OCS is on the final portion of its all-day Bone Valley tour, heading straight down to Bradenton. The bridge tender here controls Alafia, Little Manatee and Manatee River bridges.
If this was an excursion, this would be the epitome of "rare mileage", the OCS toured the entire Bone Valley on this day and in doing so ran into areas they had to run around the train, this allow... (more)
Second OCS outing for the year & it's back to Central Florida. I must say, since this train was repainted, the brass have been very interested in seeing Florida, this time heading the conventiona... (more)