A detour Jax-CFILC intermodal returns the 177 ID to the A-Line once again. This was a result of a Hurricane Milton-related washout on the Vitis Subdivision between Lakeland and Richland on the 17... (more)

If it's in fresh paint, I'll take it. If it's in daylight on the A-Line, I'll take it. It's not often CSXT will route the daily train this way, but when it happens....take it.

Ex-Q455 now M457 has come around from Baldwin and is heading into what used to be Taft Ramp. The head end is on CSX rails while the rear is strung out on CFRC. On weekends, they aren't subject t... (more)

Local for the RC Branch is swinging out of the old ramp with cars. Most switching is done out of the north end these days so getting a move here requires timing now.

Loaded Florida Rock train is spotting cars into the plant. Unit rock trains are now combined with general freight and switched by locals while the power is largely sidelined.

Waycross-Sanford mixed is running northbound off the CFRC mainline into the Taft Ramp where they will drop Orlando traffic before heading north to Sanford. This longer routing in recent years has... (more)

CSXT is routing all their Orlando area traffic "the conventional way" thru Jacksonville down the A-Line, instead of "the new normal way" around Baldwin to Lakeland and up the A... (more)

Part of the impact from Hurricane Ian saw washouts on the former Sanford Subdivision in Kissimmee that will put that end of the railroad out of service for weeks. This means CSXT has to take the ... (more)

Two CSXT locals vie for mainline time between CFRC scoots.

CSXT OCS is visiting their yard in Taft which is split down the middle by CFRC's double track/ex-CSXT Sanford Subdivision mainline. The West Yard is where most of the local work is done while the... (more)

In 2022, it's like opening a time capsule when you go looking thru photos even from the digital era. Case in point, this pair of locomotives resting between assignments in Taft. Both stricken fr... (more)

OCS making its second visit to Taft Yard since being repainted. Naturally, the effort to do so has questions circulating. Even passing commuter trains remarked on the sight.

So...here's where property lines get tricky. CFRC maintains & operates the double track mainline in Taft, but CSXT maintains & operates the yard leads and adjoined yard on either side of it, in e... (more)

So...here's where property lines get tricky. CFRC maintains & operates the double track mainline in Taft, but CSXT maintains & operates the yard leads and adjoined yard on either side of it, in e... (more)

A couple of "remote control" rebuilt GP's execute some switching in CSXT's Taft Yard, on a beautiful day in the Sunshine State. The second engine is CSXT EMD GP38-3 #2013.