Florida East Coast Ry 0-8-0 No. 253
Abbeville, AL, United States 		Location: Jimmy Rane collection
Status: Cosmetic Restoration
Posted: Apr 24, 2025 @ 10:04:17 by Casey Merritt
Florida East Coast 253 almost done with cosmetic restoration now decorated as a Atlantic coastline locomotive number 1235
Posted: Oct 8, 2024 @ 16:10:20 by Casey Merritt
Should be Jimmy Rane not Raines
Posted: Oct 24, 2023 @ 18:10:24 by Casey Merritt
FEC 253 is now in Abbeville Alabama undergoing cosmetic restoration. She is apart of the Jimmy Raines collection.
Posted: Jun 12, 2023 @ 06:06:54 by Doug Bailey
Sold in 2023. To be placed on static display
Posted: Aug 30, 2017 @ 17:08:59 by Matthew Cole
Engine is no longer in Fort Pierce. The city booted the group off the piece of public property they were sitting on. Engine and equipment had to be moved into storage at the U.S. Sugar complex in Clewistown, FL alongside the FEC 148 project. Engine is no longer under active restoration.
Posted: Apr 4, 2010 @ 16:04:46 by Betty Jean Andrianoff
The #253 was purchased by Mr. Steve Spreckelmeier and Mr. Bob Bates in August 1998 2 weeks before she was due to be scrapped. She is now in Fort Pierce, FL.
Posted: Apr 4, 2010 @ 16:04:09 by Betty Jean Andrianoff
The 253 is located at 1401 N. 2nd Street, Fort pierce, Fl. In addition to restoring the 253 to fully operational condition we have built an Historical Railway & Transportation Museum that is open to the public for guided tours every Saturday from 10:00AM until 5:00PM. Come and visit us any Saturday, we would love to meet you and show you around. We are a not-for-profit organization therefore we rely soley on donations and memberships. Please visit our website www.slafec253.org. You can make a donation from our website and you can also download a membership form if you would like to be a part of our crew. We invite those of all ages to come and see the 253 as she is being restored. We are a working museum so you will see people working on the train, the museum and various pieces of equipment. For more information please contact: Betty Jean Andrianoff, Director of Administration and Membership by email andriabj@bellsouth.net or call me at H: 772-344-1911 or C: 772-370-9949 and I will be happy to talk with you. Keep them in line, Betty Jean Andrianoff
Posted: Jun 12, 2009 @ 21:06:07 by Larry
They moved it to Ft. Pierce June 13, 2009
Posted: Jan 25, 2003 @ 19:01:51 by John Boteler
I am one of the volunteers helping Steve Spreckelmeier restore FEC #253 at Hialeah yard. As webmaster of fecrs.com I have put up a page about this project and you are welcome to link to it at http://www.fecrs.com Thank you! Bote trunksys@pobox.com