Not a bad first look at the FEC!
The typical weekday morning routine is playing out at Fort Pierce, FL as the FEC 920 local is departing north out of the yard for a run to do some local switching work. What wasn’t as typical but much welcomed by this visitor was that the FEC 430 is providing the power today, the railroad’s sharp-looking Veterans tribute unit, with a scheme also befitting the bicentennial year. In the background, containers are being loaded onto well cars for movement later in the day. And the power from the previous inbound 104 train is tied down waiting for the afternoon counterpart 103’s call time.
Even if it was just tied down, I was glad to get a chance to shoot one of the extra sharp “Champion Scheme” units, FEC 703, that still remains. The “Hurricane Logo” Geep behind, FEC 510, made for a nice companion as well.
On my recent first trip to Southern Florida, I intended to focus the one railfan day I had available mainly on the US Sugar operations. But given our travel schedule it made sense to start the day in the Fort Pierce area, which offered a chance to get a look at the Florida East Coast. We ended up learning a lot about Henry Flagler via the Key West Museum and various other things during the trip since it was so influential in the development of this region, so it only felt appropriate. And the FEC delivered with having these sets of power in the yard this particular morning.
Not a bad first look at the FEC!
The typical weekday morning routine is playing out at Fort Pierce, FL as the FEC 920 local is departing north out of the yard for a run to do some local switching work. What wasn’t as typical but much welcomed by this visitor was that the FEC 430 is providing the power today, the railroad’s sharp-looking Veterans tribute unit, with a scheme also befitting the bicentennial year. In the background, containers are being loaded onto well cars for movement later in the day. And the power from the previous inbound 104 train is tied down waiting for the afternoon counterpart 103’s call time.
Even if it was just tied down, I was glad to get a chance to shoot one of the extra sharp “Champion Scheme” units, FEC 703, that still remains. The “Hurricane Logo” Geep behind, FEC 510, made for a nice companion as well.
On my recent first trip to Southern Florida, I intended to focus the one railfan day I had available mainly on the US Sugar operations. But given our travel schedule it made sense to start the day in the Fort Pierce area, which offered a chance to get a look at the Florida East Coast. We ended up learning a lot about Henry Flagler via the Key West Museum and various other things during the trip since it was so influential in the development of this region, so it only felt appropriate. And the FEC delivered with having these sets of power in the yard this particular morning.