The Florida East Coast "Honoring our Veterans" unit, number 430, is one of four different paint schemes seen on GP38-2 and GP40-2 diesel locomotive in Bowden Yard.

"The Final Run" Before leaving Jacksonville to head home to middle GA, I caught wind that FEC 204 went through Cocoa earlier in the morning with Hurricane GP38-2 510 leading snoot nose SD40-2 716 ... (more)

Amtrak P053 heads south at McDuff with dual P40’s on the head end as they throttle up to get back up to speed.

"The Palm Coast Highway" With a long 204 behind them, GP40-2 441 and GP38-2 511 (still sporting the "Hurricane" logo from the 1980s) speed through Magnolia with local 905 stopped in the siding. La... (more)

Looks like FEC 415 needs a visit to the paint shop as it idles in the FEC Bowden yard in Jacksonville, Florida.

Of all the units in the CSXT "heritage"paint, this is possibly the most unusual in that the Pan Am paint still exists....and exists on the CSXT roster...with operational units. Now, if ... (more)

The CSXT OCS has returned from a trip up north and will detrain remaining passengers by Dufford Transportation Center then head back to Waycross.

A year ago, when FEC debuted its new Grupo paint with an "open house", the frame of FEC SD40-2 #719 sat in the corner of the shops. They were building a geometry car of sorts, taking a p... (more)

L795 brings "One CSX" 4720 to Jacksonville, its first time out of Waycross since the unveiling in December. Not leading because it was earmarked for PR upon arrival. This train is typi... (more)

Daily Waycross-Moncrief turn....with...the debut of 4720 on the road. Was a bit surprised it wasn't leading, or turned north, but that was evidently the plan since it would be dropped at the loco... (more)

FEC's new Autonomous Track Inspection Vehicle rests at Bowden Yard. This unit was developed from SD40-2 #719 at the railroad's New Smyrna Beach shops and eliminates the need to contract Norfolk So... (more)

FEC 105 pulls from Bowden for the journey to Miami

Local crew is marshalling the P001 train across town to Talleyrand Terminal to set up for the Family Days event near the stadium. The network of tracks is often overlooked, but sprawling. CSXT o... (more)

Up until 2022, the Geometry Train would be continuing south across town to FEC Bowden Yard. FEC now handles its own geometry on their own fleet (as well as Brightline) so this move will pull up h... (more)

NS 7138 has brought cars into a small yard just south of the Keystone Terminal near the Tallyrand port in Jacksonville.