I'll say it again....we didn't know how good we had it. This was so common, it was taken for granted....10 years later, it might as well be a photo charter.

Florida East Coast 714, the first engine to receive the current Champions paint scheme back in 2012, sits at the New Smyrna Beach diesel repair shops. Inside the building, a gathering of employee... (more)

On Doctor Who Day 204 wheels through St. Augustine as Maryann gets her shot. click here to see an image exactly 10 years ago.more)

FEC 204 and 103 are back! Here 204 rolls across the river in St. Augustine under stratus clouds. These trains work Jax Fort Pierce Tue - Sat and can have anything on the FEC roster.

FEC SD40-2 #714 leads two other standard cab EMD’s on train 101 just south of Port Salerno, FL. Having dropped a majority of his train in Ft. Pierce, the EMD trio makes light work of their remai... (more)

For a bit, CSX leased some FEC power to run rock trains from Junction City Mining in Talbotton to Florida. CSX X810 is returning four SD40-2's, 714, 709, 720 and 710 and departs south from Junctio... (more)

FEC 714 leads the FEC 336 rock train north through Rockledge, Florida. This was the very first engine to be painted into the FEC Champion paint scheme, and it still looks great.

FEC 714, sporting the new Champion paint scheme, had the honors of pulling the 2012 Toys for Tots special from Jacksonville to Miami. Here it is stopped at City Point as children meet Santa and F... (more)

First Geometry train of 2021 on FEC heads north with 714 leading, less its nose stripes & herald.

A pair of Champions lead train 336 through Pineda, FL. The north end of the siding is just left of the frame and the MP 180.3 Defect Detector is just right of the frame. Also take note that FEC 71... (more)

FEC ran an unusual 900 train on this unsettled Valentines day as rain moves in, a unique Valentines Day Present.

The FEC is always working hard to attend to the ROW. A rail train works Bunnell with 714 on point. Note the missing lines and logo on the nose, not sure what happened but they are gone.

The NS Geometry train makes it's bi annual appearance. A careful observer will note that the speed stripes are gone from the nose of the 714, something now unique to this motor.

Crossing Crane Creek in Melbourne, FL is FEC train 336 led by SD40-2 714 and 716. Train 336 is loaded rock from Medley, FL to City Point, FL. The 714 is ex. CNW 6934, UP 3097 and 716 is ex. UP 343... (more)

Mr. ECH, the "East Coast Hogger", give me a friendly wave as FEC 714, with the new Champion paint scheme, heads north through the Palm Bay siding.