#148 spent the weekend dressed up as it would have looked when it ran here for FEC.

Engine #148 performs a photo run-by at the wooden trestle over Dasher Road just outside Lake Placid on the former ACl segment of the railroad.

Sitting in the side track by the depot, the 148 gets serviced and refilled with water getting ready for the night photo shoot later on in the evening

Fishers on Fisheating Creek greet the Sugar Express, today running roundtrip from Lake Placid to Clewiston & back. I'm sitting here remembering how this steam operation went from a hope and a d... (more)

USSC Sugar Road Job 2 returning to Clewiston with 63 cane loads from loadouts around the Bryant area. Trailing DIT is USSC 407, which was picked up from Bryant Yard and swapped with other power. O... (more)

USSC 148 pulls the AAPRCO steam excursion south towards Clewiston in April 2022

Sugar Road Job 2 outrunning the rain in the background towards Clewiston, pulling 20 loads for the mill. With the creation of the USSC mainline, it’s uncommon to see GP11’s running here, as th... (more)

Still wearing original Southern Pacific paint, HLCX 6341 continues to work in the cane fields of South Central Florida in 2024. Seen here pulling Sugar Road Job 5 on the USSC Mainline with 21 load... (more)

505 passes the Grambling and Benbow load outs whilst hauling an empty sugar cane train from Clewiston to Moore Haven

1966 built ex-SP SD40, HLCX 6341, leading Sugar Road Job 1 with 35 empties after dropping some at the Townsite 2 loadout.

Rolling through the middle of Sugarcane fields, the Lake Placid Limited heads out of Moore Haven as the 148 roars down the rail line towards Clewiston, Florida

With a one of a kind railroad, comes one of a kind views. Seen here is Sugar Road Job 1 passing the Vaughn 1 loadout on the USSC Clewiston Mainline, featuring HLCX 6341 leading. Additionally, mixe... (more)

Sugar Road Job 1 featuring HLCX 6341 and USSC 405 wide open, screaming by at 40mph. SRJ 1 is pulling 35 empties, bound for the Weatherald 1 loadout to be filled throughout the night. Although pat... (more)

Sugar Road Job 1 returning to the mill with 37 loaded cane cars, and a rare double header, featuring two of US Sugar’s most unique engines, USSC 405 and HLCX 6341.

A Sugar Road Job bound for the mill easing towards Evercane Rd. New crossing protection being installed has forced all trains to flag this crossing for the past week or so.