Only one of the leased four axles on FGAR got the repaint treatment, so everything else looks like it could be anywhere else. They plan to keep them when the six axles are replaced this year. Be... (more)
I'm not a fan of leased power on shortlines, but if I'm going to get it I'll take an ex-SP GP40-2 with a free flow blower, large plow and horizontal headlight, in IC&E paint... one of the later GP... (more)
FGAR's Lake City to Baldwin turn sits quietly in the fog near the signals at NE Lake City awaiting a crew to head east. The consist consisted of FURX 7181, FURX 8169 and FGAR 5571 (flag scheme) wh... (more)
Unfortunately, the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Lake City Day Switcher was running light engine, but I was still glad to get it passing the Seaboard Air Line signals as it headed out to work the multip... (more)
The Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad's (FGAR) Lake City to Baldwin turn (LCBA) sits quietly without a crew at the Lake City Amtrak station. EMD SD40-2 6300 is set to lead the train eastbound to ... (more)
The LCBA roars out of Lake City. The line in the foreground is the NS route which terminates just south of Lake City.
The Florida Gulf and Atlantic is the newest railroad in Florida now about a year old. Here the LCBA Baldwin Turn preps for departure.
It's a foggy June morning as the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Baldwin Turn crosses the Norfolk Southern Navair District on their was out of town.
A former GP30 heads up a rail train in Lake City.
M of W crews have a job briefing before laying rail from this former GP30 lead rail train.
On the former Palatka Branch this local is now near the current end of the NS line in Lake City Florida.