FGA makes it return west about two hours after coming in from Lake City. The paint on these ex-UP motors has held up pretty well so far and with America being in the midst of its 250th, it looks ... (more)

FG&A (aka FGA and FGAR) abandoned its daytime schedule in Baldwin in 2021, but for the past year or so has been coming in on Sundays in daylight. It's the "plan", but doesn't always happen....50/... (more)

Afternoon run with all three F's, both domes, but an abbreviated train Jax-Wax-Jax for the shortline meeting. Passengers were bussed to Dufford Transportation Center in West Jax where they boarde... (more)

The commemorative "We Are One CSX" unit spent quite a bit of time in local service on the Fitzgerald Subdivision, late January into early March to be exact, it finally came back to Waycr... (more)

FDOT work on the I-10 interchange at Baldwin combined with "development" on vacant property has led to the morning/east view of the entry to Baldwin Yard opening up. All the trees are g... (more)

The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis heritage locomotive led I025 into Jax yesterday and heads back out on the counterpart today. Naturally, there is split opinion on CSX's heritage program, fo... (more)

There was a time CN was content with sending their rattiest power to Florida....especially when they got WC...but in today's modern railroading, with heavy trains like this, we get the norm. Half... (more)

Instead of running to Baldwin for recrew, this potash train was taken to West Jax in Jacksonville. They put unit trains in there regularly, but this was a bit irregular, likely due to a full hous... (more)

Everyone has their heritage unit they encounter across the country. This is mine. Of all the various Class 1 units to be in special paint, this is the one I see in the viewfinder most often. To... (more)

The annual tradition of "circus train season" in Florida may be gone, but the memories linger on. In this case, the Blue Unit is taking advantage of the new track configuration that all... (more)

Deadhead move from West Jax back to Waycross for the office car special. This run was supposed to cover the Carolinas then come south thru Alabama and back to Jax via the Bowline, but was changed... (more)

CSXT OCS is heading back to Waycross after a run to Selkirk. Making some noise as they get back in motion after stopping for a red signal, it disturbs a Little Blue Heron wading in the ditch, see... (more)

A return trip from up north is seen deadheading back to storage in Waycross. One of the benefits of having this train now kept in Rice Yard is a guaranteed chase with multiple photo ops in and ou... (more)

CSXT P001 has completed a round trip that began earlier in the week, heading up to Selkirk and Chicago then back, now on the final sprint from Jax to Waycross. Been a very active spring for them ... (more)

Return leg of an OCS that began tacked onto Q026 to Chicago northbound. The train came down to Jax via Moncrief, "the traditional route", yarded in West Jax long enough to detrain passe... (more)