Easy Movin’

The heavily overcast skies above North Miami didn’t make seem like it was 07:46 on the morning of June 18, 2021, yet the trains along the Florida East Coast mainline seemed to indicate it was. With Brightline service still suspended at the time, freight ruled the rails (as it should).

 

FEC 335-18, the weekday southbound limerock shuttle between CEMEX’s City Point Plant and the Medley Rinker Mine, shoots south through the MP 357.4 intermediate signals with 154 empty rock hoppers headed for Medley Yard. At the time, FEC SD40-2s were guaranteed power for the Cocoa limerock trains; that’s not to say they aren’t used on the trains these days, as they usually are… #FEC716, one of the railroads three active former Union Pacific “Snoot” SD40-2’s, leads another sister EMD and the empties south on the West Main down the light grade through town.

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North Miami, FL

FEC Mainline

 

Date: 06/18/2021 | 07:46

 

ID: FEC 335-18

Type: Empty Rock/IM

Direction: Southbound

Car Count: 154

 

1. FEC SD40-2 #716

2. FEC SD40-2 #713

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© Vicente Alonso 2021

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