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Back in January of 2017, the last RB&BB blue train was getting ready for a departure from Miami. FEC 714 is here seen swinging out a second cut of cars from the storage spur, to back them into Hialeah yard afterwards. This movement, however, was delayed by a minor derailment in the curve seen in the foreground, where the locomotive and one axle of the first car split the rails.The train wouldn't be seen in Jacksonville until the next morning.
A southbound K train with a trio of FEC 40s, and the more usual CSX engines trailing. The fourth locomotive was an SD50-2, and the train is seen here splitting the signals at Souter intermediate, Jax, Fl.
The Florida East Coast Railway Little River Wye is situated between the communities of Little Haiti and Little River, comprised of two mainline stretches of track that meet at this location. Coming from the west and turning 90° north is the FEC’s roughly 368 mainline running between Hialeah and Jacksonville. That section of the wye sees the majority of freight movements, daily amount varies depending on the day of the week. Up to six cross-system freights, four rock shuttles, three yard jobs, and a local can be seen passing through the wye in a 24 hour period on the right day.
The stretch of track extending from the north end of the wye headed south is the FEC Port Lead, primarily utilized for Brightline services between Miami, Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, and soon, Orlando. A south leg connecting the Port Lead to the FEC Mainline is in place on the south end of the wye, which is only utilized by FEC yard jobs, those being the Port Trains to PortMiami and the DTN yard job if they need to spin their train around to access customers on the West Main.
On a crisp late November morning in Little River, FL, a Friday edition of southbound FEC 101-25 takes in the tight curve on the north leg of the Little River Wye bound for Hialeah Yard, some seven miles to the west of the location. Trains taking the mainline leg of the Wye are limited to 35 MPH, as the tracks are not superelevated for higher speeds. Leading the somewhat poorly blocked 105 car manifest is #FEC821 [ES44C4], paired with #FEC714 [SD40-2], split by FXE 0013, one of two Ferromex/GrupoMexico liquified natural gas fuel tenders being utilized by the FEC. Such a consist framed from the air at the Wye presents an angle that’s tougher to pull off from ground level.
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Little River, FL
FEC Mainline [CP N LITTLE RIVER]
Date: 11/25/2022 | 10:26
ID: FEC 101-25
Type: Manifest
Direction: Southbound
Car Count: 105
1. FEC ES44C4 #821
2. FEC SD40-2 #714
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© Vicente Alonso 2022
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 passes through Arp, GA. with 3 FEC SD40-2’s leading a CSXT SD50 & a CSXT ES40DC. The lead 2 SD40-2’s are in the newer FEC Champion paint scheme that was brought back from their passenger train days.
Departing Hialeah Yard somewhat earlier than usual and meeting FEC 109-11 on the initial leg near BINGS, FEC PM1-11 knocks down the Approach Diverging indication at the MP 363.9 East Main intermediate signal, alerting the Job 23 crew to prepare to take the diverging route to the Port Lead at CP S LITTLE RIVER. The “ugly duckling” of the SD40-2 roster, #FEC714, acts as motive power for that days’ Port Train to Dodge Island, hauling 16 loaded wellcars with container loads for destinations in the Caribbean. The engineer and conductor must’ve spotted me and William off in the distance, as they both gestured through the cab windows to the photographers trackside.
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Gladeview, FL
FEC Mainline
Date: 06/11/2021 | 12:31
ID: FEC PM1-11 [Job 23]
Type: Yard Job
Direction: Southbound
Car Count: 16
1. FEC SD40-2 #714
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© Vicente Alonso 2021
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 passes through Beach, GA. with 3 FEC SD40-2’s leading a CSXT SD50 & a CSXT ES40DC. CSXT has some FEC power leased in 2015 that were mostly used in rock train service, some ventured into coal & freight service as well.
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 passes through Douglas, GA. with 3 FEC SD40-2’s leading a CSXT SD50 & an ES40DC. CSXT had some FEC power leased in 2015 mostly for rock train service, but some ventured into coal & freight service as well.
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 passes through Ambrose, GA. with 3 FEC SD40-2's leading a CSXT SD50 & a CSXT ES44.
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 ( Martin Marietta in Junction City, GA. to Chattahoochee, FL. ) passes through Arp, GA. with 3 FEC SD40-2's leading a CSXT SD50 & an ES44AC. In early 2015 CSXT leased some FEC power for about a year & this was one of my favorite trains with the lead 2 SD40-2's in the newer Champion Scheme that was brought back from their passenger train days.
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 ( Junction City, GA. Martin Marietta to Chattahoochee, FL. ) passes through Folkston, GA. with 3 FEC SD40-2's leading a CSXT SD50 & ES40, CSXT leased some FEC power in early 2015 so I made a priority to catch some of this action, the lead 2 SD40-2's are in the Champion scheme FEC brought back from their passenger train days.
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 passes through Douglas, GA. with 3 FEC SD40-2's leading a CSXT SD50 & a CSXT ES44.
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 passes through Osierfield, GA with 3 FEC SD40-2's leading a CSXT SD50 & a CSXT ES44
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 passes through Beach, GA. with 3 FEC SD40-2's leading a CSXT SD50 & a CSXT ES44.
CSXT Southbound Rock Train K781 heads for Chattahoochee, FL. from Junction City, GA. Martin Marietta Rock Quarry.
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Florida East Coast Railway's annual Toys-for-Tots Christmas Train departs New Smyrna Beach, Florida on December 8. 2012
Florida East Coast Railway's annual Toys-for-Tots Christmas Train rolls into New Smyrna Beach, Florida on December 8. 2012
Florida East Coast Railway's annual Toys-for-Tots Christmas Train rolls into New Smyrna Beach, Florida on December 8. 2012 - This trainset showcases one of FEC's new 53' containers.
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Photograph © copyright 2015 photo2c aka Eric Johnson All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use Prohibited!
Florida East Coast Railway's annual Toys-for-Tots Christmas Train departs New Smyrna Beach, Florida on December 8. 2012 - This is business car Azalea, one of FEC's original streamlined round end observation cars.
Florida East Coast Railway SD40 heritage unit 714 leads train 240 - The Ringling Bros. Circus Train Blue Unit - through the New Smyrna Beach area on January 22, 2013
Getting ready for departure from Largo Central station. The Largo Central Railroad celebrated its 25th anniversary with free rides.
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Happy anniversary to the Largo Central Railroad. The 7.5 inch gauge line threads a course around Largo Central Park, delighting young and older rail fans. Among the loco stock is this fine representation of a Florida East Coast SD40-2.