My wife and I will be visiting her parents for a couple of days later this month in Ocala Fl.
I have always wanted to see the juice train and was wondering if anyone here knows the approximate schedule of the train and if it would run on the tracks going through Ocala.
Thank you for any insight.
Paul
Replies sorted oldest to newest
I have seen it run North on CSX tracks a short distance East of the old depot, which is now a bus terminal, in the afternoon. Supposedly, it leaves Bradenton around noon time. It is only a unit train going North, the cars return individually or in small groups when going South. I don’t know if there is a regular schedule or if it runs as needed. Web said not Thursday or Sunday, but seems like that is subject to change. It probably is more commonly seen during the Orange picking season, but I feel dumb, because I don’t know when that actually is (definitely not the height of summer).
Bill in FtL
Oranges are picked from approximately Halloween to Memorial Day.
There could be a second, smaller juice train. Around noon I have seen a WB train with Tropicana refers. In Houston it is on UP. Must have gotten it off CSX in Nrw Orleans. Where this traon is going I do not know.
Access to this requires an OGR Forum Supporting Membership
