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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and MoreDate: 04/26/17 11:07 Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: Ohiorailfan Day 8 of my southern vacation starts in Willow, Florida at the Florida Railroad Museum. Here they have a Seaboard Air Line RS3, Ex GO Transit F7A, and 2 Geeps painted up for the museum
   Date: 04/26/17 11:09 Re: Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: Ohiorailfan After the museum I stopped by Winter Haven and shot a Florida Central GP7
Up next was the Cemex plant at Davenport where ACL #648 lays over on easter    Date: 04/26/17 11:10 Re: Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: Ohiorailfan Last up for the day was Gainesville where ACL #100 works at the Conrad Yevlington plant
 Date: 04/26/17 11:50 Re: Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: CPR_4000 Aha, so that's where most of Florida RR Museum's stuff is at. I stopped at Parrish a couple months ago and there wasn't much to see there (a couple of interesting SAL and ACL phosphate cars and an NW5). Folks in the gift shop mentioned "the shop" but werent' interested in saying where that was, apparently b/c it's not open to the public.
Date: 04/26/17 14:44 Re: Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: refarkas More great images.
Thanks for sharing these. Bob Date: 04/26/17 17:39 Re: Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: retcsxcfm I did not know you were in my back yard!
Uncle Joe just a few miles from where you were Date: 04/27/17 05:29 Re: Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: acltrainman The ACL 648 is a Sw-7 not a SW-8.
Great series of shots also. Stanley Jackowski Valrico, FL Date: 04/27/17 06:48 Re: Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: bluesboyst Uncle Joe, What rail line was this?
Date: 04/27/17 10:08 Re: Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: retcsxcfm bluesboyst Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Uncle Joe, What rail line was this? The museum uses the EX SAL line from Valrico to Bradenton. UJ Date: 04/28/17 10:54 Re: Southern Vacation: Day 8, SAL RS3, ACL SW8, and More Author: CPR_4000 retcsxcfm Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The museum uses the EX SAL line from > Valrico to Bradenton. Looking at the satellite photos, it appears to be torn up north of the shop area. |