NEW Pacific steam engine

At Ridge on Feb 27, 2015 watching Richard Benjamin's shiny new Pacific steamer take her first steps.
Congrats Richard!

NEW Pacific steam engine vid link:
http://youtu.be/toOG6ICyyfc

FEC101 Feb 25, 2015

101 by mp216 at 5:44 with 801 & 817. Jim waving away from the cab window and his partner this day tooting to my sparklers. Nice trainof IM, with racks up front, King Ocean, 3 Raven's, USA Truck, Tiger Cool Express, MC SQUARED, another Dong in the well, UPS but no Ashley tonight.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 25, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/9xLti5u8KSc

FEC202 Feb 25, 2015

202 by mp216 at 5:20 with 802 & 805. Tommy hamming it up with waving from the cab window and Tony tooting away to my sparklers. A long train of miss mash with odd cars not normally seen. A Dong something with freight, tanks, center beams, stack sided flats, tanks in a row with 28865 orange graffiti and racks on the bottom.
Meet in Micco with 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 25, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/EQoxaK0Hge0

FEC101 Feb 24, 2015

101 by mp216 at 5:44 with 814, 812 & 441 lhf. Tommy and Tony tooting and waving to my sparklers with rock rainbow overhead. A nice long train of IM, double stacks, lots of UPS, an AgMark, Raven, RBI, 2 pair of Ashley's and lots and FEC blue containers.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 24, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/cIgF2TDTjYA

FEC202 Feb 24, 2015

202 by mp216 at 5:13 with 809 & 803. Crew waving and toots to my sparklers. Still too dry for fusees. Rock up front, tubs, a long wall of double stacks CSX, IM, 3 beer cars, tanks, a lone center beam followed by racks on the bottom.
Meet in Micco with 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 24, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/DsFJ3nxpH5E

FEC101 Feb 23, 2015

101 by mp216 at 5:45 with 821, 819 & 801 lhf. The relief crew was fantastic with toots and
waves to my sparklers. Have a feeling it was Conan and or Billy M. A nice long hot train of IM
with double stacks, more Raven's than usual, lots of UPS and two Ashley's towards the bottom. 
Foreman Mr Hunter has the main @Bougard so 101 is taking the siding and heading to meet in FO with 202.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 23, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/-hkg-un-IWM

FEC101 Feb 22, 2015

101 by mp216 at 7:46 with 814 & 812.  Tommy  and Tony tooting and waving from the cab to my sparklers. A beautiful long train of IM with three Ashley's up front and a shiny new EggLand Best.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 22, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/UOibdtjasCc

FEC202 Feb 20, 2015

202 by mp216 at 5:57 with 801 & 821.  Ray's crew with toots and waving from the cab window to
my sparklers.  IM up front with UPS, large block of Schneider doubles, several short shirts of
Maersk, freight, racks and NS  coal train going back with one labeled NW.
No idea of meet with 101 as they just left very late.
Did  I mention it is rather cool out this evening?!!
Anita and Caboose

Feb 20, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/IIyDOCKJS-s

FEC101 Feb 19, 2015

101 by mp216 at 6:41 with 818, Pink Lady 425 and 429 lhf. Nice bop bops from Tommy and Tony.
What a long at least it felt long in this very brisk (cold) evening. All IM with double stacks and
an Ashley up towards the front. A great celebration of double trains with birthday and some
exciting news to follow!
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 19, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/GHc6sbGkqD0

FEC202 Feb 19, 2015

202 by mp216 at 6:14 with 802 & 803 with birthday toots to my sparklers and ECH waving double
white from the cab window. A beautiful special birthday for this rail fan. First half with FO pick
up of the West Palm hot stuff and stuff have  never seen, but about to change that. Then comes
rock, IM,  an AgMark, long string of tanks,  a difco dumper labeled FEC 4004, bulk head and two
hoppers on the end.
Meet in Micco 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 19, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/wayEJaGzge0

FECW501 Feb 17, 2015

Scampering for home past MP236 at 2:01PM.

