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

Atlantic Rail class 16DA on a test run to Stellenbosch with a Metro set behind.

PRR K4s No. 1361 is halted on the old Bald Eagle Branch during a Horseshoe Curve Chapter NRHS round-trip excursion from Vail, PA (near Tyrone) to Bellefonte, PA. No. 1361 was built by the Juniata... (more)

SP 4-6-2 2447 and SP 4-6-0 2376 are in charge of SP train 72 at San Luis Obispo California in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The rare mileage excursion performs a photo run-by at the Miami Canal. US Sugar's tracks cross this canal at Lake Harbor on the FEC K-Branch and again on the Okeelanta line (shown here).

A forty nine car southbound freight is seen at Fresno California in 1938. Otto's speed estimate was 8 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The rare mileage train poses for some photos over a canal at Rogers Road on the branch to Okeelanta.

The 425 storms upgrade past the station in Tamaqua PA.

US Sugar's "Sugar Express" pulls off the Bryant Lead onto the K-Branch mainline in Pahokee, Florida, running along the southeastern levee of Lake Okeechobee.

The Sugar Express' rare mileage train performs a photo run-by outside of South Bay.

The Sugar Express' rare mileage train pauses on the Bryant Yard lead to take on water. Today's excursion took passengers along the FEC K Branch on the east side of Lake Okeechobee.

US Sugar #148 performs a photo runby at Liberty Point as it returns to Clewiston. Day 1 of the rare mileage trips included a round trip between Clewiston and Sebring, with a two-hour layover in La... (more)

Otto's speed estimate for SP train number 7 was 35 MPH at Edgerly Louisiana in 1936. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A passenger train hauled by the YC 629 is leaving the Bago station.

The French Pacific steam locomotive 231 G 558 is getting prepared in the Sotteville shed near Rouen. This scene is timeless and could have been taken during the glorious steam days.