FEC101 Feb 28, 2013

Dispatch lining the meet for Palm Bay above us and now Steve and Tony are to the junction on 107 and 140 with all IM.
EoT past MP216 at 5:59PM.
cabooseMikey, Brylon and Fred and his great-grandson (!) Ryan Lee.

FEC101 Feb 28, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/ruoUkHFcx2s

FEC202 Feb 28, 2013

Jim on 105 and Heritage714 with the afternoon train, eight air dumps on the rear end.
EoT past MP216 at 4:48PM.
cabooseMikey, Signalman David and Brylon.

FEC202 Feb 28, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/_hClY8JeI4c

FEC101 + 202 Feb 27, 2013

FEC101 Feb 27, 2013
Tony and Jim exchanging a few words at the meet and now FEC101 is to the junction. Young Mister Ryan Lee is watching this train along side his dad, too.
Jim laughing from 101 and 103, 439on line with all IM making 56mph in eighth notch.
EoT past MP216 at 6:12PM.

FEC101 Feb 27, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/rpJE7Nc4jPo


OS FEC202 Feb 27, 2013
Dispatch giving this train the main for the meet at Micco with FEC101.
Steve and Tony on 107 and 140 with a fine train.
EoT past MP216 at 5:53PM.

FEC202 Feb 27, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/gCYWui0KJ9Q

FEC101 Feb 26, 2013

Steve finishing his rounder on 102 and 141, 720LHF on line with racks and intermodal traffic.
EoT past MP216 at 6:10PM.

FEC101 Feb 26, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/Tf8v3LN4Ut0

FEC202 Feb 25, 2013

Got big medicine on this one, Dan - 102 and 141, 720LHF and 702 with empty flats from the weekend being balanced and racks on the rear end. Steve giving Louis the roll-by at Gifford and now through the junction in the dark.
EoT past MP216 at 6:54PM.

FEC101 Feb 25, 2013

Louis with a wave as FEC101 heads for the meet with FEC202 at Gifford. Telling dispatch they hit 56mph with two on line. 104 and 103 rear headlight burning,  and 708 with racks ahead of the IM. #668013 in there.
EoT past MP216 at 6:27PM.

FEC101 Feb 25, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/js5et3uGf7U

FEC101 Feb 20, 2013

ECH and Louis taking a fifteen minute delay for a close call at Lake Wash Road then meeting Tony on FEC202 at Palm Bay and now to the junction on 102 and 141, 720.
Darkness is racing our heroes; and winning handily.
EoT past MP216 at 6:38PM.

FEC101 Feb 20, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/5boXibHi1x8

FEC202 Feb18, 2013

Steve running an empty train hard to the north in the dark. 105 and 101 with empties bracketing a few racks.
EoT past Mp216 at 6:47PM.

FEC202 Feb18, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/x97skXyYJq0

FEC101 Feb 18, 2013

Grins from ECH and Eric on 107 and140, 709 with all intermodal meeting FEC202 at FOrt Pierce. Unusual to see two XFEUs turned against each other in a double stack.
EoT past MP216 at 5:37PM.

FEC101 Feb 18, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/2I19xvLZItA

FEC101 Feb 17, 2013

Swapped above me, now heading home. Dispatch telling Mike whatever it takes to get there by
11:45PM.
105 and 101, 428LHF with a lot of freight ahead of the intermodal.
EoT past MP216 at 7:16PM.
cabooseMikey and Jerry.

FEC101 Feb 16, 2013

Willie and Ray rolling-by FEC202 at Palm Bay on 107 and 140 with racks and IM.
Long train running hard in the dark.
EoT past MP216 at 6:49PM.

FEC101 Feb 16, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/JbSjeIAoO5E

FEC101 Feb 15, 2013

Mark and Tug lined into the siding for the meet and now to the junction.
105 and 101, 426 on line with lots of racks ahead of the IM.
EoT past MP216 at 638:PM

FEC101 Feb 15, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/ow2hBuLkcAU

FEC202 Feb 15, 2013

Willie and Ray will hold the main track at the meet with FEC101 in Micco tonight.
106 and 717 with NO rock on this one. Some good looking freight cars on the rear-end.
EoT past MP216 at 6:16PM.

FEC202 Feb 15, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/ZVbapA-76s4

FEC101 Feb 14, 2013

Steve and Tony running through the rain tonight on 100 and 142, 720LHF with all IM toward their weekend. Safe trip, fellas.
EoT past MP216 at 6:07PM.

FEC101 Feb 14, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/HnkI3qTyQ18

FEC202 Feb 14, 2013

ECH and Jim heading home in the rain, they will be on their weekend when they get in.
104 and 103 with rock, IM and racks but no freight cars again on the way to the meet in Pineda.
EoT past MP216 at 4:29PM.

