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A DAY IN WAYCROSS, Ga
May 5, 2001

    In 2001, daylight traffic on the Tallahassee Subdivision grinded to a halt. Major maintenance of way projects were happening all along the line during the day leaving only the night for the trains to run. Starving for trains, one day of May, I broke down, bought the very expensive gas and went to Waycross for a sunrise to sunset feast. The result was 31 trains in 10 hours minus an hour and half I took to chase Q650 on the Bowline. Also on my side that day, was an absolutely perfect weather which is rare at this time of the year. Following is the report. Click on the links to see the photos.
TIME TRAIN# DIRECTION TYPE ORIGIN/DESTINATION POWER NOTES
9:20 ? NB FREIGHT FOLKSTON DNS
9:30 Q220 NB AUTO BALDWIN-NASHVILLE CSX5794-HLCX6508 (SD45shell)
10:05 Q647 SB FREIGHT CHICAGO-WAYCROSS DNS
10:30 N100-01 SB COAL CLOVER-POWERPARK CSX368-CSX366 SJRX
10:35 Q693 SB FREIGHT ERWIN-WAYCROSS DNR-Highly sensitive freight.
10:55 N100-02 NB COAL POWERPARK-CLOVER CSX254-CSX403
11:05 Q214 NB AUTO BALDWIN-LOUISVILLE CSX8148-CSX8331 FROM WHIGHAM
11:20 Q409 SB FREIGHT SELKIRK-WAYCROSS CSX682-CSX8777NYC
11:20 S456 NB FREIGHT TAFT-WAYCROSS DNS
11:30 LOCAL SB FREIGHT JESUP
12:00 K440 NB PHOSPHATE TAMPA-WAYCROSS CSX7911-CSX8751CR
12:20 Q546 NB FREIGHT WAYCROSS-ATLANTA CSX8041-HLGX6815
12:30 Q? NB FREIGHT FOLKSTON 3B36-7/58__?
12:30 Q652 NB FREIGHT TAMPA-WAYCROSS DNS
12:40 Q592 NB FREIGHT WAYCROSS-CHICAGO CSX(2)-HLGX6816
13:00 Q650 NB FREIGHT WAYCROSS-LOUISVILLE CSX7392-CEFX3131-HLCX581UP Caboose
13:00 T109 NB COAL BOSTWICK-DOTIKI DNS
 
14:20 Q456 NB FREIGHT TAFT-WAYCROSS DNS
14:50 Q601 SB FREIGHT WAYCROSS-NEWORLEANS CSX7805-FURX3047
16:10 Q121 SB INTERMODAL CHICAGO-JACKSONVILLE DNR
15:30 Q684 NB FREIGHT WAYCROSS-NASHVILLE UP3727-UP9850
16:00 Q602 NB FREIGHT NEWORLEANS-WAYCROSS CSX7559-UP9570-UP4086-CSX????
16:30 Q455 SB FREIGHT WAYCROSS-TAFT CSX????-CSX8481
16:45 Q453 SB FREIGHT WAYCROSS-MIAMI CSX7642-CSX7911
17:00 K821 NB PHOSPHATE TAMPA-PROVISO CSX8759-CSX8534-GCFX3081
17:30 Q410 NB FREIGHT WAYCROSS-SELKIRK CSX8751CR-CSX7578
17:50 Q250 NB AUTO FOLKSTON-WAYCROSS LMSX707-CSX7050-HLCX6056-CSX5911
18:15 Q120 NB INTERMODAL JACKSONVILLE-CHICAGO CSX7684-CSX7505-CSX7763
18:50 Q545 EB FREIGHT BIRMINGHAM-WAYCROSS DNS
19:30 Q681 EB FREIGHT NASHVILLE-WAYCROSS DNR