USSC #148 pours on the smoke at it's last photo runby for the Trains magazine photo charter on a cold January afternoon in the sugar fields.

Yes, this is a working railroad! US Sugar's immaculately-restored ALCO Pacific #148 runs southbound past one of the many sugar cane loading facilities which dot this industrial railroad. ... (more)

The "Sugar Express" at speed. South Central Florida is certainly the "sugar capitol" of the US, with endless cane fields, water-filled canals and massive processing mill... (more)

A preview of coming attractions at Moore Haven. In a sort of preview of what's to come, US Sugar Locomotive #148 and her passenger train pull into the Central Florida town of Moore Haven on... (more)

Southbound over Fisheating Creek. Less than a mile south of the little town of Palmdale, Florida, US Sugar's ALCO Pacific charges southbound across the timber trestle at Fisheating Creek, h... (more)

Running light on the Clewiston wye. After dropping her cane cars at the company's Clewiston, FL sugar mill complex, US Sugar's pretty Pacific #148 runs light around the wye just east of the... (more)

Headed for the mill. With a cut of 10 cane cars and some executive "varnish" along for the ride, US Sugar's 1920 ALCO Pacific #148 runs at track speed (about 40 mph) toward the company's su... (more)

USSC #148 crosses the Caloosahatchee Canal on a cold, but beautiful January afternoon.

USSC #148 accelerates northbound with a cane train photo runby near Keela Jct.

The US Sugar Corp's 'Sugar Express' 4-6-2 148 is southbound on the way to the Okeelanta Mill area on a charter run with cane cars directly behind the Alco.

The US Sugar Corp's 'Sugar Express' 4-6-2 148 rolls out of the shop at Clewiston, Florida, in the predawn hours of January 29, with a chilly morning lending to the steam-breathing Alco.

Cane fields and sugar mills. The landscape of South Central Florida is dominated by the sugar production industry, and there are multiple major corporate players in that business. Here, U... (more)