The gray line is the single-track Jesup Sub between Waycross and Folkston. A better look at the Funnel lines can be had from the next two maps. At Callahan, the Nahunta Sub double track contines southeast to Jacksonville, while the Callahan Sub diverges southwest to Baldwin. From Folkston, the neck of the funnel runs southeast to Callahan, which is not depicted on the map above, but which is at the junction of US Highways 1 and 301, about half-way between Folkston and Jacksonville. The lines from Waycross and Savannah come together at Folkston, an amazing little town of 3,000 people who love railfans (and the money they bring with them)! The State of Georgia gave Folkston a grant to build a train-watching platform which was dedicated in August, 2001. The main flow of train traffic is to and from Waycross and Jacksonville. These maps may help put this mega-21st-century rail operation in context. Northbound the story is similar.Florida trains, including the famous Tropicana Juice train, come together from Baldwin and Jacksonville's Moncrief Yard at Callahan and pack the double track to Folkston, where most freight traffic goes up the single-track Jesup Sub to Waycross, while Amtrak, some intermodals and some coal trains continue up the Nahunta Sub toward Savannah. The rest of the trains, including four daily Amtraks, continue southeast to Jacksonville. Almost half of all southbound freight traffic diverges from the Funnel on the Callahan Subdivision of CSX's Jacksonville Service Lane to Baldwin.
From Jacksonville and Baldwin Yard, trains serve Miami, Orlando and Tampa, as well as points west to New Orleans. On this track, trains from the Midwest and the Northeast come together, all bound for east, central or west Florida. However, the short neck of the Funnel is just part of the story.
This trackage sees 50-60 trains a day, depending on traffic levels. The CSX Florida Funnel refers to a relatively short section of double track mainline that runs from Folkston, Georgia, about 20 miles south to Callahan, Florida.
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