Tolga's Railroad Repository

The previous post has generated quite a bit of praise; now for the FEC edition;) You know you're a FEC railfan when: You can't handle railfanning in any temperature below 32º F.  You're up at the butt crack of dawn for some FEC action, which can vary depending on which part of the mainline you live in. North end: 226, 224, 905 and 109; Middle corridor: 109 and 210, with a local here and there, and South end: 335, 121, and 123 You eat, sleep, and breathe EMD. You don't believe that GE has any form of existence and deny that the railway has bought the Tier-4 Compliant ES44C4s Your girlfriend is named Ashley You can actually call a locomotive "Pinky" Freight cars are termed as Dead Loads You bow down to the gods (ie. President Hertwig) every time the Azalea, St. Augustine, and Power Car pass on the butt end of trains like 101 and 226 Nightlife for you includes clubbing around the destinations I mentioned in the previous list, as well as Fort Pierce, Ja...

Saw a kind of dated list called " You Know You're an Idiot Railfan if " and I wanted to incorporate South Florida into it... that is because we have developed a railbuff culture and our own railfan humor pretty unique and distinct from the rest. This is all in good humor not to be condescending towards anyone, and it is NOT to suggest that we would be idiots, much less the original list that this was inspired from. So here goes - and I'll update frequently: You know you're a South Florida Railfan  when... Nightlife for you is either Delray Beach proper, Hollywood, Midtown (as of 2014), or, if you can handle it, Ft. Liquordale, and maps to a certain FEC milepost number Your Friday night hangouts are the White Lumber Lead, Fort Lauderdale Airport Station, Hollywood Blvd, or Hollywood Amtrak Station You just have to check out East Rail, Pompano Market, or Downtown Spur when you're in the area You repeat and know verbatim the Power-Assisted Switches on the...