Pineola, Florida

They provided specialized fern and other plant habitats[2] and were once studied and documented by prominent botanists.

On October 18, 1956, a head-on collision between two Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight trains occurred killing four crewmen.

A signpost at the site of the crash on the Withlacoochee State Trail memorializes the event.

Catastrophe Unfolds The trains, loaded with perishables and dry goods, were traveling on the same track full speed at 49 mph.

Realizing they were on a collision course, Dunnellon Dispatcher Braddock phoned Croom Station agent Cooper, telling him to get in his car and "go see what you can find."

Cooper and fellow agent Thomas raced 90 mph on an ungraded road to alert the engineers---but did not reach them in time.

At the sight of an oncoming headlight, the northbound train engineer slammed on emergency brakes as he yelled to his assistants to brace themselves for the crash.