Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad Explained

Railroad Name:Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad
Marks:JXPT
Locale:northeast of downtown Jacksonville, Florida
Start Year:July 28, 1996
End Year:present
Hq City:Jacksonville, Florida
Website:www.watco.com

The Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad is a short line terminal railroad run by Watco. It serves the Jacksonville Port Authority and tenants with over ten miles of track. It has only one main line, running west from the Tallyrand Marine Terminal on the St Johns River to an interchange with CSX and Norfolk Southern northeast of downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Formerly known as the Talleyrand Terminal Railroad. Operations began on July 28, 1996, under that name.[1] On March 8, 2017, Watco bought the railroad and renamed it the Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090117060153/http://www.rrb.gov/pdf/bcd/bcd96-80.pdf Employer Status Determination
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182944/https://www.watco.com/service/rail/jacksonville-port-terminal-railroad-jxpt/ Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad