All Aboard the Orange Blossom Cannonball, Central Florida’s historic steam train!
America’s #1 Movie Train gives you the opportunity to ride on the actual train that starred in many award winning motion pictures including: “True Grit”, “Appaloosa”, “3:10 to Yuma”, “There Will be Blood”, “Rosewood”, and “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?”.
Visit beautiful Tavares, Florida to begin your journey back in time. Our station, on the edge of lovely Lake Dora in Wooton Park, is where you’ll get your souvenir ticket and board the train for your big adventure to Lake Jem. During this 2 hour, 16 mile round trip, you will travel in vintage coaches pulled by our 1907 2-6-0 steam locomotive. Enjoy the sights and sounds of a real steam engine pulling your train as we travel to Lake Jem, Florida. Listen to the engine as it chugs up the grade and hear that lonesome whistle that only a steam engine can supply.
We don’t just rekindle memories, we create them! Our staff is dressed in period costumes and you are stepping back in time. Take photos, enjoy the stories and narration of the Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad Conductor, and return with priceless memories to share for a lifetime.
Come early and watch the crew put water in the tender and prepare our 100 year old steam locomotive to run. Sit where famous stars such as Robert Redford, George Clooney, Patrick Swayze, Jodi Foster, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger, Vigo Mortensen, and Hailee Steinfeld once posed. For great family entertainment come experience the only operating standard gauge steam locomotive in Florida, the Orange Blossom Cannonball. All Aboard!
