A NS Southbound intermodal/piggyback combo at Crawford, Nassau County, FL

A Thanksgiving treat at the Crawford diamond. A Norfolk Southern (NS) intermodal/piggyback combo heading South toward Jacksonville. There was a NB intermodal waiting on the Norris siding just south of the US 301 viaduct but I couldnt wait for that one.

CSx southbound freight rolls through Dyal, Nassau County, Florida

SB CSX manifest passes the new "Darth Vader" signals at Dyal

Good shot of the dip in the track in between Dyal Road and Pratt Siding grade crossings.

At the bottom of the dip is the Boggy Creek trestle near where the silver spike was driven in 1881.

 

Just a quick pic of a CSX southbound manifest as it rolls through the signals at Dyal, Nassau County, Florida. Located at Milepost 619.6 on the A line between Callahan and Hilliard, this point use to be called Dyal Station. I also hear it called today by the CSX engineers as Dyal Hill, I guess because of the drop in elevation to the north as the tracks cross Boggy Creek. This is also near where in 1881 the dignitaries of the Savannah, Florida and Western RR (Henry Plant's line) drove a silver spike, which connected the final two pieces of a seamless rail line between New York and Florida.