FEC 447 leads this northbound pig train at St. Augustine. She was ex-CSXT 6844, nee-C&O 4089. All of the "Speedway" units are now off the roster. FEC Southbound Intermodal Trann 101 ( Jacksonville to Miami, Fl. ) passing through Bunnell, Fl. with 1 of the 100th Anniversary Florida Speedway GP40-3's leading the way.

I've just started reading "Last Train to Paradise" about Flagler's FEC Key West Extension. The book starts with the hurricane that wrecked the line and took many lives in 1935. The author describes the motive power of a rescue train, racing from Miami as the storm approached the K

4 天之前 · FEC 4-8-2 447 was handing the ill-fated rescue train, and photos taken after the storm show it still on the rails, with it's train of heavyweight coaches blown onto their sides. The question is, was 447 left where it sat (on Matecumbe Key), or was it removed somehow?

There were some wood trestles spanning shorter gaps between Islamorada and the mainland. It's true that the FEC jumped at the chance to abandon the line. They were operating in receivership, and sold the right-of-way and surviving bridges to the State of Florida at bargain basement rates.

It was rebuilt by VMV Enterprises as FEC 446 in September 1994 as a GP40-3. It was transferred as Alabama & Gulf Coast 446 in 2011. 447, GP40-3, was built in August 1971, #38569, FN 7340-25, as Chesapeake & Ohio 4089, Class GP-40.

FEC 447 : FEC 447 leads this northbound pig train at St. Augustine. She was ex-CSXT 6844, nee-C&O 4089. All of the "Speedway" units are now off the roster. Date: 6/7/1996: Location: Saint Augustine, FL Map : Views: 788: Collection Of: Mike Woodruff: Locomotives: FEC 447(GP40-3) Author: Mike Woodruff: Picture Categories:

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2025年3月1日 · FEC 447 : Description: FEC 447 leads this northbound pig train at St. Augustine. She was ex-CSXT 6844, nee-C&O 4089. All of the "Speedway" units are now off the roster. Photo Date: 6/7/1996 Upload Date: 4/14/2009 6:05:21 PM : Location: Saint Augustine, FL : Author: Mike Woodruff: Categories: Locomotives: FEC 447(GP40-3) Views: 942 Comments: 1

GP40-3 FEC 447 ex-C&O. Florida East Coast owned 10 GP40's (#401-410), 19 GP40-2's (#411-429), and 24 secondhand GP40-2's (#430-453), the last 10 rebuilt to -3 standards, for bridge line freight service between the SCL, L&N, and Southern to the north and Miami, FL to the south. Author: Adam Gase