Fun in (and around) Folkston

A quintet of pig boats on Q455, Waycross-Taft.

An office car special running as P927.

Train Q441, Waycross-Tampa, rolls through Folkston.

CSX train Q409 brings the Tropicana juice empties back to Florida. CSXT 6220 was originally WM (CS) 4321.

Southbound ballast train W016 passes through Folkston. CSXT 9701 was originally B&O 4004, later CSXT 6579, then to LLPX 3104.

CSX train A772, also known as the "Fernandina Rocket" cruises through Folkston behind a "nose job" B23-7, which was originally SCL (FL) 5114.

CSX train Q441 passes through Folkston with a couple of northern visitors in its consist.

CSX train A773, the northbound "Fernandina Rocket" passes through Folkston behind three B23-7s and a U23B.

A pair of former Conrail "Big Macs" on CSX train Q121.

CSX train Q453 southbound at Folkston.

CSX train A789, the long gone "Busch local" appproaches the Folkston turnout at MP ANA 621.

CSX train Q213 curves off of the Jesup sub and onto the Nahunta sub at the Folkston turnout.

CSX train Q127 sails around the curve off the Jesup sub at Folkston.

CSX train Q441 southbound at Folkston with a plethora of power.

CSX train K651, juice empties, southbound at Folkston.

SD70MACs handle coal train T124 at Folkston.

A couple of ex-Conrail GEs sandwich a former QNS&L EMD on CSX train K822 at Folkston.

CSX train Q601 southbound at Folkston.

CSX intermodal train Q120 poses for?the obligatory Folkston water tower shot.

Amply powered empty autorack train Q212 at Folkston.

CSX train K651, Tropicana empties, motors down number two track at the Folkston turnout.

Hard to believe that FURX 3021, shown here leading CSX train Q452 at Folkston, was once a tunnel motor, D&RGW 5402. Wrecked on Tennessee Pass in 7/89, she was sold to NRE 6/91 and rebuilt as standard SD40-2 NREX 5402, then sold to CP as their 5449, later to StL&H 5449, rebuilt by GEC Alsthom to FURX 3021 in 2/2000.

The right one was leading for a change. CSX train U109 at Folkston.

An SD50 works single on train K843, empty JCHs bound for Mulberry Yard in Lakeland, FL for phosphate loading.

CSX train K651, Tropicana empties, at the junction of the Jesup and Nahunta subs. Trailing unit HLCX 6221 is ex-QNS&L.

OCS train P996 northbound through Folkston. CSXT 9993 was originally AMTK 395.

A pair of leasers handles CSX train Q452. GCFX 3064 is ex-NREX 869, nee-C&NW 869.

What was probably then CSX's hottest train, Q121, southbound through Folkston with an ex-Conrail leader.

CSX train Q455, Waycross to Taft, southbound at Folkston.

The worlds' shortest OCS, CSX train P922, southbound at SE Hague on the Jesup sub.

A pair of C40-8s on Q237, Tampa-bound autoracks.

Three GEs struggle to start a K821 loaded phosphate train after being held at Martin Street.

More ex-Cons, this time on K651, TPIX empties with a fill of IM on the head end.

Q441 with a pair of leasers meets the stopped manifest. CEFX 3141 was originally ATSF 1836.

No room at the inn, or at least in Rice Yard, so this northbound manifest will sit and wait at Martin Street until a slot opens up.

Coal empties run around the stopped manifest at Martin Street.

CSX train Q127 southbound at Folkston. CSXT 8717 was originally CR 6860.

Northbound empty coal train behind a pair of EMDs. Those Oakway leasers were a rare sight in this area.

CSX train Q652 pulls by the platform at Folkston. CSXT 6899 was originally GP60 demonstrator EMDX 7.

Southbound manifest with an ex-CR leader; CSXT 7315 was originally CR 6087.

Phospate drag K440 with a gaggle of EMD power. CSXT 8442 was rebuilt from UP SD40 3035.

A trio of UP EMDs head up CSX train Q606 at Folkston.

Not the usual power for the Fernandina Rocket, CSX train A773. CEFX 3114 was ex-SP SD45R 7451, nee-SP SD45 8894.

A pair of C30s handles CSX train A789, the Busch local.

CSX train Q455 sails through the turnout from the Jesup to the Nahunta sub. Whatever paint they used on this batch of YN2s didn't hold up too well.

A former Conrail SD40-2 leads a whole bunch of assorted power on Q602, crossing over to take the Jesup sub to Waycross.

A pair of Helm leasers handling CSX train Q609. HLCX 6204 is ex-BCOL 736, nee-KCCX 101.

Train P977 is both a contestant for World's Shortest OCS, and a member of the Open Nose Door Club.

Big Blue heads up train Q125's consist of empty Trops and stacks.

Train Q652 out of Tampa has an ex-Conrail leader. CSXT 8830 was originally CR 6435.