Auto train snakes out of Rand Yard. This rail yard is getting a rebirth as Sunrail is building one of their facilities here, visible in the distance.
The road power has just shoved the second cut of passenger cars to the platform while the yard switcher has already grabbed all the auto cars off the rear of the train and is waiting to yard those... (more)
CSXT Q456 making a daylight appearance in old "Rand Yard" Now the yard has been brought back to life as the hub of Sunrail and daylight freights becoming scarce.
Amtrak 52 departs as CSX K749 heads south after working Rand Yard. Daytime freights are tougher to get here after Sunrail started running in 2014.
Necessity and marketing are the mothers of some really fuggly equipment. This thing started as a tender and somehow acquired a steam generator or two, and diaphram. I hope someone at least saved... (more)
The "Safety Patrol Special" that makes it's annual trip from West Palm Beach to Washington DC and back is seen on it's return trip over the St. Johns River Drawbridge on a mild Dr Martin Luther Ki... (more)
Amtrak's annual Safety Patrol Special bound for West Palm Beach snakes into Rand Yard. The track layout here has been converted to double track in 2013 to accommodate Sunrail
A766 and Q235 wait for Amtrak 98 to pass while Conrad Yelvington also waits out of view behind us. Many changes, a Sunrail station is now here and Q235 now runs via the S line.
Red Unit Circus Extra rolls through Rand Yard (or what is left of it) in the first light of the morning. This scene will change a lot when Sunrail gets going a station will be built here.
Autotrain arrives about 30 minutes early lead by Amtrak P40's the original new GE's that began to replace the F40PH. This scene will change in about 2 years when a Sunrail commuter rail station is... (more)
Train CSXT Q235 rumbles through Sanford just ahead of Autotrain, in what was an uncommon occurrence. A sunrail stop is here and 235 no longer runs via the A line.
Conrad Yelvington crew take a breif break between work assignments
Dash 8 power located next to the CYDZ Rock Facility awaits its next assignment out of Sanford,Florida
NS power leads the Circus Extra on CSX through Rand Yard in Sanford on this for sure, Train of the Day. Thanks KDA for the heads up.