CSX North-Western Florida Rail Line
Pensacola to Chattahoochee
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| Direct Traffic Control (DTC) Blocks from West to East: (West End) Goulding Yard, Yniestra, Pace, Avalon, Galt, Floridale, Berg (passing siding), Galliver, Crestview, Deerland, Sellers, Adams (passing siding), DeFuniak Springs, Ponce de Leon, Westville, Bonifay, Chipley, Davis (passing siding), Cottondale, Marianna, Cypress, Sneads, Boykin, Chattahoochee Yard (East End) |
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| WEST END (Timetable South) | Highway Distances from | CrestView: | Mossy Head: | RR MP: |
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| Goulding Yard WB Yniestra DTC Block EB |
652.1 | |||
| Avalon Passing Siding West End | 655.0 | |||
| EDD @ Opal | 656.7 | |||
| Avalon Passing Siding East End | 657.0 | |||
| Yniestra DTC Block WB Pace DTC Block EB |
658.5 | |||
| Pace DTC Block WB Avalon DTC Block EB |
662.0 | |||
| Avalon DTC Block WB Galt DTC Block EB |
? | |||
| EDD @ Bagdad (length not reported) | 668.6 | |||
| Hiway 191 south to Milton Depot and Museum, open Friday and Saturday | 31.0 | 44.7 | ||
| Main street at Historic Milton (RR swing bridge to south) | 30.8 | 44.5 | ||
| Hiway 90 crosses over track | 29.8 | 43.5 | ||
| Milton Airport | 28.1 | 41.8 | ||
| Galt DTC Block WB Floridale DTC Block EB |
? | |||
| Industrial Spur to north | 27.5 | 41.2 | ||
| EDD @ Harold | 677.4 | |||
| MP 677 | 24.0 | 37.7 | 677 | |
| MP 680 | 21.0 | 34.7 | 680 | |
| Switch (east end of spur) | 20.7 | 34.4 | ||
| Floridale DTC Block WB S.E. Floridale building Berg DTC Block EB (Passing Siding) |
20.1 | 33.8 | 680.9 | |
| MP 682 | 19.0 | 32.7 | 682 | |
| Siding Capacity = 11,000 feet Speed Limit = 15 mph Berg DTC Block WB, called the ("Siding at Floridale") N.E. Floridale building Galliver DTC Block EB |
18.0 |
31.7 |
682.9 |
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| MP 684 | 16.9 | 30.6 | 684 | |
| APP Signal | 16.1 | 29.8 | ||
| Holt Post Office | 11.8 | 25.5 | ||
| Switch to siding | 10.0 | 23.7 | ||
| MP 691 | 9.9 | 23.6 | 691 | |
| EDD @ MP 691.5 reports length (DED Post) | 9.5 | 23.2 | 691.5 | |
| Galliver DTC Block WB Crestview DTC Block EB |
691.59 ? 696.0 ? |
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| NOTE: The track eastward diverges here from Hiway 90, from the east end of the Galliver block to east of Crestview, MP 707.5. | 8.3 | 22.0 | 692.4 | |
| Louisiana-Pacific | 8.1 | 21.8 | ||
| Hiway 90 Bridge over track | 5.8 | 19.5 | ||
| Highway 90 Bridge over Yellow River | 3.4 | 17.1 | ||
| EDD @ Crestview | 700.3 | |||
| Crestview Hiway 85 (Niceville) | -0.0- | -13.7- | 701.3 | |
| Crestview DTC Block WB Deerland DTC Block EB |
703.0 | |||
| Highway 90 Bridge over Shoal River | 3.9 | 9.8 | ||
| NOTE: The track westward diverges here from Hiway 90, from the Flange Lubricator at Brookwood Lane, Windsong Subdivision, MP 707.5, to the east end of the Galliver block, at MP 692.4. | 6.2 | 7.5 | 707.5 | |
| Flange Lubricator-Brookwood Lane-Windsong Subdivision | 707 | |||
| Deerland DTC Block WB Sellers DTC Block EB |
12.7 | 1.0 | 714.0 | |
| Mossy Head Hiway 285 (south to Niceville) | -13.7- | -0.0- | 715 | |
| Mossy Head Wye | 15.1 | 1.4 | 716.66 | |
