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FEC 206 glides through Titusville with an all Champion Lashup including 2 SD40-2s.

On the afternoon of January 22nd, 2024, I had received news that FEC 105-22 would have the 2 repainted ES44C4s on point. After getting done with work around the house, I made the trip out to cocoa to see them. After arriving, I was greeted to a green signal thinking getting 105 would be quick. Nope. About a million brightline trainsets later and 105 got signals through cocoa. Around 450, 2 hours after I got there, FEC 10522 rounded the curve at a slow rate of speed. These units in my opinion are very nice looking. FEC 816s horn also sounded very nice. Taken 1/22/24.

On a beautiful evening in August, I had ventured out to Lakeland to test my luck. After a few misc locals, signals had lit up for red hot intermodal I044. In less than an hour, CSX I044 came blasting through passing a stopped local with CSX 4409 leading. While a gevo trio might be boring to some, I enjoyed the loud NF 2PC K5HL at speed passing through wabash ave.

On a chilly November I ventured out to Bartow, FL to get a look at Florida Central Railroad GP7u #57. FCEN 57 had just been repainted into a brand new SCL inspired paint scheme. The scheme looks identical to the SCL scheme, just with Florida Central lettering. Florida Central is starting to paint some if its newer units into this new scheme, to get away from the Pinsly red after Regional Rail bought out Pinsly's Florida Central, Florida Midland, and Florida Northern Railroads back in 2020. Two refurbished GP15-1s will also arrive to FCEN in this new SCL scheme in the near future. These new GP15's will replace aging CF-7 #50, and SW1200 #94. FCEN 94 was recently sold off to LOSX, and now carries the reporting mark "LOSX 150."