I took a ride out tonight after everyone was to bed, with my sights set on getting a shot of the last northbound TriRail commuter train of the night through Deerfield Beach station. I figured I should get some commuter trains while I’m down here. If you don’t know, TriRail is south eastern Florida’s commuter rail system, that uses the CSX tracks between West Palm Beach and Miami. It’s also the same rails that Amtrak uses.
I got to the station about 15 minutes before the train’s scheduled arrival time. Not long after that, the automated voice came over the loudspeakers and announced that train P648 would be 10 minutes late. OK, I can take 10 minutes. So I waited.
In the meantime, I got a shot looking south out of the station at the signals named PARKER.
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And a wide shot of the Deerfield Beach TriRail/Amtrak station
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Then waited the remainder of the extra 10 minutes for the train to arrive.
After the time went by, the train pulled into the station, and stopped to pick up the passengers waiting.
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As soon as everyone was safely aboard, they headed out to complete their run for the evening.
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And I also called it an evening. Back to the house to develop the pictures, and write this up. Now it’s off to bed…
Thanks for looking!
Tom