FECW501 Feb 17, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/n47eVrvHV80

FEC101 Feb 18, 2015

101 by mp216 @ 5:45 with 820, 809 & 816. Billy M toots with ECH waving double white from the tread to my sparklers and the famous grin. A long hot train of IM with lots of double stacks, including a nice sequence of FEC blue containers, 1 Ashley and a couple of Cronos on the bottom. Three Crowley's and quite a few building materials, but not as near what they had last night.
Meet was in Palm Bay with 202.
Anita & Caboose

FEC101 Feb 18, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/a0LH5ciby_A

FEC101 Feb 17, 2015

814, 812, 823 with EoT past MP216 at 5:48PM.
cabooseMikey.

FEC101 Feb 17, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/zNQa0bNdxsc

FEC202 Feb 17, 2015

820, 809, 816 with EoT past MP236 at 4:45PM.
cabooseMikey.

FEC202 Feb 17, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/VYjvCEL_eKg

FEC101 Feb 16, 2015

101 by mp216 at 5:48 with 821, 801 & 435 lhf. Jim and ECH waving and grinning from the cab to
my unlit sparklers as the wind too much!!  All IM with two Ashley's up front instead of on the rear
and a long string of newly renamed deep wells bringing up the bottom, business on the south end
looks to be expanding. Meet in FO with 202.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 16, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/tyA-m1NcfiU

FEC101 Feb 15, 2015

101 by mp216 at 7:12 with 811, 822 & 434 lhf. Tommy and Tony tooting and waving as their rather short train flew by. All IM with double stacks and one Ashley on another cool breezy evening.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 13, 2015

202 by mp216 at 7:12 with 818 & 803. Ray giving toots and waves from crew and the cab to my sparklers on a very windy cold evening. Rock up front with a long train of IM and a duke's mix  of freight the last half.  Many center beams, bulk heads, box and tanks. 
Meet in Palm Bay with 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 13, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/echc9jlCokw

FEC101 Feb 12, 2015

101 by mp216 at 6:16 with 821, 820 & 802 lhf. Tommy and Tony tooting and waving to my sparklers on this cool evening with temps dropping fast. Racks up front, IM, building materials, a RBI, a very bright white FEC frig container, UPS and an Egglands Best, the second one we have seen.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 12, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/09vz8mNt8gQ

FEC202 Feb 12, 2015

Saw 202 with 823 and 801 at mp236 but JIm and ECH did not see us. Lots of tanks on the bottom with EOT at 4:19.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 12, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/2oKVRXzZQj4

FEC202 Feb 11, 2015

202-11 by mp216 at 6:07 with 818, 802 & Pink Lady 425 lhf with Tommy andTony waving from the cab as the 6:05 space shot streaks into the sky in front of them.  Rock up front, IM with lots of double stacks, 2 pair of AgMark, freight on the bottom with final two bulk heads and EOT.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 11, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/4J8PEtMQgoU

FEC101 Feb 11, 2015

EoT past MP216 at 5:31PM and Anita's report is lost in space.
Sorry.
cabooseMikey.

FEC101 Feb 11, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/OhZBY3WRGt4

FEC101 Feb 10, 2015

101 by mp216 at 5:59 with 822, 811 & 805 lhf. Tommy tooting and waving with Tony to my sparklers. A long hot train of IM, doubles, 1 Tiger Cool Express in the well, up popped two Tropical, a Raven and lots of UPS. Weather getting quite chilly in the wind too.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 10, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/ROJ4EMBZMo4

FEC202 Feb 10, 2015

202 by mp216 at 5:34 with 816 & 809.  Tooting from crew and either dispatch trainee or extra board conductor waving and practicing ECH's Cheshire grin!  Tubs w/rock up front, IM double stacks,  lots of UPS pigs, a pair of Yang Ming, 3 UP racks and a few freight on the bottom.
Meet in Micco with 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 10, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/ln7zw_i3Geg

