Jesup Subdivision

The Jesup Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Georgia. The line runs from Jesup to Folkston where the Folkston Funnel railfan area is. The total length is 72.7 miles. At its north it continues south from the Nahunta Subdivision and at its south end it continues south as the Nahunta Subdivision.[1][2]

Jesup Subdivision
A CSX spike driver along the Jesup Subdivision in Waycross, Georgia.
Overview
Owner	CSX Transportation
Locale	Georgia, United States
Termini	Jesup Folkston
Service
Operator(s)	CSX
Technical
Line length	72.7 mi (117.0 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map CSX Nahunta Subdivision AN 548.4 Jesup AN 559.5 Screven AN 567.2 Offerman AN 580.9 Homestead CSX Brunswick Subdivision AN 587.1 Brunswick Junction CSX Fitzgerald Subdivision AN 587.8 Waycross Rice Yard CSX Thomasville Subdivision ANA 598.4 Braganza ANA 607.8 Race Pond ANA 617.5 Hague ANA 621.1 Folkston CSX Nahunta Subdivision

In Waycross it also has a wye with the Thomasville Subdivision and Fitzgerald Subdivision.

History

Henry B. Plant, whose railroad system owned and built much of the track that is now the Jesup Subdivision

The Jesup Subdivision from Jesup to Waycross was originally a segment of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, which extended from Savannah to Bainbridge. The line was built in 1859 just before the start of the American Civil War though it wouldn't be completed to Bainbridge until 1867. The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad went bankrupt in 1877 and was bought in 1879 by Henry B. Plant and became incorporated into his Plant System. It would be the main line of Plant's Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.[3]

In 1880, Plant chartered the Waycross and Florida Railroad to run from Waycross south through Folkston into Florida. The line was completed by 1881.[4]

Waycross would become a busy railroad junction with many trains running along the eastern seaboard having to pass through. Plant would then build the Folkston Cutoff directly from Jesup to Folkston for trains to bypass Waycross.[5]

After the death of Henry Plant in 1899, the Plant System was bought by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The Atlantic Coast Line would designate the Folkston Cutoff route as their mainline (which is now CSX's Nahunta Subdivision) instead of the route through Waycross as Plant did.[6]

The Atlantic Coast Line would become part of CSX by 1986.

See also

• List of CSX Transportation lines

References

1. "JS-Jesup Sub". Radio Reference.com.
2. "CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable" (PDF). MultiModalWays. January 1, 2005.
3. Storey, Steve. "Atlantic & Gulf Railroad". Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
4. "Waycross and Florida Railroad". Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
5. "Plant System". Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
6. "Atlantic Coast Line Railroad". Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage. Retrieved 6 December 2018.