FEC202 Sep 30, 2014

FEC202 by mp216 at 4:55 with 103 & 708. Eric W with s and h plus extra toots,  ECH
waving double white from the window to my fusees.  Rock up front with a sandwich of
tubs, followed by IM,  then a string of racks with a special P & W for Noel,  then a long string of tanks with freight on the rear.  Meet with 101 in Palm Bay.  Rain stopping for us.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Sep 30, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/rpKByggPv5M

FEC101 Sep 29, 2014

FEC101 by mp87 @ 3:43 with 104, 141 & 434 newly painted.  Eric W toots away,  flashes
lights and ECH waving from the window with a surprising look at me waving double white.
 Racks up front followed by IM,  with a Tiger Cool Express,  billboard and two Ashley's. 
Oh Happy Days! !!
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 29, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/sH1NnWxySfo

FEC900 Sep 29, 2014

FEC900 by mp86-equation @ 3:10 setting out 3 flat spacers bracketing two enormous
transformers with Conan G and. Redd T waving to us. BP stopping by and sharing a good
parking spot. Engines 715 & 704. Rain stopping and Icing on the cake after our fantastic
fecrs convention.
Anita and Caboose

FEC900 Sep 29, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/zrJBNRliONI

FECRS 2014 vid clips

convention vids in raw clips




FECRS 2014 Convention part 16
vid 00276
FEC101 with ECH and Jim at Sunbeam.
FEC101Sept 28, 2014 at Sunbeam vid link:
http://youtu.be/y6gOtB6y0_s


FECRS 2014 Convention part 15
vid 00275
FEC107's power for Sunday in A Yard.
FEC107's power in A Yard vid link:
http://youtu.be/WJVOnFdOGfs

FECRS 2014 Convention part 14
vid 00274
FEC107's power for Sunday eases through the yard.
FEC107's power vid link:
http://youtu.be/U_3sgCcx-p8


FECRS 2014 Convention part 13
vid 00273
Convention is just about over and tear-down continues.
tear-down continues vid link:
http://youtu.be/NDsXoAK2248


FECRS 2014 Convention part 12
vid 00272
Sunday morning fecNtrak op session.
fecNtrak op session vid link:
http://youtu.be/YlhWbW5nT-I



FECRS 2014 Convention part 11
vid 00271
716's long nose from the AZALEA vestibule.
716's long nose vid link:
http://youtu.be/enHds2Bd0mo


FECRS 2014 Convention part 10
vid 00270
510 turns the wye beyond two blues.
510 turns the wye vid link:
http://youtu.be/WF9or8FsFRg


FECRS 2014 Convention part 9
vid 00269
Glamorous AZALEA is the star of our convention.
Glamorous AZALEA vid link:
http://youtu.be/BuoiAVEPBjs


FECRS 2014 Convention part 8
vid 00268
The view from Mr. Hertwig's office includes this scene with 501 drilling B Yard and a pair of CP units waiting in A Yard.
The view from Mr. Hertwig's office vid link:
http://youtu.be/yja2myOQWGs


FECRS 2014 Convention part 7
vid 00267
FECRS tours FEC dispatch center vid link:
http://youtu.be/HZS7Fh8MkH8


FECRS 2014 Convention part 6
vid 00266
FEC transfer bringing 224's cars to Moncrief Yard vid link:
http://youtu.be/AXlGOuMlrCA


FECRS 2014 Convention part 5
vid 00265
pumpkin leading NS light back to Simpson vid link:
http://youtu.be/21L5qhXUxDw


FECRS 2014 Convention part 4
vid 00264
shuttlewagon working TTX Yard vid link:
http://youtu.be/kBknmHqgtjA


FECRS 2014 Convention part 3
vid 00263
fecNtrak set up vid link:
http://youtu.be/8Iiq-YOGGSI


FECRS 2014 Convention part 2
vid 00261
a look around the ballroom vid link:
http://youtu.be/mjVj8V7fO3U


FECRS 2014 Convention part 1
vid 00260
fecNtrak unloads the mods vid link:
http://youtu.be/vVU7b7V_pyw

FECRS 2014 Convention schedule

Friday TOUR:
10:00am                       Depart  hotel.               
Ramada Jax-Mandarin
3130 Hartley Rd
Jacksonville FL 32257


10:30am - 11:30am      Tour of:
Beaches Museum & History Park.
381 Beaches Blvd
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
904 241-5657


Noon - 1:00PM           Lunch break at
Regency Square Mall food court
9501 Arlington Expy,
Jacksonville, Florida 32225
(904) 725-3830


1:30PM - 3:00PM       Tour of: TTX SRD Acorn St facility
TTX Southeast Repair Division
1450 W Church St,
Jacksonville, FL 32204


3:00PM - 3:30PM       Photo Op at McQuade Street pedestrian overpass.
McQuade Street at RR


4:00PM                         return to hotel.

---------------------------------------------------
Saturday TOUR:


10:00am                         Depart hotel.


