Trains & Railroads
Operating train rides, restored depots and railroad museums — from a steam excursion through sugarcane country to a dinner train. Rail trails (converted corridors for walking and cycling, no trains) are listed separately under Hiking & Trails.
- 1927 Historic Venice Train DepotVenice, FLA restored 1927 depot with waiting-room displays and circus-train heritage, anchor of the Legacy Trail's southern end.
- Naples Depot MuseumNaples, FLCollier County museum in Naples' restored Seaboard Air Line Railway passenger station, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
- Punta Gorda Historic Railroad DepotPunta Gorda, FLThe 1928 depot on Taylor Road, a surviving piece of Punta Gorda's railroad past.
- Seminole Gulf Railway Murder Mystery Dinner TrainFort Myers, FLA 3½-hour round trip from Fort Myers with a five-course dinner and a live murder mystery performed in the dining cars.
- Sugar Express Heritage TrainClewiston, FLSeasonal heritage railroad excursions behind restored steam locomotive No. 148 through Florida's sugarcane country.
Worth the Trip
Outside Southwest Florida, but worth the drive.