Friday, December 13, 2013
Action in Callahan and Crawford these last couple weeks
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Eagan's Creek Greenway
View of the Eagan's Creek Greenway in Fernandina Beach
Amelia Island Swing Span Bridge and Trestle
The Amelia Island Swing Span connects Amelia Island with mainland Nassau County. Once owned and used by CSX, it is now in the hands of First Coast Railroad. The first bridge, a mammoth 6000+ feet wooden trestle and draw bridge, was built by McDowell and Callahan for David Yulee's Florida Railroad in 1855. The wood trestle has long since been shortened and replaced with concrete pilings. The metal span pictured was once the span of the Florida East Coast's bridge over the St. Johns River in Palatka. When they dismantled the bridge, they placed the swing span upon a barge and shipped it here where it still plays a vital role in Nassau's rail network.
Railfanning in Crawford, FL
A northbound Norfolk Southern Car Carrier/Piggyback train barrels under the US 301 viaduct toward the Crawford Diamond southwest of Callahan, FL. The two mile long Crawford siding that serves as a waiting place for Southbound trains waiting to enter Simpson yard in Jacksonville ends here. Note the secondary siding in the lower right of photo. This short siding only measures several hundred yards in length
Railfanning in Crawford, FL
Westbound NS train races around the Crawford curve as it approaches the US 301 viaduct and the diamond of the CSX Baldwin-Callahan line.
Crawford FL Diamond
A southbound CSX manifest train bound for Baldwin, FL approaches the diamond with the Norfolk Southern RR's Jacksonville-Valdosta line in Crawford, FL
railfanning in Callahan, FL
Northbound amtrak from JAX FL overtakes a CSX manifest taken from US 301 viaduct just south of the Callahan junction
railfanning from Callahan
CSX Manifest northbound from Jax FL taken from the US 301 viaduct just south of the Callahan junction
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