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Location / Name:
Marcy FL

What's Here:
Diamond crossing between the CSX and FEC

Data:
GPS Coordinates: 27.141889,-80.652099
Phone A/C: 863
ZIP: 34974

Scanner Frequencies:
CSX: 160.230

Access by train/transit:
None

The Scoop:

(Former) SAL and South Central Florida RR Marcy Diamond, about 12 miles northwest of Indiantown FL. 
There used to be an interchange track here.
The diamond is signaled, altho since my original posting of this page, the signals have been updated.  Yellow arrows point to the signals.

Acknowledgements:
For the photo of the diamond: jeepsolot,
Denver Todd
Murphy's Video Railfanning
Google Maps
One map by Mapquest

Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH2gjoesXxs An NS freight with UP and BNSF power, pix below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncj_rq7-b94 FEC equipment move, with USSC power


Maps










Pictures


  Photo by jeepsolot, 19MAY2013.









FEC Equipment Move, Feb 12th, 2017













Signals


In the second set of pictures, you can see, that as of 2018, the signals here have been updated and replaced with the newer "Darth Vader" type colorlight signals....
Looks like as of July 2017, the signals had been replaced, that's when the above video was posted.



Out with the Old....

  Pix from Google Maps streetview!







In with the New....











Floobydust


You may come across this if you go Googling for information on the diamond!!! :-)





Disclaimers:

I love trains, and I love signals.  I am not an expert.  My webpages reflect what I find on the topic of the page.  This is something I have fun with while trying to help others.

Please Note:  Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them.  For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.

If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide is correct.  Once in a while, an error may creep in :-)

My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a thousand words, especially for railfanning.  Text descriptions only get you so far, especially if you get lost or disoriented.  Take along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still better if you get lost!  I belong to AAA, which allows you to get local maps for free when you visit the local branches.  ADC puts out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their state maps do not have the railroads on them.  If you can find em, I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and concise graphics, and they do a really good job of showing you where tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads.  Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known.

Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted.  Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it! 

By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.

Pictures and additional information is always needed if anyone feels inclined to take 'em, send 'em, and share 'em, or if you have something to add or correct.... credit is always given!  Please be NICE!!!  Contact info is here

Beware: If used as a source, ANYTHING from Wikipedia must be treated as being possibly being inaccurate, wrong, or not true.

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