Welcome to Florida! - Amtrak 53 brings the very first visit of an Amtrak Charger to Florida in the morning sun. I think the twilight years of the P42 and P40 is approaching.

Running a little bit late Amtrak's eastern Flagship, Autotrain hustles past the fern farms of Seville, Florida. Word is that Siemens chargers will be coming soon which may change this scene.

The Silver Star as it has for decades, rolls southward on a warm morning.

The Silver Star rolls past the fern farms of Seville.

The Gods of Chaos threw some toward the Star today, the result was 91 being almost 6 hours late and a CSX leader. This made for an unusual photo op.

Amtrak's Silver Star rushes past the fern farms and rural landscape of western Volusia County.

The Silver Star!

Amtrak's Silver Star, train blasts through Seville on National Train Day. RP contributor Maryann Pickering waves to the crew.

Happy National Train Day!

Amtrak's Silver Star brought an early birthday present today. I believe this is the first visit for this Phase 2 repaint in Florida.

Auto Train races through Seville in the morning.

Hurricane Florence disruptions gave us a truncated Sliver Star with a very rare leader. The last time I caught a Dash 8 leader here on Amtrak was June 6,2008 which is also in the database.

RARE MOVE Amtrak's bad day had 53's racks involved in a minor derailment up north. 53 went on without, while CSX after rerailing brought them the next day.

Amtrak 91 speeding through Seville bound for Tampa and Miami.

Amtrak had a bad day with a derailment of 53's auto racks up north the day before. While the passenger train was able to continue, the racks had to play catch up the next day.