Jacksonville Union Terminal HISTORY RECAP

[gatorback]

Gatorback, Years ago, I owned the Private Pullman, "The Mountain Queen". I also came very close to buying FEC office car "95"... But it all worked out anyway... the Queen had a cracked frame and couldn't move, so she sold to go to a private property. 95, ended up in Morristown NJ, where I last saw her. Another was the St. Lucie Sound or the Lake Okeechobee, both Florida East Coast, Tavern Lounge Observation Cars. Both ended up in museums and I think my favorite the "Sound" is in Ohio now.  Ahhh, maybe someday, I'll make the leap for real, but you have to have deep pockets... Something where I'm not even close anymore.

Ocklawaha

I found this for you.  If you're really serious about getting into the ownership of a trolley or cable car the price point on this might not  be so bad.

http://www.youtube.com/v/rLs937XeeGY

[mtraininjax]

Jason, et all,

On 8/22/1957, the Jacksonville Terminal Company commissioned a layout of all the tracks and switches that lead up to the terminal. It was updated then in 1962. There were 4 bay Street tracks. Bay Street 1 was next to the Mail Shed. Track 1 through 15 all dead-ended at a terminus outside of the station. 16 through 22 went past the station to the south of the station. Track 60 was just south of 22, not sure where it went. Then it got interesting as there was a Seaboard Air Line track (Hogan Street Lead) and then an ACL (Warehouse Track) then tracks 23-26 and finally track 31.  I count 29 tracks that either dead-ended into the station or past by it on the way into town.

Did anyone know that the JTA is built on the former ACL roundhouse that used to feature a 100 foot turntable? Cool stuff.