03-06-2018, 09:18 AM
The theme of Freelance 2018-1 will be inspired by the industry area of Miami Westgate.
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The mainline at the left (north - south) is CSX and the Mainline on the top (east - west) FEC.
Tolga Erbora wrote in FB (Florida railfan group):
CSX works the East rail section in the nighttime with only three active customers, Suburban propane, SALCO (off of 59th St), and Sentry Chlorine. A fourth is south of 54th St.
FEC works in the mornings between 4am and noon with a half a dozen active customers in the immediate area, Trujillo, the NS Bulk Transfer, Omni Transloading, and a customer near NW 27th Avenue. I have also seen cars spotted at the side track just east of Douglas Rd.
GP38-2, GP39-2, GP40-2, or the rebuilds, GP38-3 or GP40-3. The latter two require custom building but the rest are available. FEC uses GP38-2s or GP40-2s for the job.
ps. If you stroll the streets of Westgate with Google it looks very similar to some streets south of LA (e.g. Vernon) and LA warehouse district.
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The mainline at the left (north - south) is CSX and the Mainline on the top (east - west) FEC.
Tolga Erbora wrote in FB (Florida railfan group):
CSX works the East rail section in the nighttime with only three active customers, Suburban propane, SALCO (off of 59th St), and Sentry Chlorine. A fourth is south of 54th St.
FEC works in the mornings between 4am and noon with a half a dozen active customers in the immediate area, Trujillo, the NS Bulk Transfer, Omni Transloading, and a customer near NW 27th Avenue. I have also seen cars spotted at the side track just east of Douglas Rd.
GP38-2, GP39-2, GP40-2, or the rebuilds, GP38-3 or GP40-3. The latter two require custom building but the rest are available. FEC uses GP38-2s or GP40-2s for the job.
ps. If you stroll the streets of Westgate with Google it looks very similar to some streets south of LA (e.g. Vernon) and LA warehouse district.
Reinhard