Flash Floods shut down the FEC for about 12 hours which resulted in a fleet of extra trains, like this 242.

Northbound extra 242 passes through the S-Curve next to the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood international airport with a decent cut of company intermodal bound for Jacksonville, FL.

FEC 242 is an extra train, the containers were picked up in Titusville. The light held out just long enough to accomplish this shot.

FEC 241 with #427 a repainted "2KBlue" leads an extra move northward. Dedicated to Colleen Steadman a longtime friend from high school who passed on today after bravely fighting an illness.

FEC Geometry train makes an appearance.

FEC 242 at St. Augustine with a progress rail unit that was picked up in New Smyrna Beach with famed East Coast Hogger at the throttle. We were surprised to see Dave on this train, but he was call... (more)

RBBX Extra rolling through Bunnell. The track in the forground is from grade crossing work in November. A breezy day with the temp near 77 and strato cu parting for a nice sunlit shot.

FEC rebounds after Hurricane Jeanne. Using track warrants in signal damged areas FEC is running about 1 train an hour as they try to make up for lost time. Here a northbound autorack empties races... (more)

FEC works to recover from Hurricane Jeanne and Frances. This is only the 3rd day of full operations since the last storm struck last week. Trains this day were running every hour.