First Coast Railroad

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First Coast Railroad
Reporting marks FCRD
Locale Florida and Georgia, United States
Dates of operation 2005–present
Track gauge ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)

The First Coast Railroad (AAR reporting marks FCRD) is a class III railroad operating in Florida and Georgia, owned by Rail Link Inc..

The FCRD was founded in April 2005 to lease 32 miles of a former Seaboard Air Line Railroad from CSX. It stretches east from Yulee to Fernandina Beach, Florida and north from Yulee to Seals, with a connection at Yulee to CSX.

The north-south line, formely the SAL main line before it was abandoned by the combined Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in favor of the ex-Atlantic Coast Line Railroad main line to the west, connects to the St. Marys Railroad at Kingsland. The line is abandoned north of Seals.

[edit] References

  • King, Leo (June 2006). "First Coast's First Days". Trains 66 (6): pp 34–39. ISSN 0041-0934.