Ex-Florida East Coast 4-6-2 148 - restored to its 1950s US Sugar paint scheme for the weekend - rolls through the cane fields near Miami Locks with a photo special.
US Sugar 4-6-2 148 roars around the big curve at Liberty Point with a train of sugar cane cars.
US Sugar 4-6-2 148, restored to its 1950s appearance, leads an 8 car train of sugar cane cars around Keela Wye near Clewiston, Florida.
One of my favorite books is Ron Ziel's "The Twilight of Steam Locomotives" which features one of US Sugar's ex-FEC 4-6-2s (113) on the cover steaming under a magnificent Florida sunset. Thanks to... (more)
US Sugar 148 at Liberty Point at sunset
US Sugar 148 at Liberty Point
It's early morning as some cattle continue to graze and pay no mind to SCFE Fort Pierce Turn heading eastbound out of Clewiston, FL.
It's just before sunrise as USSC SD40-2 #6327 (still in its TRRA paint scheme) leads the SCFE Sebring Turn west out of Clewiston, FL.
SCFE Train WORK-15
The South Central Florida Express crosses a small bridge over an irrigation canal as it approaches its destination of Clewiston, Florida behind a GP40-2 and SD40T-2. The local is returning from Fo... (more)
As the sun sets below the the horizon, a US Sugar Corp. Railroad train with loads of sugarcane approaches the mill in Clewiston, Florida, closely following the train ahead of it that came off the ... (more)
Fireman Chuck Young inspects the running gear on Florida East Coast 148 before it departs for Clewiston.
Fireman Chuck Young checks Florida East Coast 148's air compressor before returning to Clewiston.
Florida East Coast 148 approaches the diamond with its short passenger train under clear blue skies.
Florida East Coast 148 accelerates its passenger train from a stop at the diamond on a sunny April morning.
