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Wildwood Subdivision
The Wildwood Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Florida. It runs along CSX's S Line from Baldwin south to Zephyrhills via Ocala and Wildwood for a total of 155.7 miles. The S Line is CSX's designation for the line that was the Seaboard Air Line Railroad main line from 1903 to 1967.
The Wildwood Subdivision begins at Baldwin Junction in Baldwin. The line connects with CSX's Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision and Callahan Subdivision at Baldwin Junction, along with the Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad.
From Baldwin Junction, the Wildwood Subdivision heads south along CSX's S Line through Starke and Waldo to Ocala. It connects with CSX's Brooker Subdivision at Wannee Junction in Starke. In Ocala, the Wildwood Subdivision crosses the Florida Northern Railroad at the historic Ocala Union Station.
From Ocala, the Wildwood Subdivision continues south to Wildwood, where CSX operates a significant freight yard. South of Wildwood, the line continues through Coleman and Bushnell. Just south of Lacoochee at Owensboro, the Wildwood Subdivision turns south onto CSX's AR Line though Dade City to Vitis Junction. At Vitis Junction, the Wildwood Subdivision turns southwest while the Vitis Subdivision continues south. The Wildwood Subdivision ends in Zephyrhills, where the line continues south to Tampa as the Yeoman Subdivision.
The Wildwood Subdivision is used exclusively for freight and it CSX’s main freight route through Peninsular Florida. Freight trains bound for Tampa's Yeoman Yard generally run the full line to the Yeoman Subdivision while trains to Miami, Orlando, Tampa's Uceta Yard, and other areas of Southern Florida diverge on to the Vitis Subdivision at Vitis Junction.
The line is double tracked in many places to accommodate the large amount of freight traffic and is dispatched through a Centralized traffic control signal system. Some of the double track was installed in the mid 2010s to further increase capacity since through trains no longer use the adjacent A Line, which is now partially state owned.
Passenger service previously ran on the line, but it was discontinued completely in 2004 when Amtrak truncated the Palmetto to Savannah, Georgia.
There are two signifiacant yards along the Wildwood Subdivision: Baldwin Yard and Wildwood Yard.
Wildwood Subdivision
The Wildwood Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Florida. It runs along CSX's S Line from Baldwin south to Zephyrhills via Ocala and Wildwood for a total of 155.7 miles. The S Line is CSX's designation for the line that was the Seaboard Air Line Railroad main line from 1903 to 1967.
The Wildwood Subdivision begins at Baldwin Junction in Baldwin. The line connects with CSX's Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision and Callahan Subdivision at Baldwin Junction, along with the Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad.
From Baldwin Junction, the Wildwood Subdivision heads south along CSX's S Line through Starke and Waldo to Ocala. It connects with CSX's Brooker Subdivision at Wannee Junction in Starke. In Ocala, the Wildwood Subdivision crosses the Florida Northern Railroad at the historic Ocala Union Station.
From Ocala, the Wildwood Subdivision continues south to Wildwood, where CSX operates a significant freight yard. South of Wildwood, the line continues through Coleman and Bushnell. Just south of Lacoochee at Owensboro, the Wildwood Subdivision turns south onto CSX's AR Line though Dade City to Vitis Junction. At Vitis Junction, the Wildwood Subdivision turns southwest while the Vitis Subdivision continues south. The Wildwood Subdivision ends in Zephyrhills, where the line continues south to Tampa as the Yeoman Subdivision.
The Wildwood Subdivision is used exclusively for freight and it CSX’s main freight route through Peninsular Florida. Freight trains bound for Tampa's Yeoman Yard generally run the full line to the Yeoman Subdivision while trains to Miami, Orlando, Tampa's Uceta Yard, and other areas of Southern Florida diverge on to the Vitis Subdivision at Vitis Junction.
The line is double tracked in many places to accommodate the large amount of freight traffic and is dispatched through a Centralized traffic control signal system. Some of the double track was installed in the mid 2010s to further increase capacity since through trains no longer use the adjacent A Line, which is now partially state owned.
Passenger service previously ran on the line, but it was discontinued completely in 2004 when Amtrak truncated the Palmetto to Savannah, Georgia.
There are two signifiacant yards along the Wildwood Subdivision: Baldwin Yard and Wildwood Yard.