Just thought I'd share.. not sure if it's ever been posted here before.
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QuoteJacksonville Union Terminal office and business car storage area view as seen during 1973. At this time SCL stored their office and business cars mostly in this downtown location at Jacksonville, Florida, where there was a covered platform, electrical power and water supplies available. The office and business cars were rebuilt and modernized heavyweight passenger cars. Control tower "A" is located on the left side in the middle of the photo. In the background on the right is the tall SCL headquarters office building. This area has changed greatly as of today, however, the SCL headquarters office building now says CSX. The 4 major railroads that used this terminal facility before the SCL was created were the ACL, SAL, FEC & SR.
This, and more from the area around this era can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=34817914@N05&q=jacksonville (http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=34817914@N05&q=jacksonville)
Very nice. Thanks for posting.
^Ditto. Great set of pics.
Awesome set of pix! 8)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/with/8631350781/
AlcoMike has a HUGE collection of Florida Railroad photos... including old steam engine wrecks...
^Including 1504 in its original location, Southern's Simpson Yard, the Beaver Street viaduct area and tons of the old Jax Terminal, including a tunnel shot.
Quote from: thelakelander on November 01, 2013, 07:39:59 AM
^Including 1504 in its original location, Southern's Simpson Yard, the Beaver Street viaduct area and tons of the old Jax Terminal, including a tunnel shot.
Yep... There is some good stuff in there... still sifting through...
Thanks so much for sharing Deathstar! Those are some great pics!
Well, there goes my entire morning break looking through these! ;) GORGEOUS shots in here, but loving the 1504 and the one in the tunnel.
I was attempting to find pictures from a concert I attended on the 24th, while on Flickr. I typed in Jacksonville, and that was the second result that came up. I was like, GOTTA post this on Metro Jax!
And, holy smokes!
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The tunnel under the railroad where you guys went exploring and snapped photos! I didn't notice this until just now!
Here's what it looks like now:
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Looks about the same!
It's amazing how well the brickwork has held up, even under water.
Amazes me that even with these photos, our photos, Alco Mikes Photos, blueprints, drawings, etc... FDOT still insists 'The tunnels are gone,' and Amtrak knows they were 'Old baggage tunnels.' The COJ said they had to tear them out because 'we wouldn't want somebody's Volkswagen falling through the roof of one.' Amazes me that perfectly good air is being wasted on these people.
What is even more interesting is how days, weeks and months continue to slip by as we are content to make do with the Amshack on Clifford Lane. Our local and state leaders continue to drop the ball on better transportation infrastructure. Of course, exceptions can be made for overpasses, flyovers and additional lanes of traffic that will end up being gridlocked in a matter of time...
I had a conversation with Mrs. Lovett about these pictures, and I showed them to her via my iPhone and she was astounded by them. She told me stories of how she remembers the tunnel which would take you to different trains, etc.. "Oh, it was marvelous." Dare I say, bring her to your next meeting with the FDOT and let them tell Her there's no tunnels? Ha!
When they did the convention center they probably took some of them out. The record probably says all of them.............which would likely mean all of them on the drawings to be removed.