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31-780: The north end of the line is at Baldwin Junction, where it connects with the Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision to the east, the Callahan Subdivision to the north, and the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad to the west. At its south end, it connects to the Yeoman Subdivision , which continues to Tampa . It also connects with the Vitis Subdivision just south of Dade City . The Wildwood Subdivision and

62-584: A multiplex from Trilacoochee to Clinton Heights south of Dade City. Since then, the road has been lined with independent farms, restaurants, automotive garages, and motels. In 1967, the ACL and SAL merged to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad , which brought the junction into decline. The southwest tracks formerly owned by the SAL were removed during the 1970s, and in 1989 the northwest tracks formerly owned by

93-756: A yard within Jacksonville. Their main yard for the Jacksonville area was just west of Jacksonville in Baldwin . Baldwin Yard is still in service and is now located on the Wildwood Subdivision . With a large number of railroads operating in Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Terminal Company was chartered in 1894 to coordinate train movement of multiple railroads in the area, manage yards, and build Jacksonville Union Terminal , which opened in 1919. By 1902,

124-477: Is a group of railroad lines owned by CSX Transportation in and around Jacksonville , which was historically a major railroad hub. The Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision includes about 13.0 miles of track. The primary line through the Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision is the A Line, which is one of CSX's main lines in the eastern United States. Within the Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision,

155-497: Is at the northern terminus of the US 301 and US 98 multiplex. It has a non-profit "Greater Trilby Community Association" which exists to improve the life and quality of residents of the Trilby , Trilacoochee and Lacoochee area. The ZIP Code for this community is 33523, which it shares with Dade City . Trilacoochee is bordered by Trilby to the northwest, Lacoochee to the northeast, Blanton to

186-408: Is double tracked in many places to accommodate the large amount of freight traffic and is dispatched through a Centralized traffic control signal system. Some of the double track was installed in the mid 2010s to further increase capacity since through trains no longer use the adjacent A Line, which is now partially state owned. Passenger service previously operated over the line which diminished in

217-508: Is located on the A Line just north of Beaver Street Interlocking. It serves as CSX's primary classification yard for the Jacksonville area. Moncrief Yard was previously the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 's main yard in Jacksonville. Duval Yard, also known as Jax Ramp, is located just northwest central Jacksonville. Duval Yard serves as an intermodal terminal for Jacksonville. The yard and its connecting track were built in

248-812: The CSX Corporation . The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately until 1986, when they were merged into CSX Transportation . The line was renamed the Wildwood Subdivision from Baldwin and Zephyrhills by CSX after more of the West Coast Subdivision was abandoned in 1987. The Wildwood Subdivision and the rest of the S Line (CSX's designation for the former Seaboard Air Line main line) continues to be CSX's main route through peninsular Florida. Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision The Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision

279-721: The Chessie System . Norfolk Southern and the Florida East Coast Railway have trackage rights on CSX to interchange with one another and with CSX at Moncrief Yard. CSX also has trackage rights on the Florida East Coast Railway into their Bowden Yard and on the Norfolk Southern into their Simpson Yard. Trilacoochee, Florida Trilacoochee is an unincorporated community in the northeast corner of Pasco County , Florida , United States . It

310-804: The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad , which would be bought by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1903. The line became the Seaboard's main line . For much of the Seaboard Air Line era, the main line was designated from Jacksonville and Baldwin to Wildwood as the Baldwin Subdivision . From Wildwood to Coleman, it was part of the Miami Subdivision , which continued down the now-abandoned branch from Coleman to Auburndale and to

341-503: The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad . In the late 1970s, the Seaboard Coast Line built Duval Yard and Intermodal Ramp and associated tracks on the northwest side of town. Duval was built to handle intermodal traffic, since the areas other yards were too overcrowded by then. Duval Yard is connected to the A Line on the north end and the S Line on the south end. Seaboard Coast Line became CSX Transportation in 1986 after merging with

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372-407: The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad . The Atlantic Coast Line route was kept in favor of the Seaboard route since is it went around the downtowns of Dade City and Zephyrhills. Despite its Atlantic Coast Line heritage, it is unofficially considered part of the S Line since it carries all S Line traffic (though, this segment still retains its ACL milepost numbering with AR and ARF prefixes). A portion of

403-405: The northside of town. An interlocking tower once stood at the north side of Beaver Street Interlocking. The tower was demolished in 1999 to accommodate the new wider Beaver Street ( US 90 ) overpass. The interlocking is now controlled by Centralized traffic control signals controlled by dispatchers. In 1967, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad merged to form

434-403: The 1940s the spelling Trilacoochee was used more frequently. The state highway that became SR 35 was realigned during 1948 and 1949, and US 301 took over the route. ACL built a bridge over both the SAL tracks, the switching station, and the new section of the road. The old sections have since been renamed Old Trilby Road. US 98 was extended through Pasco County in 1952, and joined US 301 in

465-574: The A Line connects with the S Line west to Baldwin, as well as the Florida East Coast Railway and Norfolk Southern's Valdosta District . From the interlocking, the A line continues southwest to St. Johns , where it continues as the Sanford Subdivision . All of Amtrak 's passenger services through Florida run on the A Line. The A Line was previously the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad . The S Line currently runs east from Beaver Street Interlocking west to Baldwin. The S Line

496-481: The A Line runs from Dinsmore south, passing Jackonville's Amtrak station , and through Grand Junction (historically known as Grand Crossing ). Grand Junction is where it connects with the Kingsland Subdivision . Norfolk Southern Railway 's Springfield Lead also crosses the A Line at Grand Junction. The A Line continues from Grand Junction south through Moncrief Yard to Beaver Street Interlocking. Here,

