(Source of images: Florida State Archives)

TOP PICTURE -- Sitting at The Landing downtown, you can still watch trains slowly cross the St. Johns River on this old railroad span next to the Acosta Bridge.  This photo is undated.  However, it must've been taken during or after the 1920s, for workmen double tracked the railroad bridge during the land boom of the Twenties.  When the span was first opened in 1890, it served as the pioneer railroad bridge over the St. Johns.  Trains could run from the northern states down the east coast of Florida into the Miami area.  Consequently, the bridge helped launch the development of southeast Florida.

MIDDLE IMAGE -- This outdoor scene at the old Jacksonville Terminal is now indoors.  The area is enclosed in today's Prime Osborn Convention Center, part of a mammoth hallway that connects conference rooms.  Cement pieces, such as the one marked with the "9," were located at the end of some of the tracks outside Jacksonville Terminal.  The cement pieces have been left standing in the hallway, although the rails are long gone.  The photo shows Atlantic Coast Line engine #1723 at Jax Terminal during the 1930s.  CLICK HERE for another picture of the station.

BOTTOM PHOTO -- Here's a steam locomotive on the south side of Jacksonville Terminal.  In this undated image, the engine and tender are facing backwards, pushing a passenger car.  The domed windows and arches in the background are now part of the Prime Osborn Center.

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