Jimmy Poling
Recrewing at Pineda
After getting absolutely screwed in Cocoa by traffic and lights, 103 stopped at the former location of Pineda South (Suntree Blvd.) to get a new crew to take them the rest of the way to Fort Pierce. Thankfully, this stop allowed me to catch up again. The trio of EMD SD40-2s, two in the famous Champion paint scheme and 709 in its former Union Pacific colors were a real treat on this November Saturday.
Since they were stopped, I decided to go grab lunch since I thought I had plenty of time to do so and return. Well, we all know how "lucky" us railfans can be sometimes and as soon as I returned they had just gotten moving. The chase was on once more.
Recrewing at Pineda
After getting absolutely screwed in Cocoa by traffic and lights, 103 stopped at the former location of Pineda South (Suntree Blvd.) to get a new crew to take them the rest of the way to Fort Pierce. Thankfully, this stop allowed me to catch up again. The trio of EMD SD40-2s, two in the famous Champion paint scheme and 709 in its former Union Pacific colors were a real treat on this November Saturday.
Since they were stopped, I decided to go grab lunch since I thought I had plenty of time to do so and return. Well, we all know how "lucky" us railfans can be sometimes and as soon as I returned they had just gotten moving. The chase was on once more.