Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Fernandina Beach, Fla.

An orange-and-black locomotive moves through a grade crossing with the crossing gates down.

Charlie Conway makes his way to the Atlantic coast community of Fernandina Beach, Fla., home of the First Coast Railroad. Here, Chas scouts out historic railroad structures, industries, yards, and switching action — all before breakfast with his family! […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Bowden Yard, Fla.

Red-and-yellow painted Florida East Coast locomotives paused in a yard.

An impromptu stop during Charlie Conway’s Florida vacation lands him right at the heart of Florida East Coast railroad operations at Bowden Yard. With his daughter’s cello in tow, Chas scouts out classic FEC Geeps and modern, high-horsepower marvels! […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Folkston Funnel

A blue-painted CSX Transportation locomotive moves through a flat landscape with green trees to each side.

Join Charlie Conway, our pilot pal from Drew’s Trackside Adventures, on his first of several short sidetreks to explore present-day railroading! In this initial video postcard to Drew, Charlie shares tales of a family outing to the Florida-Georgia state line. By no accident, his destination happens to be along the CSX right-of-way. Even better, The […]

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A look back on the recent history of the ‘Hook and Eye’ line NEWSWIRE

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Kennesaw Mountain looms in the distance as Georgia Northeastern Nos. 6576, 9706 and 7562 — locomotives that are former Baltimore & Ohio GP9, Penn Central GP38, and Pennsylvania GP9, respectively — switch the Georgia Northeastern lead on the CSX Transportation bridge over Tower Road in Marietta, Ga. Courtesy: Patriot Rail ATLANTA — A torch is […]

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