CSX Railyard - Fernandina Beach, FL
N 30° 40.163 W 081° 27.914
17R E 455433 N 3393054
This CSX railyard is located on South Front Street in downtown historic Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WM3M0E
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2008
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The history of this railroad is available on the
Amelia Today website: David Levy Yulee "was key to securing Florida's statehood, becoming not only one of Florida's first U.S. Senators, but also the nation's first Jewish senator. As if these achievements weren't enough, David Levy Yulee is also the Founding Father of present day Fernandina Beach. Yulee created the Florida Railroad Company that built the first cross Florida railroad, originating at the foot of Centre Street in Fernandina Beach and terminating in Cedar Key on Florida's Gulf Coast. The intention of this route was to expedite shipments to the nation's interior by alleviating the 1,000-mile voyage around Florida. However, as fate would have it, Yulee's railroad was completed in March of 1861, merely one month prior to the commencement of the Civil War."
Currently, this railroad track from Fernandina Beach to Yulee, Florida, is owned by CSX. We found a 2005 article in News Leader stating that "CSX Transportation has leased its railroad track from Yulee to Fernandina Beach, including the lines that serve Rayonier and Smurfit-Stone mills and the Port of Fernandina." First Coast Railroad now operates at the Fernandina railyard. First Coast is a subsidiary of Rail Link, Inc., which is a Jacksonville-based short-haul railroad line.
The posted coordinates are across South Front Street front the railyard, a safe viewing location with plenty of free parking.