Eastern Railroad Discussion > FEC "coal" train

Actually it's 202 with a looooong string of empties on the head end on 7/28/2019.  Train is headed northbound past "MH" tower, MP300, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Note the Norton Museum of Art in the top left, where a recent renovation purposely built the roof line to surround a mammoth ficus tree.

Thanks for viewing.

Rob Benkovitz
West Palm Beach, FL



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/19 19:32 by rbenko.

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That's an impressive looking power set. 
Nice photo. 
Enjoyed meeting you in Cresson.

Rich

Nice photo, Steve. Good seeing you.

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JUTower Wrote:
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> Nice photo, Steve. Good seeing you.
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Thanks "Joe"!!  

Cool shot DB.  Never noticed that roof around the tree before.

stevelv Wrote:
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> Cool shot DB.  Never noticed that roof around the
> tree before.

That's the front of the recently expanded Norton Museum.  There's a reflecting pool at ground level

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> > Cool shot DB.  Never noticed that roof around
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> That's the front of the recently expanded Norton
> Museum.  There's a reflecting pool at ground
> level

Here's the reflecting pool along with a giant typewriter eraser and a good looking pooch.

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Are thos FEC power sets running on natural gas, given the tank units??

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> Are thos FEC power sets running on natural gas,
> given the tank units??

Yes, sort of.  They run on a mixture of LNG and Diesel fuel from the locomotive's own fuel tank.  The mixture can be up to 80% LNG.

Check out Railway Age's article:  FEC LNG

Great image!

Were the empty hoppers CSX hoppers? Cannot see from the photo.

gmojim

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> Were the empty hoppers CSX hoppers? Cannot see
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Yes - I've seen this same cut (or at least I think it's the same cut) many times over the last several months.  They usually come down loaded on 109 in one cut, but I've also seen smaller cuts in different trains.  They were brand new back in Feb/March.

What I don't know is their destination - I would assume a power plant.  Anyone know?

Here's a loaded cut heading southbound on 109 back on May 21, 2019

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Very nice..!!

there's a cement plant South of Miami at Pensucco which gets an occasional cut of coal.

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> there's a cement plant South of Miami at Pensucco
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Yes, the cement plant in Medley is the destination. CSX runs a complete coal train to FEC in Jacksonville. Sometimes FEC adds the complete train to one regular southbound train or may split up the train into 2 sections and add to regular southbound trains. Have seen the CSX coal on the front of the 101 train several times.

gmojim

Nice work Rob!  Hard to get a wave back though from that vantage point, no matter how you wave  :-)

Great shot, always fun to see you up in Cresson.  

~RGDave

Great angle.
JB