Belt Railway. which ran from Sanford to St. Petersburg through Pasco County. The major towns on the CPand ;G are named for stops/stations on its route.
The CP&G will be a point-to-point with approximately 15,000 feet of mainline track. The phase currently under construction, is approximately 1,500 feet long and is targeted to be completed in 2010. Drawings of the entire railroad and this first phase can be found on the Track Plan page of the website.