Eastern Railroad Discussion > FEC in St. Augustine

I may be going to Florida in a couple weeks. I will have a free day to Railfan. My goal is to catch some FEC action. What time or times are the best at St. Augustine? I would
like to catch at least 3 FEC trains. Thanks

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Monday through Friday, be at St. Augustine at sunrise and you will have an excellent chance to get northbound 224 and 226. 224 is usually first in the 0700-0800 range followed by the 226 0800-0900. Train 210 will also pass through around noon, plus or minus. Next up will be 101 that normally gets to St. Augustine 1330-1430. Train 107 can be seen around 1800-1830. There is also a local that may be seen but that depends on what work they have.

Posted from iPhone

How would Saturday be?

Posted from Android

Simular but not usually any local. Train 101 runs about an hour later.

Posted from iPhone

Saturday morning you'd still get the 224 and 226 first thing, and 210 around lunchtime (can't say much for the lighting at that time of day), but 101 leaves Bowden later more like 1400-1500, which would be better for light angles anyway.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/14 07:31 by toledopatch.

Thanks for the info!

Posted from Android

This spring, on certain days there was sometimes a 3rd northbound in the mix with. 224 and 226, often running as a 240, but I don't know if this is still occurring or how often that happens.

Thanks to some great volunteers, the whole line has online ATCS coverage. Would be a great way to see what was coming.

-Brian

You also can get 222 if he's late during that morning time.