Amtrak 98 accelerates into Satsuma after a brief speed restriction due to signal issues. The piles of ties are from a track improvement project earlier this year.
Amtrak 98 lead by famous 145 slowly moves up the siding meeting N172. This area had seen better days but is now reborn. Sunrails main facilities and a station are now here.
Amtrak 145 leads 98 over the Rice Creek Bridge in Palatka, heading northbound for Jacksonville and points north. 145 had thwarted my attempts to photograph it for just over a year and I make up fo... (more)
Amtrak 98 slides onto the isolated Buffalo Bluff bridge over the St. Johns River as an alligator looks on. Getting here was a 2.5 mile one way kayak trip (round trip about 5 miles) which took an h... (more)