10:20am - 11:20am     Tour of FEC dispatch center and back office
FEC dispatch center
7411 Fullerton Street
Jacksonville, FL 32256



11:40am - 4:00PM        Tour of FEC yard
FEC BOWDEN YARD
7150 Philips Hwy
Jacksonville, FL 32256


12NOON - 1:30PM     Lunch break shuttle
Avenues Mall
10300 Southside Blvd,
Jacksonville, FL 32256


4:00PM                         Return hotel.

FEC101 Sep 23, 2014

101 by mp216 at 6:46 with 103, 140 & Hertwig 713.  Tony and Tommy tooting and waving to my fusees.  A beautiful long train of IM with double stacks,  some empty tables and one Ashley towards the bottom.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 23, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/POpiZaunpAw

FEC202 Sep 23, 2014

202 by mp216 at 5:39 with 702 & 709.   Conan with melodic toots,  waving white from his window and ECH waving double white with famous grin from his window to my fusees and smoke.  Rock up front piled high,  string of box cars,  empty flats,  tanks,  beer cars and a surprising amount of IM with double stacks on the rear.  Guess meet in Pineda,  as have heard nothing on the scanner.  Believe it,  some sun shown though and no rain.   Off to Fecrs Jax convention tomorrow,  so not sure where we will see trains.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Sep 23, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/5gykvdwDxAs

FEC101 Sep 22, 2014

101 by mp216 at 5:54 in the rain with 100,  104 & 414 lhf and running and flying by us!   Conan toots away with Hall of Famer ECH waving from the tread in the pouring rain.  Hall of Famer Caboose right back at them in the bed of the truck,  filming away with a large red umbrella overhead.  I was able to get fusees lit from window.  What rain? ?  Racks up front with all IM and meet at FO with 202.  Weather not cooperating even more so. Probably head on to the ranch.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 22, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/ABr0umGQJyE

TY Yard and TTX SRD Acorn

TY Yard and TTX SRD Acorn facility from I-95 overhead view 9-17-2014 at 3:43PM.

TY Yard and TTX SRD Acorn vid link:
http://youtu.be/n47YjRXGloE

FEC Transfer 9-17-2014

Last night's FEC224 cars are being dragged across McQuade Street into Moncrief Yard
by the FEC Transfer at 3:01PM. FECRS will be visiting this photo op site during the 2014
Convention.

FEC Transfer 9-17-2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/ogJ-c0f2Ss0

FEC101 Sep 16, 2014

101 by mp216 at 6:26 with 704, 719 & Hertwig 714.  Tommy tooting,  waving and grinning with Tony waving from the cab to my fusees,  again smoking in the heavy air.  Racks up front,  with majority IM and lots of double stacks.  Tons of green EMP,  an unknown charcoal grey,  UPS and a refurb FECZ pig w/ThermoKing reefer.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 16, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/qX519XFU2j8

FEC202 Sep 16, 2014

202 by mp216 at 5:51 with 101 & 102. Jim with great melodic toots and ECH waving white from the cab and that famous Cheshire grin to my fusees smoking on the heavy air.  Rock up front,  lots of IM with double stacks,  Racks a plenty and a rather large string of tanks  with majority being BRCX.  Meet in Micco with 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Sep 16, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/rp5C5KGa4uI

FEC101 Sep 15, 2014

101 by mp216 at 6:31 with 104,  100 & 717.  Jim toots away with ECH in his tropical shirt waving white from the tread to my fusees. Racks up front followed all IM with lots of UPS,  doubles,  one Tiger Cool Express,  several HanJins, one Einstein and two Ashley's.  We were joined by MTG before he goes back to PA.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 15, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/mKvsFxcDuLY

FEC101 Sep 14, 2014

101 by mp216 at 7:28 with beautiful 719 & it's melodic horn,  Herwig 714 & 418 lhf.   Tony driving,  tooting and waving from the cab to my fusees.  Racks up front with all IM and a long train.  Starting to rain.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 14, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/KkH0wUHZ4k4

FEC101 Sep 12, 2014

101 by mp216 at 8:01 with nice toots from the cab.  Mark far side waving to my fusees. 
Long IM and simply too dark for ID of engines and consist.  Did make out pair of Ashley's in
the middle.   Off to dinner and back tomorrow.   Nite.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 12, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/O6Iwv9E5Nxo

FEC202 Sep 12, 2014

202 by mp216 at 6:10 with Hertwig 715 & the 717.  Ray with toots from the cab to my
fusees.  Rock up front,  all IM, followed by tanks with two Midwest Ethanol Transport, 
freight and racks with one NOKL articulate and a P&W for  Noel.  Scanner said meet in
Pineda with 101.  Must admit,  cooler with a nice breeze,  so guess fall is on the way.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Sep 12, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/uchdzKSZCpg

FEC101 Sep 11, 2014

101 by mp207 at 6:40 with 102 & 710.  Tommy tooting away with eight notes,  shocked to see us at a different location.  Me no fusees and Caboose no vest,  but he and Tony still recognized us. Nice long all IM and double stacks with one Tiger Cool Express and lots of UPS.  Rain has set in.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 11, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/OVjE8PzkjHg

