Folkston Funnel Railfan Park

olkston's railroad heritage is very important to the people who live here. Recognizing the significance of this aspect of Folkston's history, the City of Folkston has renovated and preserved the old railroad depot which includes the Folkston Railroad Transportation Museum.

Visit the "Cookie" Williams Model Train Room and a one-of-a-kind radio exhibit spanning four decades of radio communication. The museum also contains railroad artifacts such as genuine log books and a model office setting used by dispatchers many years ago. View pictures of logging by rail in the Okefenokee Swamp and numerous other items of railroad history.

The museum is located inside the "Depot" in downtown Folkston. The grounds around the facility are beautifully landscaped with large oak trees, benches, and a covered pavilion. We encourage you to visit Folkston and see the railroad history displayed in the Folkston Railroad Transportation Museum.

Charlton County Georgia

olkston is where the majority of train traffic for Florida passes. All of CSX’s trains moving in and out of Florida (except the few trains that go west) must pass through the Funnel. It is known to railfans as the Folkston Funnel. The Folkston Funnel is located at MP 602.2 on the Nahunta Subdivision of CSX's Jacksonville Division. At this point, the Jesup Subdivision joins the Nahunta Sub. From this point south it is double track main line to Jacksonville FL. Heading north from here, trains head to Savannah. This is the Nahunta Sub, and it handles traffic from Savannah GA and the Northeast. From the split going northwest, trains head up to Waycross and then Atlanta. This is the Jesup Sub, and handles traffic to/from Waycross GA and the Mid-west. The actual interchange for the split is just north of the viewing platform. Just south of the viewing platform is a 2700 foot long passing siding. All three lines are double tracked, and you can see about 40 to 45 trains a day, down from about 50 with operational changes made in 2017. Trains are generally longer tho to make up for some of this. One of the changes included combining the Tropicana Juice Trains with some of the regularly scheduled intermodal trains — no more separate Juice Trains.

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