the ocklawaha valley railroad, originally the ocala northern railroad, was a railroad running from silver springs junction, florida (east of ocala, florida) to palatka, florida, running roughly parallel to the oklawaha river. except for the southernmost part, from silver springs junction to silver springs, which was leased from the seaboard air line railroad (with trackage rights on the sal main line to ocala), the railroad never had any corporate relationship with larger railroad companies.