Flash floods in South Florida disrupted the FEC, a 240 extra with a rare SD40-2 leader.
The annual visit of the FEC FRA Train
The 103/204 trains have settled, quite nicely, into running with an SD40/GP40 pair for power....even at 8000' of train or more...so when a third motor is added, it gets extra attention.
4X4 on FEC: four motors, four paint schemes. Happens quite a bit these days, always a nice sight.
Prior to 2024, you could count on one hand the number of times an EMD led an LNG set on the mainline. This year alone, it's been a half dozen times, if not more....this being the second day in a ... (more)
Led by a champion SD40-2 and two GP40-2's, the Florida East Coast's train 103 arrives at its destination of Fort Pierce, Florida with a train of manifest and intermodal from Jacksonville. This cre... (more)
An unusual spin of the somewhat common GE-LNG-EMD sets roaming the rails lately. Not sure what led to this leading, more likely to catch something like this on the Unit Train at City Point, but h... (more)
Flash Floods shut down the FEC for about 12 hours which resulted in a fleet of extra trains, like this 240 with a rare EMD leader.
FEC 703 and FEC 411 lead a rather short FEC 103 train south across Crane Creek bridge in downtown Melbourne, Florida. It is always nice to see an all EMD consist leading a FEC train.
Train 103 passes thru a brief window of sunshine on a rainy day in Florida.
The Geometry train heads north as the typical afternoon thunderstorms move in.
The annual or sometimes bi annual Geometry train made an appearance today. It was great seeing one of FEC's little champs.
FEC gets it done, instead of running two trains you can combine them into one. One transformer and more rail for Virgin Trains USA heading south.
FEC ran a rail train added a transformer load to it as well.. FEC does things efficiently.
After running the lead up to the Port of Everglades, the FEC 703 and NS research train have backed out to the mainline and are back up to track speed as they fly under the Fort Lauderdale Internat... (more)