| E. Mossy Head Main Street | 15.3 | 1.6 | 716.85 | |
| Sellers DTC Block WB S.E. Sellers building Adams DTC Block EB (Passing Siding) |
16.7 | 3.0 | 718 | |
| Siding Capacity = 8965 feet Speed Limit = 25 mph Adams DTC Block WB, called the ("Siding at Sellers") N.E. Sellers building DeFuniak Springs DTC Block EB |
18.5 |
4.8 |
719.7 |
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| MP 720 | 18.7 | 5.0 | 720 | |
| MP 722 | 20.7 | 7.0 | 722 | |
| EDD @ Mavis reports length and axles Located 0.7 miles east of Oakwood Hills Church. |
21.3 | 7.6 | 722.6 | |
| Boy Scout Road | 22.1 | 8.4 | 723.44 | |
| Conrad-Yelvington CYOZ | 23.9 | 10.2 | 725.2 | |
| DeFuniak Springs Municipal Airport | 25.9 | 12.2 | 727.18 | |
| DeFuniak Springs Hiway 331 (south to Freeport) | 28.1 | 14.4 | 729.4 | |
| DeFuniak Springs Depot | 28.2 | 14.5 | 729.55 | |
| DeFuniak Springs DTC Block WB Ponce de Leon DTC Block EB |
28.4 | 14.7 | 730.0 | |
| Argyle, Florida | 32.7 | 19.0 | 734.02 | |
| NOTE: The track diverges from Hiway 90 at Argyle as you head east. Track is south of Hiway 90 at this point, but the Hiway cross over the track just east of Ponce de Leon. From there to Chipley, track is intermittently visible from the hiway. | ||||
| Site of derailment, Wednesday, April 28, 1999 | 738 | |||
| Ponce de Leon DTC Block WB Ponce de Leon Hiway 81 (south to Bruce) Westville DTC Block EB |
40.2 | 26.5 | 741.11 | |
| EDD @ Westville | 744.3 | |||
| Industrial Road | 44.9 | 31.2 | 745.75 | |
| Westville DTC Block WB (at Westville-Railroad St.) Bonifay DTC Block EB |
47.0 | 33.3 | 747.7 | |
| Choctawhatchee River bridge & RR trestle | 48.5 | 34.8 | 749 ? | |
| County Rd C-274 south, Caryville | 49.7 | 36 | 750.2 ? | |
| State Hiway 79, Bonifay | 57.9 | 44.2 | 758.36 | |
| Bonifay DTC Block WB Chipley DTC Block EB |
759.0 | |||
| EDD @ Hulaw reports length, speed, and axles | 763.2 | |||
| Hiway 77, Chipley | 48.5 | 53.1 | 766.92 | |
| Chipley DTC Block WB South 8th Street - S.E. Chipley building & Amtrak Station Davis DTC Block EB (passing siding) |
66.9 | 53.2 | 767.06 | |
| Siding capacity = 11,820 feet Speed Limit 15 mph Davis DTC Block WB, called the ("Siding at Chipley") Avant Road leads to N.E. Chipley building Cottondale DTC Block EB |
69.4 |
55.7 |
769.2 |
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| Cottondale DTC Block WB Marianna DTC Block EB |
777.1 | |||
| EDD @ Lime Rock | (unsure of location) | 781.9 | ||
| Marianna DTC Block WB Cypress DTC Block EB |
785.9 ? | |||
| Cypress DTC Block WB Sneads DTC Block EB |
796.7 | |||
| EDD @ Grand Ridge | (unsure of location) | 801.5 | ||
| Sneads DTC Block WB Boykin DTC Block EB |
805.0 | |||
| Boykin DTC Block WB Chattahoochee Yard EB |
808.0? | |||
| Chattahoochee | 811.45 ? | |||
| EAST END (Timetable NORTH) | Highway Distances from | CrestView: | Mossy Head: | RR MP: |
| Direct Traffic Control (DTC) Blocks from East to West: (East End) Chattahoochee Yard, Boykin, Sneads, Cypress, Marianna, Cottondale, Davis (passing siding), Chipley, Bonifay, Westville, Ponce de Leon, DeFuniak Springs, Adams (passing siding), Sellers, Deerland, Crestview, Galliver, Berg (passing siding), Floridale, Galt, Avalon, Pace, Yniestra, Goulding Yard (West End) |
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Last Update December 24, 1999