Central Florida June 2002 Trip to Orlando and Bone Valley Links to photos: Florida Central Amtrak in Orlando Bone Valley Day 1,
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FEC Oak Hill- Titusville-
Melbourne Amtrak Palmetto
in Winston CSX NB freight with
CSX 8704 Florida Central: Plan for the day was to catch the Autotrain heading into Sanford early
in the morning. I get in the area too late. Anyway, east of Leesburg, I
take the wrong turn and end up in Ft Mason... where Florida Central is
dropping some ballast on the track then head for an industry south of Tavares.
Totally surprised and not knowing the territory I never get in position
:( No autotrain, no action shot, I head for the enginehouse in Plymouth.
Plymouth Fl; central enginehouse. FCN 53 CF7 resting comfortably in the morning sun
Plymouth Fl; central enginehouse. Business car Sam Pinsly by the depot with signal blades.
Orlando (Amtrak station): A little bit later in the day, after the Amtrak parade through downtown
Orlando is over for the afternoon, I wait out a little longer to
see Z915 lead by GP35 FCN 207 and GP7 FCN 57. The afternoon storm
is now over and the sky is slowly clearing up. After dropping the load
in Taft and picking up, they pass through Orlando station again on their
way back to the home yard.
July 2000; Ocala, Fl. On a previous trip, I had caught FCN 49 another CF7.
