There was a time when my first visits to FGAR were a complete mixed bag of results, even up to about a year ago, it could be a "win, lose or draw" situation day to day (that was sometime... (more)

#206 sails by the Unit Train unloading at Cemex's City Point Yard. It technically is Cocoa, which has its "welcome to" sign just behind the engines on US 1, but has always been referred... (more)

Probably the biggest change to Florida railroading in my lifetime is this, the newly built extension from FEC to Orlando International Airport. Not the kind of trains I'd imagined pacing, or bein... (more)

There are certain locomotives I have encountered their entire existence with regularity and the FGAR SD70M-2 quartet fall into that category. From their delivery to FEC in 2008 and lease to CSX i... (more)

Tu-Sa #103 now actually leaves Bowden ahead of #101 but typically ends up behind them with work and crew swaps, not to mention Brightline, slowing their roll. It's still a fine catch, almost alwa... (more)

If you look back thru history, you will find FEC has traditionally gone thru some kind of power shake-up in the Jan-Feb timeframe. In this case, they put all of their SD40-2 on lease to CSXT, pri... (more)

I'll say it again....we didn't know how good we had it. This was so common, it was taken for granted....10 years later, it might as well be a photo charter.

With FEC going thru the changes again, it's really something to look back in very recent history to see how good we had it. Not only is it a trio of EMD SD40-2, it's "all yellow"....and... (more)

#50 is leading a loaded rail train under contract with CFRC as they begin the second phase of SunRail construction, which widely improved this photo angle in the end....up until this moment, I'd n... (more)

Everyone has their heritage unit they encounter across the country. This is mine. Of all the various Class 1 units to be in special paint, this is the one I see in the viewfinder most often. To... (more)

#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....

With all the repainting going on right now, #430 is really the pride of the fleet. Hard not to notice the resemblance to the original RailUSA scheme that appears on a few motors with nearby FGAR.... (more)

Daily Taft local is pulling quite a train, running south thru the Middlesex/Middle Taft Yard which, for once, is empty. Normally this train has to pull by & back in with cooperation from the Midd... (more)

Don't know what you've got, as they say....the novelty on these models has already worn off, but they appear to be in Silver Service for good.

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)