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St. John's River Crossing, at the "River City" Journals/Blogs
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Frequent poster 640 posts ferroequinologist1 Frequent poster 640 posts
ferroequinologist1

      

To All: Today I present some photos of a CSX switcher crossing to the north on FEC's rolling lift bridge that crosses the St. John's River, in Jacksonville, Florida. The switcher is heading to home rails after dropping off a transfer train at the Florida East Coast RR's Bowdon Yard. The date is May 1, 2013. The last photos are of the Main Street auto bridge and the St.John's River Water Taxi. Jacksonville is known as the "River City". The numerous bridges developed the city in the early 20th century. Also a large mover in Jacksonville's early 20th century history was Henry Flagler and his expanded Florida East Coast Railroad. His visionary efforts were responsible for the wide spread settlement of Florida, especially the east coast (called the "First Coast"). Yours,Elvin Howland/E.St. Louis Rail Group Layout
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fecbill Frequent poster 614 posts
fecbill

Great photos of the beginning of my favorite railroad

If I remember correctly FEC MP0 is at north end of the bridge. The start of my favorite railroad. there is a photo on the web(maybe fallen flags) of an FEC SW1200 in the original red and yellow with a refrigerator car on that bridge.

Bill Michael

Modeling FEC in 1960

Bill Michael

Florida East Coast Railway fan

Modeling FEC 5th District in 1960 

 
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fecbill Frequent poster 614 posts
fecbill

FEC SW on St John's River Bridge

Here is the link to the prototype photo of FEC 230, SW1200, from RRarchives,net

 

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=127312

 

Bill Michael

Modeling FEC in 1960

Bill Michael

Florida East Coast Railway fan

Modeling FEC 5th District in 1960 

 
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EricSooLine New member 14 posts
EricSooLine

There is quite a bit of

There is quite a bit of traffic that comes back and forth across that bridge. I have noticed that when CSX and FEC do transfers they typically only use one loco. The Norfolk Southern usually uses two or more. A few weeks ago I saw an SD70M-2 on the point with two Dash types in trail. Its a good place to walk around and watch the boats and trains roll by. 

 

Eric

Eric

Winnetka,IL
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ferroequinologist1 Frequent poster 640 posts
ferroequinologist1

E. St.Louis Rail Group Layout

Eric: If you would like to visit my layout, contact me at layoutconcepts@yahoo.com.  I live on the South Side/Mandarin area of Jacksonville, Florida. Thanks, Elvin Howland
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ralpho37 Active Member 46 posts
ralpho37

Beautiful city

I'm from Jax but currently living in NC. I miss it back home!

Interesting operations along that stretch of railroad. A lot of transfer runs between CSX, NS, and FEC. Even though it's owned by FEC, I rarely see an FEC train cross the bridge.
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John Buckley roadglide Frequent poster 568 posts
John Buckley roadglide

Another view

If you go under the Acosta Bridge on Museum Circle by the museum parking lot, thats a great place to get some close ups of the trains as they roll by.

John

COO, Johnstown & Maryville RR

 
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