Florida Tri-Rail

Company History: TRCX was launched in 1989 as a temporary measure to get commuters off of I-95 and the Florida Turnpike, both of which were being widened. Traffic was greater than expected and the operation became permanent, expanding to today’s 71 mile system running from West Palm Beach, Florida south to Boca Raton, Pampano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Opa-locka and finally, Miami. This was a Seaboard Air Line route. The passenger car fleet is a mix of coaches and cab cars from Bombardier and Hyundai. They also have a modest fleet of Colorado Railcar DMU sets (a sort of Doodlebug for the 21st century.) The locomotive fleet includes a GP40-2W, five F40PHL-2’s, three F40PH-2C’s, two F40PHR’s, six GP49PH-3’s, twelve BL36PH’s and an FP7.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.