Second on Main Track 1 is hot shot daily intermodal train 105 led by the standard GE ES44AC4 duo (blt. The north end of the FEC is a high speed single track CTC equipped railroad, but through here about a dozen miles of double main track remain in place. Pretty low impact foaming but at least I came away with something on the Sunshine State's signature railroad. Thanks to a little heads up I shot these two trains only five minutes apart, and then headed on our way out to explore Merrit Island National Seashore followed with beers at Playalinda Brewing and then a fabulous dinner at El Paradiso.
Conveniently enough the Florida East Coast Railway's mainline slices through town only 10 min away from her winter home. Find him at John Kraus Photos.Ĭaptured using a Canon R5+RF100-500L & 1.4x TC.Īfter leaving the south Florida canelands we headed over to where my mom snowbirds at an RV resort community just east of Titusville. John's shot is really great, you should go check it out, and if you aren't following him, you should be. The Sun rose at 7:15, and it wasn't immediately clear that it would make it over clouds low on the horizon, but with 4 minutes to spare before launch, the Sun (with all its sunspots) was where it needed to be, and at 7:24, so was the rocket. I reached it at 7:08 pm, just enough time to find a break in the trees and set up gear. I headed west, and with the quick help of PhotoPills, The Photographer's Ephemeris, and flightclub.io, John and I settled on a location in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. John Kraus: "NEW T-0 7:24."īack to the car I went, my watch screaming at me, wondering if I was working out, and eventually, having a cardiac event. I was approaching the pin on my map when I got the text from none other than Mr.
I got there early enough to get a place in the closest lot and started the march along the beach with not-weightless gear in tow.
To do so required me to be at a specific location on Playalinda Beach. A crescent Moon was in the sky, so I planned to line up the rocket with the Moon. The SpaceX Falcon9 GPSIIISV06 launch was initially scheduled for 7:10 am (ET) Wednesday, January 18, 2023, or 5 minutes before sunrise.
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