FEC101 Feb 9, 2015

101 by mp216 at 5:41PM with 821, 820 & 823 lhf. Toots from crew with ECH waving and grinning from the cab window to my lonely sparkler from our window of the truck cab in the rain.  A rather short train of IM, with racks up front. Some seldom seen, Raven, Carmichael, Crowley, Tiger Cool Express and three Ashley's getting ready for President's Day Sales.
Meet in FO with 202. A nasty evening of rain and wind. Feel sorry for my crews.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 9, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/h2tqdpH7P2o

FEC101 Feb 8, 2015

101 by mp216 at 7:14 with 818, 802 & 411 lhf. Tommy and Tony tooting away to my sparklers with a rather short train and IM with double stacks and two Ashley's in the mix towards the bottom.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 8, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/kLL7I5RZqcw

FEC202 Feb 7, 2015

Mark with the blue light on 800 and 711 leading the evening train past the junction
tonight.
EoT past MP216 at 6:56PM.
cabooseMikey.

FEC202 Feb 7, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/k2P-GIQq8i4

FEC202 Feb 6, 2015

202 by mp216 at 6:05 with 819 & 806. Ray with toots to my sparklers on this blustery
cool evening. Long string of rock up front with IM and rather short train. Lots of 
neat blocks of UMAX with doubles stacks.
Meet in Pineda with 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 6, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/1soU2ArkadY

FEC101 Feb 5, 2015

101 by mp216 at 6:01 with 801, 823 & 800 lhf. Tommy and Tony tooting and waving to my sparklers struggling to stay lit on this raw cold and windy evening. What a beautiful train of IM, double stacks of FEC containers, an Eggland Best (EB first time), a RBI and a ton of brand new Swift pigs with refrigeration, another first.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 5, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/WNvRI6FmS9s

FEC202 Feb 5, 2015

202 by mp216 at 5:06 with 818 & 802. Jim toots and ECH waving double white from the cab window to my sparklers in this very brisk wind and cold Feb evening. Tubs up front, rock, IM, 1 Seaboard pig, triple AgMark, center beams, tanks, few gons and box cars on bottom.
Meet in Palm Bay with 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 5, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/DeQ9jMthO8o

FEC101 Feb 4, 2015

101 by mp216 at 6:37 with 821 & 800. Jim a pair of toots and ECH waving the blue light.
All IM with lots of double stacks +, a Tropical, one Tiger Cool Express and a pair of
Ashley's.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 4, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/BLcUUb0yTMQ

FEC202 Feb 4, 2015

FEC202 past MP236

FEC202 Feb 4, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/un2oHUkCl_o

aerial display

While awaiting the evening trains on February 3, 2015 at the caboose junction, we were
treated to this aerial display. Looks like a cow and calf just out for a romp, doesn't it.


VID00559
http://youtu.be/-Hs80kpPbJU
VID00560
http://youtu.be/ruDHTmu116o

FEC101 Feb 3, 2015

101 by mp216 at 5:51 with 816, 809 & 811 lhf. Tommy and Tony tooting and waving to my
sparklers with a very nice train of IM with lots of double stacks up front, a duke's mix
of various containers not seen for a long time and a triple hit of Ashley.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 3, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/uBKB3ogEx_w

FEC202 Feb 3, 2015

202 by mp216 at 4:35 with 821 & 820. Jim and ECH waving and toots in the dust storm
from under cutter. Rock up front, IM, triple AgMark(6 eggs in a basket), freight, racks
and two old gons on the rear.
Meet in Palm Bay with 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Feb 3, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/vtav3LJIb5g

FEC101 Feb 2, 2015

101 by mp216 at 6:08 with 817, 806 & 432. Jim and ECH waving double white from the
cab to my sparklers on this evening with the moon almost full in the east. All IM and
double stacks with two Ashley's towards the bottom and two AgMark's.
Meet in FO with 202.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Feb 2, 2015 vid link:
http://youtu.be/RfsdAYHS3og