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WHEN'S THE NEXT TRAIN?

The number one question in railfanning is always "WHEN IS THE NEXT TRAIN?

Below is a general list of what trains usually come thru the Orlando area and roughly what time. some are daily trains while others have varying schedules. Please remember, these times will vary for a number of reasons.

SYMBOL - DETAILS - EARLIEST TIME - NOTES

[NB = northbound, SB = southbound]

SPECIAL NOTE: Autorack trains Q255 and Q258 were discontinued in

April 2008. Q237, which ran through here for years had been diverted to

the S line is now back on the A line. Schedule hasn't been determined yet.

Q214 out of Tampa now runs through here and seems to be running in the

afternoons around 5 PM.

Q178 NB Intermodal, depart Taft 0001 (Q177 power)

Q187 SB Intermodal, arrive Taft 0030

P053 SB Autotrain, arrive Sanford 0930

P091 SB Amtrak Silver Star, arrive Winter Park 0954

Z915 SB FCEN to Taft, about 1000

Z915 NB FCEN from Taft, about 1100

P097 SB Amtrak Silver Meteor, arrive Winter Park 1227

Q455 SB Mixed, arrive Taft 1400

P098 NB Amtrak Silver Meteor, arrive Winter Park 1414

P052 NB Autotrain, depart Sanford 1600

P092 NS Amtrak Silver Star, arrive Winter Park 1941

Q456 NB Mixed, depart Taft 2000 (Q455 Power)

Q177 SB Intermodal, arrive Taft 2130

Q188 NB Intermodal, arrive Taft about 2130

TRAINS WITH VARIOUS SCHEDULES

OUCX COAL TRAINS N145 thru N183, times vary and keeps

same symbol SB loaded and NB empty. N145-N147 are

from West Virginia, N148 is from Kentucky, N149 is from

West Virgignia, N150-N164 are from Kentucky, N165 is

from West Virginia, N166 is from Bailey, PA, N167-N181

are from Kentucky, and N183 is from West Virginia. Empty

coal trains generally return north about 12 hours after coming

K928 SB Rinker Fly Ash loads, runs about once a

week, FCEN picks up most cars at Taft, remainder

go on to Rinker facility at Dyer/Rivera Beach. K929

NB empties usually runs a day or so later.

In early 2007 some of the "K" trains were upgraded to "Q"

trains, new and old K symbols are reflected below on the ones

which have changed. I.E. K940/941 is now Q790/791, K948/947 is

Sun-Wed-Fri/Q790 NB rock loads, arrive Orlando 0830

Sun-Wed-Fri Q791 SB rock empties, depart Sanford 2030 (Q790 power)

Q790/791 are often finished out by extra crew A964, days and times for these

Tue-Thu-Fri-Sat Q788 NB rock loads arrive Taft 0800

Tue-Thu-Fri-Sat Q787 SB rock empties depart Taft 1900 (Q788 power)

K969 SB Rock Loads to Sanford, as needed. Often runs

thru to Kaley Yard. K968 NB empties usually run a day

Others also run on an irregular basis such as K975/K976, K981/K982, K791/K792, etc. Extra crew A964 sometimes finishes trains that the crews ran out of time, not just rock trains, and will usually call themsleves A964 making it hard to determine which train it is. Rock trains run on an irregular schedule.

There are numerous locals on the CSX Sanford Sub between Jacksonville

and Tampa, for details on locals CLICK HERE Some of the Orlando area

locals are: Sanford Switcher A766 and A764 as well asTaft Switchers A775 A776 A777 A779 A784 A786 A788, and A798. Some of these locals work the yard

at Taft while others work in the general area switching out industries. A964 is

a common relief crew finishing out "outlawed" trains whose crews ran out of time.

160.9200 AA dispatcher

160.2300 BB dispatcher

457.9375 end of train telemetry

452.9375 engine telemetry

160.8450 Amtrak on board

161.5500 Amtrak on board

160.5450 Florida Central

Other trains include extras, second sections of unusually long trains, re-routes from the "S Line," James E Strates Carnival trains, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Baily (RBBX) Circus trains, Tropicana Orange Juice trains (K650, K652, R650 R652, etc) as well as others.

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