Eastern Railroad Discussion > Florida Friday: The Stuart Bridge

Running a few minutes behind an FEC intermodal, a short train of Herzog crushed stone products heads south over the soon-to-be replaced bridge at Stuart, FL. 

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Nice catch!
I suppose the new bridge will support the 2 track FEC/Brightline ROW?
Gonut

Nice shot!  And this was yesterday, Friday, 1/24/25?  The blue FEC unit was a good catch!

Clewiston was still socked in when I left there at noon, heading northwest.  The cloudline was running southwest-to-northeast, so I figured that Stuart should still have been in clouds, unless its position on the coast made a sunny difference.  The sun popped out a couple of times around Moore Haven, and I shot a southbound SCFE cane train (with new scheme No. 3801) in dimmed sunlight at Palmdale; however, I didn't hit full sunshine until I got past Lake Placid.  Caught the CSX local coming back from interchanging with SCFE at Desoto. 

Heading back towards Clewiston, I began catching up with the clouds.  About a mile past Gatorama at Palmdale, I encountered a northbound cane empty.  Turning around, I overtook the train, but then had to drive about 10 miles before I could get back to sunny skies.    

If the weather stays sunny, I may have time to visit Stuart on Monday.  

Super scene - Great view.
Bob

Date is early 2019. 

Thanks for the clarification on the date.  Regardless when, it's still a great shot!  

Have to wonder how one of FEC Gevos would look in that paint scheme.