FEC202 Feb 14, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/yQBE5Bl6lTo

FEC920 Feb 14, 2013

439LHF with a long string of rock has stopped right outside my hotel window at 8:51am and
will work the batch plant. 2 big black tankers on the rear end to be set out this afternoon at
Port Sewall on the way back.
EoT past MP262 at 9:36am.

FEC920 Feb 14, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/fBdG1UPmWkM

FECRS trainwatching at the Stuart Bridge 2-13-2013

FECRS trainwatching at the Stuart Bridge
  Lot of fun as members of FECRS gather for some laughs, good conversation and of course
dinner. Throw in some great train watching, and you've got a fine little party right in front of
the Stuart Bridge on February 13, 2013.
  Joining cabooseMikey were Richard Benjamin, Noel Weaver, Jim and Mark Kovalsky, Byron
Hartunian, Don Delitz, Brian Sherman, Jerry Groothouse, Paul Gray and special guest Ari Van
Urk from the Netherlands.
Here take a vid look:


FEC107 Feb 13, 2013
Heard the rumble and looked out my hotel room window to see FEC107 dragging the rear-end
past the Stuart Bridge at 11:24PM. Plenty of double stacks over on the next block. No vid on
this one, sorry.

FEC222 Feb 13, 2013
Paul Wilson and Tim Walker laughing as they ease across the Stuart Bridge this evening on 106 and 717 with a fine train. Paul Gray spotting a NYC gon in there.
EoT past MP260 at 9:23PM.
FEC222 feb 13, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/cn1_DfnuMrQ

VID00208.MOV
a look at the north bound Stuart Bridge home signal.
http://youtu.be/nqCSYonL8sQ

FEC101 Feb 13, 2013
Jim and the ECH glad to see us as they creep across the Stuart Bridge on 105 and101, 710 with
racks and IM.
EoT past MP260 at  7:33PM.
FEC101 Feb 13, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/7__j3Dl6zbw

FEC937 Feb 13, 2013
439 across the Stuart Bridge, got tropicals on there.
EoT past MP260 at 6:40PM.
FEC937 Feb 13, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/DYKHxEIFrV0

FEC202 Feb 13, 2013

On site under the Stuart Bridge for the FECRS trainwatching event this evening. Bridge
locked down at 3:45PM. Tony bringing 107 and 140 with a great train across the bridge, no
freight cars on this one, though.
EoT past MP260 at 4:03PM.
FEC202 Feb 13, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/9P285G4etao


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Caboose Mikey I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking and sharing these videos. I sent my son the video and he showed it to my grandbaby who got to see her Papa in action.
She is a No. 1 railfan in the making! Thanks so much.
Glad y'all had a grand time. It showed...
Tim Walker and family.
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Such kind words from a true southern gentleman, but it is I and my train-fan friends who thank you, Mr. Tim, for all the kindness you show us.
Through the magic of the vid cam we all can share the grand times that train watching brings us - what a wonderful tool we have been given.
Most important to me though, is the sharing between father and son, and now grandbaby. Just a short few (60) years ago I watched my own father up there on that seat; I know exactly what your little one got to see ... and I am delighted that her Papa is so proud.
So, Night Train Tim - what is our newest railfan's name?
Best regards, cabooseMikey.
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Miss Morgan Walker. 1 1/2 yrs.
I snuck her daddy in the seat for a trip around the wye at Bowden about 29 years ago.
Thanks to Yorkovitch, my co-hostler and fellow horse thief, we let him sit in the seat around, and then took some pictures for posterity.
He never forgot it and now his little girl loves trains. Hows that for protecting the future of the craft? Naysayers don't always know what they are talkin about. You are 'absolutely correct' (Neil RIP) in that people have been given certain tools for 'new rail fanning' into the future.
Life is good, and I appreciate the kind words. I've had a fire burning for three days and am wore out. The firelite is making me drowsy and off to bed I go. Even the Night Train sometimes likes to sleep while it's blessedly dark. Take care...
The best to you and your lovely Mrs Caboose...
Tim.
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FEC101 Feb 12, 2013

Steve coming out of the meet with FEC202 at Micco and taking the roll-by from Jim.
100 and 142, 416LHF with all IM stepping right into it.
EoT past MP216 at  5:42PM.
cabooseMikey and Brylon.

FEC101 Feb 12, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/8T0xJl_oKMs

FEC202 Feb 12, 2013

ECH and Jim finishing their rounder tonight with the meet with FEC101 at Micco.
103 and 714 with a heavy train running about 45mph and taking a few turns off as they go by.
EoT past MP216 at 5:13PM.
cabooseMikey and Brylon.

FEC202 Feb 12, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/j1CEwTppHHo

FEC210 Feb 12, 2013

FEC210 running a little late this morning as I watch from the historic Fellsmere RailRoad
grade in Sebastian. 105 and 101 with a neatly blocked train. Lot of empties on the rear end.
EoT past MP215 at 8:25am.

FEC210 Feb 12, 2013 vid link:
http://youtu.be/Chzj431-vM0