After a very heavy Florida summer rain storm drenched the area, the sun came out and presented us with this unique opportunity to catch a rainbow with the train.

The blue hour is almost over as FEC 430, which Honors Veterans, idles with other GP40-2s at the diesel service area in Bowden Yard.

On March 31, 2007, Florida East Coast GP40-2 415 brings a cut of Tropicana refrigerated box cars over the St. John's River in Jacksonville, Florida. FEC 415 was built in November 1972.

Norfolk in the South. Norfolk Southern (NS) GP60 no. 7126 is seen hauling its train towards the N Liberty St grade crossing in Jacksonville, FL.

Jacksonville's Trains and Transit. Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) Skyway train 101 is seen crossing the Acosta Bridge over the St John's River. Looming large in the backgro... (more)

Downtown Skyway. Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) Skyway UMIII monorail 109 is seen along W Bay St in downtown Jacksonville. The 2½ mile, 8 station system opened in 1989, an... (more)

Pushing to the Port. Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad leaser SW 1000 no. WAMX 1407 is seen shoving a cut of cars towards the railroad's yard after switching the interchange from CSX ... (more)

Pulling from the Port. Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad (JXPT) leaser SW1000 no. WAMX 1704 is seen pulling a cut of cars into the CSX/NS interchange yard in the Phoenix neighborhood ... (more)

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.