527-722: The Jacksonville Terminal Company and the Union Terminal were jointly owned by five railroads. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad , Seaboard Air Line Railroad , and Florida East Coast Railway each owned 25% of the company, and the Southern Railway and the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway each with 12.5% ownership. The Jacksonville Terminal Company ceased operations in 1976 when the Union Terminal closed and Amtrak opened its current Jacksonville station on

558-621: The Miami area (built by the Seaboard's Florida Western and Northern Railroad subsidiary). From Coleman south, the Seaboard main line was designated as the Tampa Subdivision . From Owensboro south to Vitis Junction, the Wildwood Subdivision was originally part of the South Florida Railroad 's Pemberton Ferry Branch, which would become the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 's DuPont—Lakeland Line . From Vitis Junction south to Zephyrhills,

589-450: The Wildwood Subdivision is Wildwood Yard. Today, Wildwood yard serves as a small CSX maintenance and switching yard. It was historically a busy classification yard in the days of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad . From the 1920s to the 1980s, the yard was significant since the Seaboard's division points to Tampa, Orlando, and Miami were located just to the south. Trains to Orlando previously turned towards Leesburg and Tavares just south of

620-536: The Wildwood Subdivision was the Atlantic Coast Line's Vitis—Tampa Line . The Seaboard line originally had its own alignment from Owensboro to Zephyrhills via Dade City, but that segment was abandoned in the early 1970s, shortly after the Seaboard Air Line's 1967 merger with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The abandonment was part of an effort to consolidate the merged network, which was named

651-467: The Yeoman Subdivision (which both run along CSX’s S Line) together are CSX’s main freight route through Peninsular Florida. The Wildwood Subdivision is used exclusively for freight. Freight trains bound for Tampa generally run the full line to the Yeoman Subdivision while trains to Miami, Orlando, and other areas of Southern Florida diverge on to the Vitis Subdivision at Vitis Junction. The line

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682-620: The former SAL line in Dade City became the Hardy Trail in 2019. After the merger, the line remained the Baldwin and Miami Subdivisions north of Coleman, but the remaining line from Coleman to Owensboro became the Coleman Subdivision . The ex-ACL segments were then part of the West Coast Subdivision . In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System , creating

713-659: The late 1970s by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad for that purpose since Moncrief Yard was becoming too overcrowded. Railroad lines in Jacksonville were largely built at the end of the 1800s. CSX's A Line north of Jacksonville (which leads to the Nahunta Subdivision ) was originally part of the East Florida Railway . The A Line south of Jacksonville (which leads to the Sanford Subdivision)

744-522: The late 1980s when CSX abandoned parts of Seaboard's branch at Wildwood to West Palm Beach and Miami (the Florida Western and Northern Railroad ). Amtrak 's Silver Star to Miami used this route up until then, which was subsequently shifted to the A Line through Orlando. Passenger service was discontinued completely in 2004 when Amtrak truncated the Palmetto to Savannah, Georgia . A notable location on

775-554: The west, the Green Swamp to the east, and Dade City to the south. Trilacoochee was originally known as Owensboro Junction, where the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line railroad crossed paths. The lines were originally built by two other competing railroads, the South Florida Railroad between 1884 and 1885 which was acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line, and the Florida Railway and Navigation Company in 1887, which

806-537: The yard (the wye at the south end of the yard is all that remains of that connection). Trains to Miami turned in Coleman down Seaboard's Florida Western and Northern Railroad . Wildwood station still stands and is co-located in the yard, though passenger service has long been discontinued. In 2013, new double-tracked main lines were built to bypass the yard. The station's platforms were removed to accommodate this expansion. The Wildwood Subdivision from Baldwin to Waldo

837-444: Was bought by the Florida Central and Peninsular Railway and eventually the Seaboard Air Line. In time the town gained a school, two post offices, a shingle mill, and after clay deposits were discovered in 1907, a brick yard and kiln were installed. A housing development known as Trilcoochee Gardens was begun in the 1920s, named because it was between Trilby and Lacoochee. During the 1930s the community became known as Trilcoochee, but by

868-674: Was built in 1859 by the Florida Railroad , which historically ran from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key (which was the first cross-state railroad route in Florida). From Waldo south to Ocala the line was originally part of the Peninsula Railroad and from Ocala south to Lacoochee (at a point previously known as Owensboro Junction ) it was part of the Tropical Florida Railroad . All three of these railroads would be merged into

899-498: Was part of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad , which became part of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad . The S Line previously continued east and north beyond Beaver Street Interlocking toward Panama Park prior to the 1990s. The former right of way of this segment is now the S-Line Urban Greenway. The remaining S Line north of Panama Park is now part of the Kingsland Subdivision . The Seaboard Air Line never operated

930-722: Was part of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway . Both lines became part of the Plant System and later the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad . Grand Crossing was originally the junction between the East Florida Railway, the Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad (now the Kingsland Subdivision), and the Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway (now Norfolk Southern). The S Line from Jacksonville west to Baldwin Junction

961-641: Was previously the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. At Baldwin, the S Line continues south as the Wildwood Subdivision. It also connects with the Callahan Subdivision to the north and the Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad to the west at Baldwin. Despite being part of the S Line historically, the line's mileposts have the prefix SP. Within the Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision, CSX operates two major yard facilities. Moncrief Yard

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