The standard-gauge Fellsmere Railroad was completed in 1910 with 60 lb. rail to replace the old Sebastian & Cincinnatus narrow-gauge railroad built in 1896 between Sebastian and Fellsmere. From September 1910 until May 1, 1911, the Fellsmere Farms Company used the 10-mile-long railroad to carry logs to the Florida East Coast Railway in Sebastian and to transport supplies, materials, equipment, and heavy machinery for excavating drainage canals to Fellsmere. The railroad officially opened to the public on May 1, 1911, running four passenger trains daily, with only two on Sunday, to and from Sebastian and Fellsmere. On January 23, 1913, the 12’ x 32’ Fellsmere Depot opened for service, and Edward Nelson Fell, the founder of Fellsmere, purchased the first ticket. The depot stood on the south side of the mainline north of the intersection of Broadway and South Carolina Avenue. By April 1915, the railroad had been extended another 6 miles west of Fellsmere to Broadmoor, a town that no longer exists. On June 2, 1924, the Trans-Florida Central Railroad, dubbed the “Dinky Line,” took over operations. On November 30, 1952, the railroad officially ceased operations after 42 years of service.