FEC202 Sep 11, 2014

202 by mp216 at 5:11 on 9/11 with 104 & 704.  Jim with his melodic toots and the two engines looking like a Disney movie with octopi from the tread and windows. ECH had the double white going and all aboard liking my fusees.  Talk about exciting and fun to these rail fans!  Rock up front with the CNW second car, IM with lots of UPS,  which is unusual and racks on the rear with another CNW  and ironically almost second from the bottom.   Scanner has not yet mentioned meet - Hold the presses - Dispatcher just said meet at Pineda.  Rain held off,  so happy fans are we.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Sep 11, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/gac1NlgI618

FEC101 Sep 10, 2014

101 by mp216 at 6:20 with 3 Hertwig's.  Jim toots with ECH waving from the tread like a director, sweeping his arms toward the other two Hertwig's.  All IM with one tropical and a bunch of China Shipping stacks.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 10, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/zbuzwsVh5Ss

FEC202 Sep 10, 2014

202 by mp216 at 5:37 with 101 & 411.  Tommy tooting away to my fusees.  Rock up front,  I M, tanks,  freight and racks with a special P & W just for belated b'day to our Noel.  Meet in Micco with 101.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Sep 10, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/PGn9wz9l5uE part 2

FEC202 Sep 9, 2014

202 by mp216 at 4:58 with 104 & 704.  Jim with extra toots and ECH waving white from the window to my fusees.  Rock up front with one black in the mix, IM with a Yang Ming double stack, freight,  tanks,  2 Gold medal box cars and a pair of center beams on the rear.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Sep 9, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/d3tIFKDqv8I

FEC101 Sep 8, 2014

101 by mp216 at 5:47 with 100, 710 & 708. Jim with extra toots and ECH waving double white from the tread & a special guest joining him.  What a treat seeing our FECRS member from "Trains" and he was filming.  Racks up front with lots of double stacks and a pair of CRST. Meet in FO with 202.  How fun and fantastic this rail fanning evening! !!
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 8, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/bvvwWG78ydE




FEC109 Sep 5, 2014

716,709LHF + 436LHF out of the meet at Micco and onto the Roseland Trestle.
EoT past MP212.8 at 9:33am.

FEC109 Sep 5, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/5_hy-7mXzOI

FEC210 Sep 5, 2014

100 and 702 with freight behind the IM.
EoT past MP212.8 at 9:25am.

FEC210 Sep 5, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/26jGnnJmIHk

FEC202 Sep 4, 2014

202 by mp216 at 4:29 with 105 & 142 with the camera on a tripod.  Jim with extra toots and
ECH waving double white from the cab window and that famous grin.  Rock up front,
followed by IM with a nice stacked string of Schneiders, a Yang Ming,  a HanJin and racks
on the rear with a Soo Line (first time seen). 101 way up the line,  so no idea where meet
will take place.
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Sep 4, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/-1y9t59S06E

FEC101 Sep 3, 2014

101 by mp216 at 5:31 with 106 & 141.  Jim with his melodic toots & ECH waving,  flapping double white from the tread to my "sparklers" as those fusees with the wind and dry grass,  the smoke alarm goes off! !  Nice hot train with lots of double stacks and three  NFI,  uncommon for one let alone grouped together.Lots of FEC containers, but few UPS.  Safe trip fellas.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 3, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/B1_x4hJYaE4
http://youtu.be/H5Z89ed0vgk (tri-pod)

FEC202 Sep 3, 2014

202 by mp216 at 5:04 with 107 & 100. Tommy toots and toots away with Tony waving to my
fusees.  Rock up front,  IM, freight,  tanks and racks.  Not right order as trying to post
before 101 gets here.  Meet in Micco.  On scanner heard Tommy tell Jim, Lady Godiva is
down there waiting on you! !!!  Thanks! !
Anita and Caboose

FEC202 Sep 3, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/9FKjCzVqiPc

FEC101 Sep 2, 2014

101 by mp216 at 5:39 with Hertwig 720 & 711, then 719.  Tommy tooting starting at the
block signal and Tony waving to my fusees.  Racks up front followed by IM with one
container I call Mc squared. Lots of UPS and long double stacks consist.  Will hopefully
see 101 and 202 tomorrow.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 2, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/JdRJqk1B1YI

Labor Day holiday Train annulments

the Labor Day holiday Train annulments:

Aug. 31- 335-336

Sept.1- 202, and all locals annulled except 915, 960, 965.

Sept.2- 109-210, 202

David (ECH)

FEC101 Sep 1, 2014

101 by mp216 at 6:57 with 101 & 142. Jim with s&h while ECH flapping double white from
the tread.  Short five racks up front followed by all IM. A nice looking Carmichael, a ton
of EMP with their Xmas color combo and a lonely Ashley towards the rear.  For some
reason,  no 202 tonight.
Anita and Caboose

FEC101 Sep 1, 2014 vid link:
http://youtu.be/emEMEWeVaUs