brickbuilder711
FEC Train 222
Some of you may know me for being part of the modern day South Florida switching cult, -- put in a tongue in cheek way rather -- and I wanted to get going on either layouts resembling present day road or switching operations in South Florida. I made a lot of designs, albeit seemingly they were only for fun lol, because I could never actually get a layout started for one reason or another.
Eventually, I developed a fancy for more road action. But still, I enjoy switching ops.
The story of how this layout was conceived came from a couple eureka moments:
So here lies the FEC Port Everglades-Fort Lauderdale yard layout.
For switching, one can work the ramp or unit Ethanol customer Motiva Enteprises. One can prepare and shuffle trains 963, 960 or 970. And ultimately, hopefully time permitting the handful of boxcar customers at Dania can be switched.
But also, the layout affords the chance to run all through trains around the large loops. Which should make things pretty exciting. I may open operations to CSX so that I can run CSX power since FEC power has been harder to come by especially the GEVOs.
For now, this plan is just a brainchild, lol, but hopefully benchwork will begin soon.
Eventually, I developed a fancy for more road action. But still, I enjoy switching ops.
The story of how this layout was conceived came from a couple eureka moments:
- A couple friends of mine started aggressively collecting modern intermodal
- Another buddy who was starting up on a FEC Jax-NSB layout changed plans, and switched to another railroad. So that opened a void...
- Athearn released Crowley and Seaboard containers over the last year
So here lies the FEC Port Everglades-Fort Lauderdale yard layout.
For switching, one can work the ramp or unit Ethanol customer Motiva Enteprises. One can prepare and shuffle trains 963, 960 or 970. And ultimately, hopefully time permitting the handful of boxcar customers at Dania can be switched.
But also, the layout affords the chance to run all through trains around the large loops. Which should make things pretty exciting. I may open operations to CSX so that I can run CSX power since FEC power has been harder to come by especially the GEVOs.
For now, this plan is just a brainchild, lol, but hopefully benchwork will begin soon.