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This was the first of many daily qualification trains from West Palm Beach to Frontenac (Sharpes) as Brightline prepares for the opening of its new rail extension to Orlando, Florida in early 2023. Railroad construction continues along most of the route, which is expected to be complete at the end of 2022. The qualifying test train is tentatively scheduled to operate one round trip every weekda...

On January 13, 2022, SpaceX's rideshare mission named Transporter 3 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first stage booster (B1058), flying for its 10th time, then returned to LZ-1 for landing. After the sonic booms, SpaceX's droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) made a surprise appearance as it began its journey to the ocean landing site for an...

In this video, I visit two Brightline bridge construction sites: Crane Creek in Melbourne, FL and Turkey Creek in Palm Bay, FL. At Crane Creek, the initial temporary construction bridge has been mostly dismantled, as construction of the first new rail bridge is mostly complete. There are also new poles installed on the west side of the train bridge that are likely for another next temporary bri...

The new Brightline passenger trainset, known as "brightred", was on the final leg of its trip from Sacramento, CA to West Palm Beach, FL. I set up by the Palm Bay siding, hoping to see the Brightline train before dark. A Florida East Coast (FEC) freight train arrived from the south, delaying the Brightline. By the time brightred came by, it was long past sunset with very little light left in th...

Each day there is a northbound and a southbound Amtrak Auto train on the route from Sanford, FL to Lorton, VA. They each leave in the afternoon and arrive the following morning. The Auto train includes superliner passenger cars including coach and bedroom sections, as well as auto carrier cars to transport the passengers' vehicles. The Auto Train uses CSX tracks. On June 12, I was able to catch...

A lot has changed since the last time I videoed at Crane Creek bridge. There are now two cranes at the site, and the new train bridge is partially completed. One crane is on the temporary construction bridge, and the other is on Depot Dr and Melbourne Ave. The road is closed under the bridge and along the waterfront for the construction work. The new train bridge is being built to support the B...

The main portion of the Brightline tunnel under SR-528 at the "Cocoa Curve" is now completed. The video has clips from March 27 and May 9, 2021 to show the progress of the tunnel over the past couple months. This is a part of Brightline's (formerly Virgin Trains USA) expansion for high-speed rail service from Miami to Orlando. The existing tracks are owned by FEC (Florida East Coast), and they ...

It's not everyday that I see a CAT excavator working up in a gondola train car. On this unique train, an excavator dumps roadbed material from gondola cars onto the future path of the second FEC (Florida East Coast) railway track through this area. This construction is a part of the Brightline (formerly Virgin Trains USA) high-speed Orlando expansion. At some point after the roadbed is smoothed...

The temporary bridge is now finished and work has begun on the pilings for the new train bridge over Crane Creek in Melbourne, Florida, on the east side of the existing rail bridge. Phase two will involve removing the old, existing bridge and replacing it with an second new bridge. This new bridge is being built to support Brightline (formerly Virgin Trains USA) passenger rail service from Miam...

Brightline (formerly Virgin Trains USA) construction crews have built some sort of dirt hill along the tracks by US-1 near Magnolia Ave (north of Aurora Rd, south of Lake Washington Rd). Preparations are being made for the construction of a second track along the Florida East Coast (FEC) rail coridor to connect Miami to Orlando, FL. In some areas, a new track will be laid alongside the existing...

Brightline (formerly Virgin Trains USA) construction has progressed a lot at I-95 and SR-528 west of Cocoa, Florida. In this video, we see an aerial view of the large embankment hill for the new Brightline track to Orlando and the bridges under construction. I also compared it to the same spot in October to show the changes since then. At this point, sod has been laid on much of the embankment,...

Florida's Brightline (formerly Virgin Trains USA) railway continues to make progress along the Florida East Coast corridor from Miami to Orlando. The full route is scheduled to be finished in 2022. In Melbourne, a temporary bridge is being built over Crane Creek. The temporary bridge will be used by the crane to access both ends of the future train bridge during construction. While videoing the...

Downtown Richmond, Virginia is a great area to see CSX train traffic of all sorts. In this video, we explore the area, finding a few trains along the way. Using the drone, we also have an aerial viewpoint for some clips. And when there's not a train going by, the James River is a nice subject for a drone video. First part video: th-cam.com/video/zBiVaMjEu8Q/w-d-xo.html List of locomotives in vi...

Amtrak Auto Trains, Silver Service, and more around Ashland, Virginia - December 2020

Timelapse: SpaceX B1049 Returns After Record-Breaking 7th Flight - November 28, 2020

Brightline Construction and FEC Train at Night - Melbourne and Cocoa, FL - November 15, 2020

Brightline Construction at SR-528 and I-95 near Cocoa, FL - October 30, 2020

Brightline (Virgin Trains USA) Construction at SR-528 And I-95 Near Cocoa, FL - August 4, 2020

Timelapse: SpaceX Falcon 9 B1058.2 in Port Canaveral - Processing and Lift to Dock - July 24, 2020

Beginning to Dismantle the SpaceX Starship Mk.2 Prototype in Cocoa, FL - July 19, 2020

Sunset Motionlapse at Lake Washington, FL - July 12, 2020

Virgin Trains USA Construction at FL-528 And Industry Rd - Cocoa, FL - July 8, 2020

FEC Train and Preparations for Virgin Trains Bridge Construction in Melbourne, FL - June 26, 2020

Virgin Trains USA - New Track in Grant-Valkaria, Florida - June 26, 2020

NASA SLS and OmegA Solid Rocket Booster Train - Jacksonville to Jay Jay - June 12, 2020

SpaceX Falcon 9 B1058 Returns To Port Canaveral after Demo-2 Crewed NASA Launch - June 2, 2020

Virgin Trains USA Construction and Two FEC Trains at SR-528 and US-1 - May 23, 2020

Chasing the Amtrak California Zephyr: One Year Ago - May 17, 2019

Chasing the Big Boy: One Year Ago - May 16, 2019