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CSX did some reshuffling of their service plan in Hialeah, particularly for the Gardens Lead. Previously split between Y220 and Y322, Y220 was abolished some time ago in favor of a remote control job, Y190. Also heard time to time is an evening Y290. CSX Y19003, the first RCO symbol in quite a while in the Miami terminal, spots a boxcar at Kam Long on track GL3 within yard limits. The Gardens Lead continues to be a hive of some industry, with at least a dozen customers sprinkled throughout seven leads and a main track. The congestion around Hialeah Yard and demands of the Gardens Lead perhaps make remote control operations a viable answer, for now. Cars continue to be sprinkled wherever they can, even on unused leads. Nonetheless this district is perfect for model railroading and a future ECHOES project... stay tuned for that.
C-FCRN DC-8-52 Crownair
ex Air New Zealand ZK-NZC
(slide scan from my collection - not taken by myself)
Delivered as a HC-144A but upgraded in 2022 to HC-144B standard, which encompasses the Ocean Sentry Refresh (OSR) modifications (installation of a new flight management system, which serves as the primary avionics computer for communication control, navigation and equipment monitoring) and the Minotaur mission system, which integrates installed sensors and radar and provides dramatically improved data fusion as well as information-processing and sharing capabilities.
CP-2320 Boeing B727-23 AeroSur Bolivia
after service with Aeroservice DAP she returned to South America to operate for AeroSur - from 1997-1999
(collection - not taken by myself)
About a mile from the aerodrome where she took off from on her fateful last journey.
Featured on Flickr Explore June 25, 2024. # 395
The Opa-locka Seaboard Air Line Railway Station, also known as the Opa-locka railroad station, is a historic Seaboard Air Line Railroad depot in Opa-locka, Florida. It is located at 490 Ali Baba Avenue. Constructed in 1927, the station house is typical of the Moorish Revival architecture prevalent throughout the city of Opa-locka. On June 25, 1987, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
This property is part of the Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area, a multiple-property submission to the National Register. It is also next door to the Opa-locka Tri-Rail Station.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opa-locka_Seaboard_Air_Line_Railw...
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N152LM Boeing B707-351C JAT
ex JAT YU-AGI - owned by Corsair Inc. at the time - and apparently impounded for illegal weapons trafficking
(part of my collection - not taken by myself)
PK-JGT Boeing B727-247 Jatayu Airlines - being readied for delivery to Indonesia. The eagle in the tail was revised before delivery showing a more defined version.
Ex Western (scan from my collection - not taken by myself).
Flickr Explore July 17, 2022. # 354
I volunteer with the aviation charity Vital Flight, which flies patients with Special Needs to distant medical appointments at zero cost to them. Pilots donate their time and aircraft to achieve this. Once a year the organizers of this wonderful charity provide free pleasure ride flights to hundreds of kids with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down’s syndrome, and other debilitating conditions.
I’ve had the pleasure of documenting these events for several years now. Here’s just a few that I captured from this year’s event held in May 2022.
N843TA : Douglas DC-6B
The registration is crudely painted on the nosewheel door.
Owned by Atlas Aircraft Corp.
c/n 45514
N37570 DC-6BF ILPO Cargo Airlines. In 1956 to United, Joined the fleet of ILPO Cargo in May 1989. Already owned by Air Taxi International Inc by June of 1990, she still wears full colors of the former owner. Later to Universal Airlines as N600UA. (slide scan of my collection - not taken by myself).
see my picture, also at OPF in 1997:
www.flickr.com/photos/propfreak/25670172321/in/photolist-...