The shop crew lifts the body of FEC430 off it's trucks to preform maintenance. Shot on a tour arranged by the Florida East Coast Railway Society. This shop is normally off limits to railfans.

With time change, it's now possible to get #206 Tue-Fri as they set out & pick up in NSB. A year into the "new" paint and we're still getting assorted consists such as this, with prime ... (more)

818 &,807 pass New Smyrna Beach whilst hauling train 105 from Jacksonville to Miami

FEC 704 and 708 sit baking in the florida sun.

Santa Train rests at New Smyrna Beach as people admire the festive lights and see Santa. Famed East Coast Hogger took the train into Jax for his final run after 53 years.

I hadn't planned to endure Central Florida rush hour traffic to drive to NSB this day, based on the skies....but look, #1 rule is "you gotta be in it to win it"....the ONLY sucker hole i... (more)

FEC 820 shows off the GrupoMexico blue, teal and gray paint scheme. The paint design is similar to the Ferromex red and gray paint scheme. The FEC 820 was part of an unveiling ceremony for emplo... (more)

An unusual spin of the somewhat common GE-LNG-EMD sets roaming the rails lately. Not sure what led to this leading, more likely to catch something like this on the Unit Train at City Point, but h... (more)

Visible on a guided escort within the shop yard are six unrepainted SD40-2 which have seen little to no use since GrupoMexico took over. With five of the GE sent to Mexico and others being taken ... (more)

The colorful consists predicted on FEC with the new repaints are rolling. In many cases, with job #206, which stops in NSB to set out loads and pick up empties anyway, it's a likely candidate for... (more)

In addition to setting out and picking up cars, #206 shuttles power. Today, they dropped one & picked up three, resulting in this set. While advertised to run Mon-Fri in conjunction with #105, i... (more)

It really isn't a surprise the 508 remains on the roster while the two SD70M-2 are gone....but not entirely forgotten.

#820 is, as of mid-February, one of four such repaints on FEC. It was originally estimated all of the GE would be painted by June, they may still be on target for that....

So, this is where things are at right now in terms of road power. On this date, three fuel tenders were not in use, stored under the shed in Bowden, the future of the LNG program "under revi... (more)

FEC 414 undergoes maintenance at the New Smyrna Beach shops.