After meeting counterpart train 109 at the Palm Bay siding, FEC 804 and FEC 810 head north across the Crane Creek Bridge in downtown Melbourne with FEC train 210. The new locomotives have no trou... (more)
Looking pretty sharp... FEC 101 with another big champ, little champ combo gives Santa some help rushing stuff to south Florida...some of it I am sure for the good boys and girls.
FEC 804 leading a very long monster train, on its way to Jacksonville. Long line of Tropicana and Ethanol tanks following along.
FEC 222 running usually late, rumbles through St. Augustine with a long string of Tropicana cars to start off. This is the site of the first railway station in St. Augustine.
FEC 101 swings out of Bunnell with a mix of GE and EMD power. For now rainbow consists still occur.
FEC 210 rolls north with a combo ES44C4 / SD40-2 lashup as the GEVO's begin to slowly infiltrate the railway. The 804 was held in Miami for crew training on Tuesday.
The look of FEC road trains for the next 20 years. The first run of FEC's 2 new GEVOs on 226.
...and the Florida East Coast was changed forever. One of many new GE ES44C4 locomotives that now belong to the FEC. Some may not be a fan of the new motive power, but no one can argue about the... (more)
And it begins! The day that many FEC fans and crews had been waiting for. Even FEC crews were out taking pictures (green vests) as the new ES44C4's made their maiden run.
They are finally here! A new era begins on the FEC as the very first of 24 ES44C4's take 101 out for the first time. Departing right on time at Bowden.
The first run of the FEC GEVO's on train 101.