First Brightline Test Train in Melbourne
On the second day of testing, Brightline train BLF 500, has taken the Palm Bay siding to wait for the southbound local to pass before headin... (more)

First Brightline Test Train over Crane Creek Bridge

Brightline ran a special train from West Palm Beach up to Cocoa, Florida and return. Here the train is heading north thro... (more)

First Brightline Test Train to Cocoa
Brightline ran a special train from West Palm Beach up to Cocoa, Florida. Here the train is heading back south through Melbourne. The track for ... (more)

FEC 802 lead train 103 southbound thru Melbourne, Florida the day before Thanksgiving.

FEC 510 has left its work train on the main line and is now in the process of running around it by going down the Palm Bay siding. In the spur track is track equipment being used for the construc... (more)

FEC 815 leads FEC train 103 south through the construction zone at the Crane Creek bridge in downtown Melbourne. The new bridge with the blue beams in getting closer to being completed, while the ... (more)

FEC 422 and FEC 435 are part of a work train waiting in the Pineda Siding to head south with ballast for the new second main line that is being installed for the Brightline passenger service betwe... (more)

FEC 433 leads local train FEC 920 north through the bridge construction zone in downtown Melbourne, Florida. Work continues on the north side of the new bridge, while on the west side work has be... (more)

FEC 422 waits in the siding at Pineda to take a Herzog work train south. On the other end of the train was FEC 435. There are plenty of work trains helping with the construction of the second ma... (more)

FEC 716, FEC 703, and FEC 428, lead a long FEC 336 rock train north across the Crane Creek Bridge in downtown Melbourne. Note the dolphin in the water below the lead engine. Construction work co... (more)

Florida East Coast train FEC 105, led by FEC 803, FEC 308 LNG car, and FEC 821, head south through Melbourne.

Florida East Coast train FEC 208, led by FEC 815, streaks north across the Crane Creek bridge in downtown Melbourne while lightning streaks across the sky. Work to complete the first new bridge i... (more)

A Harsco TS-30 HD Track Stabilizer and Harsco Mark IV Switch Tamper are tied down on a spur track next to the Florida East Coast Railway's Palm Bay siding. These Harsco machines are being used to... (more)

A Harsco TS-30 HD Track Stabilizer and Harsco Mark IV Switch Tamper are tied down on a spur track next to the Florida East Coast Railway's Palm Bay siding. These two Harsco machines are being used... (more)

Florida East Coast Railway train 105 crosses the soon to be replaced Crane Creek bridge in downtown Melbourne, FL. This bridge is in the process of being replaced by a new double track bridge in p... (more)