Here we go with my originally intended entries for today. My 7:02 am photo sent in earlier this morning on my commute was just perfect timing
Two shots from last Friday afternoon of southbound Tri-Rail trains at the Metrorail/Tri-Rail Transfer Station in Hialeah.
First, loco BL36PH #822
And then GP49 #816. This was an out of service train leaving the Hialeah rail yards to Miami Airport to get in place for its northbound run.
You will notice that the trains are running to the left side of the engineer. Because of the design of the transfer station, both northbound and southbound trains will alternate the platform they operate on. The west side platform I took the pictures from is the one that is directly connected to the Metrorail station (the east side platform is connected via overhead walkway to the west side platform on the north end of the station in addition to crossing the tracks at-grade at the south end of the station) so depending on the time of day, the trains with the majority of the directional flow of passengers gets the west side platform so that commuters can make their transfer connections easier to/from each mode.
