Florida Gulf & Atlantic's "TA-East" passes through Chaires heading westbound for Tallahassee.

105 & 4492 pass Greenville whilst hauling TA-East back to Tallahassee

105 & 4492 pass Aucilla whilst hauling TA-East back to Tallahassee

105 & 4492 pass Chaires whilst hauling TA-East back to Tallahassee

106 & 6300 pass Aucilla whilst hauling TA-East back to Tallahassee

Having just crossed the old LOPG interlocking, LC-West is eastbound to Lake City.

One of those days everything went according to operational plan. A clean meet & swap in Lee has LC-West going back to Lake City "on time". And with spring time still catching up with t... (more)

It's into the last hour of daylight when LC-West drags itself into town from Sanderson. They should have already swapped with TA-East at this hour and been making the final sprint back into town ... (more)

Last shot of the trip. The crew of TA-East is counting down the miles to Tallahassee as they blast by Drifton siding. This spot on the map was once the connection with the Atlantic Coast Line Pe... (more)

Nearing the end of our journey, we find TA-East splitting the intermediate signals railroad north of the Greenville siding. The old ex-Seaboard Air Line signals between Tallahassee and Baldwin ar... (more)

After leaving Lee, we jump ahead to Madison, Florida to see TA-East lugging their 10,000 ton train through a residential part of town. The crew is in a hurry to make it back to Tallahassee to wat... (more)

The ancient Seaboard Air Line signals witness another train departing Lee siding on a hot and humid September afternoon. Every Monday through Friday afternoon you can park at Lee, Florida and wat... (more)

TA-East has picked up their cut left by LC-West and is ready to blast off to from Lee for the return to Tallahassee. The three SD70M-2 locomotives are all former Florida East Coast and still spor... (more)

A fresh from the paint booth Florida Gulf & Atlantic unit backs down the main to pick up their train for the journey back to Lake City. FGAR recently acquired three ex-Union Pacific SD70M locomot... (more)

After stopping at the Georgia & Florida diamond, TA-East throttles up for the last 21 miles to Lee, Florida. The Georgia & Florida line that crosses here is rarely used now since the Georgia Paci... (more)