Print ArticleFor decades, it was the gateway to Florida and the largest passenger rail station south of Washington, DC. With over 2,000 employees, it was also one of Jacksonville's largest employers. Unfortunately, they say good things must come to an end. Today, Metro Jacksonville shares a visual timeline of the rise and fall of downtown's train station: The Jacksonville Terminal.
Inside the Jacksonville Terminal's main waiting room in 1921.
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/32443
Segregated waiting room at the Jacksonville Terminal in 1921.
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/32442
Mrs. and Mr. Thomas Alva Edison on the back of a train at the Jacksonville Terminal in 1930.
Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/35515
Seaboard Air Line Railroad's locomotive 3006 "Silver Meteor". The locomotive's first run was in February 1939.
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/32426
President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, arriving at the Jacksonville Terminal.
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/31954
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