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I should have clarified, they took one red car and two orange cars out of their respective sets and combined the remaining cars into the 9th set. Seems odd but it must have been more convenient.

The first 5 cars were delivered in late September and began entering service in October, right before Milton. Afterwards, Brightline temporarily cannibalized cars off of 2 sets to create 9 5-car sets, with 1 set having 2 premium cars, and operated with 2 fewer round trips. The second 5 cars were...

71.4% chance next train has wrap-less windows, worst case odds, assuming 8 sets in rotation and all 3 full wraps are out (Bahamas is indeed gone).

The current plan is for the seventh coach to be premium class.

8 Minutes. From 3hr 38m down to 3hr 30m with Boca Raton, or from 3hr 33m to 3hr 25m without. I'm not certain but I think there is approximately 10 minutes of padding included (both before and after). Two odd things with the schedule I didn't notice at first. On weekdays it shows 18 trains...

Trains have been running at 110 mph along the FEC for over a week and Brightline's website shows the faster trips with 16/18 weekday round trips beginning Monday the 4th. That would be a week earlier than it said previously. Weekends show MIA-WPB round trips at 17. In reading the the October...

Just saw a new wrap: Kissimmee. I would say a very good chance it is in addition to the others. Think they will do all 10? Also, based on a video I saw, it looks like Brightline has some revenue trains hitting 100 mph on the FEC.

I don't think any wraps have been replaced yet. I believe there are currently 4 full train wraps and a single car wrap which would mean 42.5% of the entire fleet. The full wraps are Visit Orlando, Justworks, Orlando Health and, most recent I've seen, The Palm Beaches. Having 4 is just overkill...

Below is a portion of the paragraph; I bolded the part in particular that caught my attention. To me it reads as though there has been a second order of cars made fairly recently. I hope that's what it means. They will need a few more seats if they want to reach their ridership projections.

Just noticed a line at the top of page #43 in the latest bond document indicating Brightline ordered in Q3 another 10 cars to be delivered in 2025, which would then allow trains to have 7 cars. And right after that says something about an operating lease for 20 of their cars.

The 2 hour 59 minute travel time was advertised specifically (misleadingly?) for Miami-Orlando express trains. But I have yet to see any evidence that Brightline was ever planning to actually run an express train. Just for comparison, during early planning, 3 hours 2 minutes was the goal with...

Does anyone know for sure the max diverging speed of the concrete #24s? Someone from Brightline in a presentation once said they were capable of 60 mph but I have always been doubtful of that. I assumed the speed would be the same as a standard wood tie #24 and those already seem plenty fast at...

One end has steps I believe for detraining passengers without a platform after an accident, if necessary. The other end still has a gap filler. The 5 new sets each came with 2 cars equipped with steps at one end. At some point, a yellow square was placed on each window of a door with steps...

One thing I like better about the route briefly following the CFRC is it allows for, presumably, a simpler transfer station for SunRail riders. I don't think Brightline plans to have a transfer station along the CFRC anymore so that wouldn't really be a benefit for them.

That is the correct location. The buildings are fairly new so they haven't made it onto the satellite image yet. However, the buildings can be seen on street view. This other map shows them under construction, after switching to satellite view...

The general location of the curve from the CFRC to parallel Taft-Vineland road shown in the Sunshine Corridor's representative alignment is now occupied by industrial buildings. Any guesses if that will prevent that area from being used for the alignment?

Yes, she says a few things that are wrong or misleading in the video. Interestingly she mentions her husband had a marina west of the bridge.

I just found this which comes from the Martin settlement. "Subject to FECR and Coast Guard concurrence, Brightline agrees to a Coast Guard operating rule that requires the St. Lucie River Bridge to be open to marine traffic at least 15 minutes at a set time each hour between the hours of 6 AM...

5-car sets can sell out, although I don't know how often. I think it is more likely on event-branded trains such as for Miami Heat games. The best we have is "half to be delivered in 2024 and the remainder to be delivered in 2025." So 6-car sets may not happen until 2025 unless they sacrifice a...

Not surprisingly down to three 5-car sets today. And I think this incident marks Brightline's first revenue derailment. The fourth axle of #109 and the first axle of the premium car came off.