905 Local
Florida East Coast Railway local 905 out of Bowden Yard in Jacksonville is southbound at about MP 36.2 on the Flagler Subdivision as runs through a marsh along the east side of the San Sebastian River. The long train of mixed freight and rock hoppers is led by ratty GP40-2 430 which was built new for the railroad in Dec. 1984.
Saint Augustine is the historic headquarters city of the road dating from 1885 when Henry Flagler established his offices in the city, some 10 years before the FEC name came into existence. The road built three office towers in the 1920s about a quarter mile behind where I'm standing that served as the railroads headquarters until 2006 when they were donated to Flagler College and the railroad relocated its leadership and administration to Jacksonville.
Saint Augustine, Florida
Monday March 27, 2023
905 Local
Florida East Coast Railway local 905 out of Bowden Yard in Jacksonville is southbound at about MP 36.2 on the Flagler Subdivision as runs through a marsh along the east side of the San Sebastian River. The long train of mixed freight and rock hoppers is led by ratty GP40-2 430 which was built new for the railroad in Dec. 1984.
Saint Augustine is the historic headquarters city of the road dating from 1885 when Henry Flagler established his offices in the city, some 10 years before the FEC name came into existence. The road built three office towers in the 1920s about a quarter mile behind where I'm standing that served as the railroads headquarters until 2006 when they were donated to Flagler College and the railroad relocated its leadership and administration to Jacksonville.
Saint Augustine, Florida
Monday March 27, 2023