Msts route in progress plus#
Within a few weeks, I had my track laid for the 95 miles from Jacksonville to Waycross, plus the Callahan Sub to Baldwin. The frustrations of the Route Editor deterred me for many months, until I finally set about to learn it last February. I make the three-hour trip from my home to watch trains at Folkston several times a year, and as soon as I got MSTS I wanted to build this route. You can view and print employee timetables (ETT's) for the four subdivisions that are a part of the Florida Funnel MSTS route at these URL's. The CSX Timetables site at Trainweb is an essential part of any simulated experience on a CSX line. Most intermodal trains diverge at Dinsmore on the Duval Connection to the Jacksonville Intermodal terminal, while Amtrak and general freight continue south to the suburban Amtrak station or the huge (20 tracks wide!) Moncrief Yard.įor more information on the Florida Funnel, see my web page at. The dark blue continues southeast to Dinsmore and Jacksonville. There the yellow line to the southwest marks the Callahan Sub to Baldwin Yard, which is the southernmost point on the modeled route. Mary's River into Florida, to Callahan, the southern end of the Funnel neck. This map continues the Nahunta Sub across the St. The Nahunta Sub continues south and southeast to Dinsmore, north of Jacksonville, where the Jacksonville Terminal Sub begins. The dark blue marks the beginning of the modeled route, at Burch, about three miles north of Folkston, where double track begins. The blue dashed line shows the portion of the Nahunta Sub north from Folkston which is not included in the MSTS Florida Funnel route. The gray line is the single-track Jesup Sub between Waycross and Folkston. A better look at the Funnel lines can be had from the next two maps. At Callahan, the Nahunta Sub double track contines southeast to Jacksonville, while the Callahan Sub diverges southwest to Baldwin. From Folkston, the neck of the funnel runs southeast to Callahan, which is not depicted on the map above, but which is at the junction of US Highways 1 and 301, about half-way between Folkston and Jacksonville. The lines from Waycross and Savannah come together at Folkston, an amazing little town of 3,000 people who love railfans (and the money they bring with them)! The State of Georgia gave Folkston a grant to build a train-watching platform which was dedicated in August, 2001. The main flow of train traffic is to and from Waycross and Jacksonville. These maps may help put this mega-21st-century rail operation in context. Northbound the story is similar.Florida trains, including the famous Tropicana Juice train, come together from Baldwin and Jacksonville's Moncrief Yard at Callahan and pack the double track to Folkston, where most freight traffic goes up the single-track Jesup Sub to Waycross, while Amtrak, some intermodals and some coal trains continue up the Nahunta Sub toward Savannah. The rest of the trains, including four daily Amtraks, continue southeast to Jacksonville.
Almost half of all southbound freight traffic diverges from the Funnel on the Callahan Subdivision of CSX's Jacksonville Service Lane to Baldwin. From Jacksonville and Baldwin Yard, trains serve Miami, Orlando and Tampa, as well as points west to New Orleans. On this track, trains from the Midwest and the Northeast come together, all bound for east, central or west Florida. However, the short neck of the Funnel is just part of the story. This trackage sees 50-60 trains a day, depending on traffic levels. The CSX Florida Funnel refers to a relatively short section of double track mainline that runs from Folkston, Georgia, about 20 miles south to Callahan, Florida.
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