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FEC 191-07 @ MP 300
Running early behind the coattails of southbound BLF 729-07, Florida East Coast Railway’s six-times weekly trash train, operating as FEC 191-07, has their train strutting through downtown West Palm Beach on the unusually nice afternoon of June 7th, 2025. #FEC711 [SD40-2] and #FEC430 [GP40-3] both provide power for their 41-car train, a strikingly colorful, rare locomotive pair; Champion colors paired with 430’s commemorative veterans paint scheme was something I never expected to witness, and it’s left me craving for more! Compared to Miami’s bustling, crowded skyline, West Palm offered a refreshing city scene to pair with 191-07’s eye-catching lashup, not to mention the impeccable weather conditions. The friendly Fort Pierce-based engineer lays on 711’s horn as a salute, the RSL-3L giving a dry wail, devoid of sufficient pressurized air.
Train 191, and its northbound counterpart Train 290, operate Monday through Saturday shuttling waste traffic between Hialeah, Port Everglades and Fort Pierce as part of a contract with Waste Management [WM]. Initially starting out as detours done by mainline freights, the service has expanded enough to warrant its own pair of dedicated trains. Starting at Fort Pierce Yard, empty waste containers originating from the WM Okeechobee Landfill are taken south on 191 directly to Hialeah Yard for unloading and distribution. Loaded waste containers are picked up at Hialeah’s intermodal ramp, returning north on 290, with the train making a pickup at Port Everglades for more loads. On Saturdays, additional empty rock cars out of New Smyrna Beach are tacked on the headend of 191 for Hialeah Yard, as seen above with 191-07 [21 wellcars of empty waste containers, 20 extra limerock/cement empties].
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West Palm Beach, FL
FEC Mainline
Date: 06/07/2025 | 18:44
ID: FEC 191-07
Type: Empty Rock/IM
Direction: Southbound
Car Count: 41
1. FEC SD40-2 #711
2. FEC GP40-3 #430 [Veterans]
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© Vicente Alonso 2025
FEC 191-07 @ MP 300
Running early behind the coattails of southbound BLF 729-07, Florida East Coast Railway’s six-times weekly trash train, operating as FEC 191-07, has their train strutting through downtown West Palm Beach on the unusually nice afternoon of June 7th, 2025. #FEC711 [SD40-2] and #FEC430 [GP40-3] both provide power for their 41-car train, a strikingly colorful, rare locomotive pair; Champion colors paired with 430’s commemorative veterans paint scheme was something I never expected to witness, and it’s left me craving for more! Compared to Miami’s bustling, crowded skyline, West Palm offered a refreshing city scene to pair with 191-07’s eye-catching lashup, not to mention the impeccable weather conditions. The friendly Fort Pierce-based engineer lays on 711’s horn as a salute, the RSL-3L giving a dry wail, devoid of sufficient pressurized air.
Train 191, and its northbound counterpart Train 290, operate Monday through Saturday shuttling waste traffic between Hialeah, Port Everglades and Fort Pierce as part of a contract with Waste Management [WM]. Initially starting out as detours done by mainline freights, the service has expanded enough to warrant its own pair of dedicated trains. Starting at Fort Pierce Yard, empty waste containers originating from the WM Okeechobee Landfill are taken south on 191 directly to Hialeah Yard for unloading and distribution. Loaded waste containers are picked up at Hialeah’s intermodal ramp, returning north on 290, with the train making a pickup at Port Everglades for more loads. On Saturdays, additional empty rock cars out of New Smyrna Beach are tacked on the headend of 191 for Hialeah Yard, as seen above with 191-07 [21 wellcars of empty waste containers, 20 extra limerock/cement empties].
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West Palm Beach, FL
FEC Mainline
Date: 06/07/2025 | 18:44
ID: FEC 191-07
Type: Empty Rock/IM
Direction: Southbound
Car Count: 41
1. FEC SD40-2 #711
2. FEC GP40-3 #430 [Veterans]
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© Vicente Alonso 2025