Amtrak's 40th anniversary exhibit train sits in place at Jacksonville's Amtrak Station. P097 departs the station to head on further South.

My first photo in railpictures.net. I found out this was the last locomotive purchased before Conrail was purchased by Norfolk Southern and CSX.

Amtrak's 40th Anniversary sits in the afternoon sun in Jacksonville

Dave Shelley rolls south with FEC 101

Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train sits on display in Jacksonville as Amtrak 97 the Silver Meteor is serviced by crews before departing for points south. Today was rather cold with highs only making th... (more)

AMTK 822 at the Jacksonville Amtrak station with an exhibit for Amtrak's 40th anniversary displayed in the cars.

Amtrak 156 leads the P097 southward on a gorgeous, sunny morning.

A MP15AC switching in the yard at McQuade Street railroad crossing.

Today's P097 is lead by Amtrak 62, here seen headed South, crossing the Lake Shore Blvd railroad crossing.

NS Job 1 pulls some visitors into the yard. Pretty uncommon but not rare for UP power to get this far on the NS. In the 1980's it was extremely rare to see a UP motor here now it is an uncommon bu... (more)

NS 229's power dropped one motor off then makes a move to drop off the 2nd motor in the shops (out of view to the right). In the background a CSX coal train can be seen rolling south on CSX's near... (more)

NS 229's power is about to back into the shop tracks after delivering it's train to the FEC. NS 229's conductor is seen throwing a switch for the reverse move. I have been coming here since 1983 a... (more)

Simpson Yard on the NW side of Jacksonville is not the mega huge facilities found elsewhere on NS. But it gets the job done. Here power for northbound NS 296 rolls to the north end of the yard to ... (more)

NS 229 walks across the St. Johns River on a brisk day in Northeast Florida with loads for FEC Land. Dedicated to Mermaid Katie who's birthday is today!

FEC train 101 departs FEC's Bowden Yard, bound for Miami