Hi, I Friend Jim Kleeman and I spent nine days in Florida from March 19 through March 27 photographing the Florida East Coast, Brightline, Tri Rail, and the United States Sugar Operations. The photos below are from our first three days of shooting.
We arrived in Jacksonville just in time for lunch after which we headed to St. Augistine where we caught #101 (above and below).
After a four hour wait, as the sun dipped behind the trees, #107 came south.
Our first train on Monday was #226 in St. Augustine (above and below).
What do you do when there are no trains to photograph - 1.
We followed US 1 south from St. Augustine. As we passed Bayard we spotted some cars and went in search of the locomotive. Shortly we found local #905 switching (above and three below).
Our last train of the day was #101 at Melbourne.
One location I really wanted to shoot was Roseland. Here is #109 by dawns early light (above and below) on Tuesday.
Next up was #210 at Melbourne. I had shot two northbound trains here during my 2015 trip but they were both 3/4 views so I was glad to get this broadside.
From Melbourne we drove to West Palm Beach to try to get some information on Brightline operations. This is the new passenger line, currently owned by FEC, that is planned to begin running this summer between Miami and West Palm Beach.
After being asked to leave by a security guard when we parked in the Brightline lot outside the shop fence we moved across the tracks and waited. Shortly a group of Siemens people came out. I was unsuccessful in getting someone's attention to ask some questions, however, someone else came outside the fence and asked if we would like to come in and take some photos. He turned out to be Brightline's Chief Mechanical Officer. The photos above and the three below were taken as he escorted us around the shop and answered questions.
What do you do when there when there are no trains to photograph - 2, take a picture of Jim taking a picture of a Great Blue Heron in Stuart.
And then there was a train to photograph. #202 came north throuh Stuart with a large block of stone cars on the head end (above and below). Stuart was another location I really wanted to shoot. On my last trip I got only one angle in cloudy weather.
While waiting for the next train at the south end of the bridge I noticed that the new US 1 highway bridge was interesting. I thought it might look better in black and white.
Our day finished with southbound #101 (above and below).
Thanks for looking.
After being asked to leave by a security guard when we parked in the Brightline lot outside the shop fence we moved across the tracks and waited. Shortly a group of Siemens people came out. I was unsuccessful in getting someone's attention to ask some questions, however, someone else came outside the fence and asked if we would like to come in and take some photos. He turned out to be Brightline's Chief Mechanical Officer. The photos above and the three below were taken as he escorted us around the shop and answered questions.
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