Last shot of the trip. The crew of TA-East is counting down the miles to Tallahassee as they blast by Drifton siding. This spot on the map was once the connection with the Atlantic Coast Line Pe... (more)

Nearing the end of our journey, we find TA-East splitting the intermediate signals railroad north of the Greenville siding. The old ex-Seaboard Air Line signals between Tallahassee and Baldwin ar... (more)

After leaving Lee, we jump ahead to Madison, Florida to see TA-East lugging their 10,000 ton train through a residential part of town. The crew is in a hurry to make it back to Tallahassee to wat... (more)

The ancient Seaboard Air Line signals witness another train departing Lee siding on a hot and humid September afternoon. Every Monday through Friday afternoon you can park at Lee, Florida and wat... (more)

TA-East has picked up their cut left by LC-West and is ready to blast off to from Lee for the return to Tallahassee. The three SD70M-2 locomotives are all former Florida East Coast and still spor... (more)

A fresh from the paint booth Florida Gulf & Atlantic unit backs down the main to pick up their train for the journey back to Lake City. FGAR recently acquired three ex-Union Pacific SD70M locomot... (more)

After stopping at the Georgia & Florida diamond, TA-East throttles up for the last 21 miles to Lee, Florida. The Georgia & Florida line that crosses here is rarely used now since the Georgia Paci... (more)

A matched set of red, white, and blue power passes through the large public park located near the Florida Capitol Building in downtown Tallahassee. Now that the train is out of the yard, we can be... (more)

The chase is on! After watching the train roll by in Drifton, we jump ahead to the next small community to catch a three pack of EMD locomotives leading a healthy Florida Gulf & Atlantic train. ... (more)

The ex-Seaboard Air Line US&S signals can still be seen up and down the Florida Gulf & Atlantic property between Tallahassee and Baldwin. While many signals are dark, the one guarding the South E... (more)

Now that the train is past the twist and turns of downtown Tallahassee, the three big EMD locomotives are throttled up and running hard on their trip to Lee, Florida. TA-East will meet and swap t... (more)

Old and new. One of the original units for the Florida Gulf & Atlantic sits next to a recently purchased ex-Florida East Coast SD70M-2. All six axle power on the Pinsly owned FG&A will be SD70M ... (more)

Two of the FG&A SD70M-2 locomotives pick up a sister unit under the maintenance shed as they prepare to take a lengthy train east. The Florida Gulf & Atlantic rosters four of the big EMD units th... (more)

There was a time when my first visits to FGAR were a complete mixed bag of results, even up to about a year ago, it could be a "win, lose or draw" situation day to day (that was sometime... (more)

There are certain locomotives I have encountered their entire existence with regularity and the FGAR SD70M-2 quartet fall into that category. From their delivery to FEC in 2008 and lease to CSX i... (more)