I was entertained by Manatee and Mullet while waiting on this gem just north of Melbourne, FL.

A short South Central Florida Express train exits Ft Pierce yard for the FEC K Branch, with a US Sugar Corp leader. FEC 930 has a joint warrant and will be just a few minutes behind them.

Forwarding traffic from West Palm Beach to Fort Pierce for pickup by a road train, local 950 looks odd with a bunch of flat rack containers repositioning north for the next load of dimensional mat... (more)

Flying over the Belcher Canal at dusk.

An old riveted Fixed-Trunnion Bascule Bridge from the Flagler Era still supports the current leviathan FEC trains over the Saint Lucie River. Rough looking SD40-2 #719 is in queue to be repainted... (more)

On most regional railroads, a 35 cars would be a normal train, not a short distance local. Train 920 arrives back home, with palm trees and the Indian River in the background.

Local 930 heads down the K Branch to get a refill of orange juice.

The sweetest railroad in North America, hauling tanks & hoppers of cane sugar for interchange to FEC and eventually NS.

I've never been superstitious and Friday the 13th was damn lucky, catching my first Champion, leading the NS Track Geometry train of all things.

I was surprised to see these ACL signals still around... figured positive train control had already sealed their fate. Here Waycross to Winston train Q613 moves from the Vitis to Lakeland Subs, a... (more)

With 154 holding on track #2 deferring to Lady Liberty, train 221 blasts through the old Mill Town of New Holland on its way from Charlotte to Atlanta. This is my tenth Heritage capture on my per... (more)

A couple GP38's on a 75 car autorack train was something common but always appreciated growing up on the Grand Trunk Western in Michigan. Unheard of these days, a Crewe, VA to Lincoln, AL autorac... (more)

An AC with third degree burns leads an Atlanta-Cincinnati manifest through the foothills of the Appalachians.

Keystone proudly displayed, the PRR heritage unit rolls through North Georgia on its circuitous trip from Linwood, NC to Chattanooga, TN. This is my fifth Heritage capture, Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Dallas, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 8102
Train ID: NS 348-12
Photo Date: December 13, 2012

The ex-Southern signals at Norton Holdout have since been replaced with hooded "Darth Vaders" but the Virginian Heritage Unit is still going strong. This is my third Heritage capture, more)