July 23rd, 2011 – Florida East Coast Railroad!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.10, 2011, under Florida History!, Sketchbook
I attended the Florida East Coast Railway Society Modular RR Display and “Train”ing Session at the Brevard County Library in Cocoa on July 23rd. While there I got to hear a talk by the Dean of FEC history, Seth Bramson. His books are terrific and specifically his ‘Speedway to Sunshine” is a wonderfully written with terrific photographs laying out the history of the railways along the east coast of Florida. You can learn more about Seth and find his books by clicking here. Above is a sketch I drew during his talk.
Another sketch during another talk about model trains. The young fellow on the left was streaming the talks on UStream, something I’ve been known to do from time to time.
Here’s an actual photo of Seth Bramson speaking, in case the sketch is too sketchy.
Here “Caboose Mikey” explains how a steam engine works.
An entire model of the Florida East Coast Railroad was there depicting north of Jacksonville all the way south to Dade County. Here is the mode area around U.S. 1 and Viera Boulevard in Melbourne. You could drive there now and this is what it looks like!
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August 10th, 2011 on 10:12 am
Any railfan would have loved to hear Seth speak, I’m sure! Great to see your photos and sketches, Rob!
January 17th, 2012 on 10:08 am
Great day. Good photos. That’s a very nice sketch of me UStreaming everything