stating that the port plans had been perfected. After that - nothing. The Corps of Engineers' refusal to dredge doomed the project. The United States Air Force would later construct a rail line from an interchange with the L&N at Mossy Head, Florida, to the main base of Eglin Air Force Base, just north of the envisioned Port Dixie terminus of the Choctawhatchee and Northern. This line opened in late 1951 and operated until about 1980 before being abandoned and partially lifted. See also List of United States railroads List of defunct Florida railroads Eglin Air Force Base Railroad References Defunct Florida railroads Railway companies established in 1927 American companies established in 1927