I’ve been piecing together this FEC passenger train for quite some time. First I found the 5 car passenger set at Star Hobby in Annapolis, MD. Then I plucked the dome car from its native Floridian turf with a winning bid on eBay. A few years rolled by and I placed a wanted ad here on this forum for a set of E6 diesels. Sure enough I was able to nail down a mint set from a gentleman in the NJ High Railers-Thanks Gerry!
Yesterday at Star Hobby, I randomly found an FEC reefer for my FEC passenger consist.
So now I was really ready to run the set I assembled-WRONG!
The locomotive was pristine. However, the cars all had broken mounts where the trucks screwed onto the frame. Thanks to gunrunnerjohn’s post from 2019, I was able to repair all the passenger car frames. That took a little bit of bench time, but was well worth it as these passenger cars aren’t that common.
Since the cars were apart, I decided to put people in them. At least until I ran out of people…..
Then the posts of the car mounts needed fixed….
It’s as if they didn’t want to be run on my layout.
But by 2:00am, I had my FEC rolling down the line! A win for me! Thanks to the forum, I was able to fix my passenger car issues and find all the components to this neat train.
Thanks for reading! Enjoy the photos and video.
