Southbound 123 train crosses the Stuart draw bridge with a pair of Champ SD40s.

FEC GP9 #654 in original color scheme. Photo taken from my slide collection. No photographer listed on slide.

As the 2 Skinnee J's would say: "you're a champion...you're a champion...you're a champion, YOU'RE ALL CHAMPS!!!" A trio of FEC's "heritage" colors, known as "Champion" scheme units (720, 703, ... (more)

Back to the Future! Once the first FEC scheme to adorn it's diesels is the "scheme" once again, being applied to all FEC motors over time. Finally things worked out to get 2 on 226.

Doodlebug #4900, a 1936 product leftover from the SAL roster, serves as the power for a soon to be discontinued Champion, seen departing Arcadia. For the companion view taken moments before at th... (more)

Florida East Coast 4-6-2 145, Class 151, was one of 87 ALCO built 4-6-2s purchased between 1907 and 1922. FEC 145 had 68" drivers, 22 x 26 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 180 lbs, and produced ... (more)

Atlantic Coast Line K-14 Class 4-6-0 250 is a 1910 Baldwin built locomotive, one of only four surviving ACL steam locomotives. She was last used in service between Wilmington and Fayetteville, No... (more)

This private company operated trains from December 1971 until April 1981; almost two years later Amtrak revived the VA-FL operation.

One of ACL's 100 mph speedsters rests at Jacksonville. Note the inductive train stop shoe and mechanical speed recorder drive.

Autotrain Sanford switcher, ex WP 583, switching auto carrier at Sanford terminal.

The caboose of the Northbound Auto Train from picture 260026, rear end crew picking up orders at the Deland, FL depot on the SCL. Order boards, order hooks, cabooses, all gone! Note apparent wind ... (more)

On the way back from Daytona Beach, caught Northbound Auto Train picking up orders at the Deland, FL depot on the SCL. Deland is just North of the Auto Train's starting point, Sanford, and home of... (more)

Colorful consist. Honeywell Pentax H1a;

Check out the purple trucks!

The depot and diamonds are still there. Too bad about the C420s and the U25C. Kodachrome II, Yashica TL.