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In General


Location / Name:
Jacksonville FL, Duval County

What's Here:
Major terminals for the Florida East Coast, CSX, and Norfolk Southern railroads
Amtrak
Jacksonville Transit Authority's Skyway Monorail

Access by train/transit:
Amtrak to Union Station

The Scoop:

Between the three railroads and Amtrak, there is more than plenty to keep a railfan busy for many days in order to take advantage of all of the good railfan spots.

-- Railroads that used to service Jacksonville in the early 1900's:
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East Coast
Georgia, Southern, and Florida
Seaboard Air Line

-- Railroads that used to service Jacksonville in the 1960's:
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East Coast
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Rwy

-- Railroads that used to service Jacksonville in the 1970-80's:
Florida East Coast
Seaboard System (SAL + ACL), then the Chessie System
Southern Rwy

-- Railroads that now provide service into Jacksonville:
Amtrak
CSX
FEC - Florida East Coast
NS - Norfolk Southern

So far, we have the Jacksonville Railfan Guide divided into these sections:
the Homepage (you're on it)
Union Station and the CSX Business Train
CSX and the southwest side of Jacksonville
the FEC and the southeast side of Jacksonville
the Monorail

Acknowledgements:
A big thanks goes to Robert Mann for taking the time to write the southeast and southwest guides!
Denver Todd Google Images

Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area:
None for now.


Getting Here

I-95 brings you in from the north and the south of Jacksonville, and I-10 comes in from the west.  Jacksonville is the east terminus for I-10.

About 100mi south on I-95, you have I-4 which crosses the state to the west side, taking in Orlando, Tampa, and St Pete.

About 80mi west on I-10, and you hit I-75, which will take you to northwest to Atlanta and beyond, like Birmingham AL via I-20, and Chattanooga TN via I-75.





Map



Pictures


Random pictures from around the internet, but most found via Google and Bing Images.



 



 



Historical USGS Maps


Courtesy of the University of Texas Library, click here for their index page.




Disclaimers:

I love trains, and I love signals.  I am not an expert.  My webpages reflect what I find on the topic of the page.  This is something I have fun with while trying to help others.

Please Note:  Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them.  For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.

If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide is correct.  Once in a while, an error may creep in :-)

My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a thousand words, especially for railfanning.  Text descriptions only get you so far, especially if you get lost or disoriented.  Take along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still better if you get lost!  I belong to AAA, which allows you to get local maps for free when you visit the local branches.  ADC puts out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their state maps do not have the railroads on them.  If you can find em, I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and concise graphics, and they do a really good job of showing you where tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads.  Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known.

Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted.  Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it! 

By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.

Pictures and additional information is always needed if anyone feels inclined to take 'em, send 'em, and share 'em, or if you have something to add or correct.... credit is always given!  Please be NICE!!!  Contact info is here

Beware: If used as a source, ANYTHING from Wikipedia must be treated as being possibly being inaccurate, wrong, or not true.

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