On the eve of the Civil War, there were four railroads in Florida: Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central : Construction of the FA&GC was completed in March 1860. Its line departed Jacksonville and extended westward where it connected with the Pensacola & Georgia Railroad in Lake City. Pensacola & Georgia Railroad : Operational by December 1860, the P&G's western terminus was not actually its namesake city, but rather the town of Quincy -- about 175 miles to the east. A branch line of the Pensacola & Georgia, the Tallahassee Railroad extended southward from Tallahassee to St. Marks on the Gulf of Mexico, thereby giving the state capital seacoast access. Alabama & Florida Railroad : Finished in May 1861 and connecting Pensacola to Montgomery, Alabama, this line represented Florida's only rail link with the rest of the South. Florida Railroad : When, in 1861, the last spike was driven home, the Florida Railroad became the longest track in the state a