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).
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)
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)
Crossing Miami Canal. US Sugar's newly restored 4-6-2 #148 takes a cut of cane cars compass east, across the Miami Canal, headed toward the little town of Okeelanta, FL. Among the various ... (more)
Day one of the Trains Magazine photo charter of US Sugar 148 was a trip from Clewiston to Okeelanta, with 10 empty sugar cane cars ahead of the passenger consist. At the wye in Okeelanta, the pass... (more)
That's right, at one time this was CSXT territory. And the mill in Okeelanta isn't US Sugar and shares property lines with Florida Crystals. This region was part of the Trains Magazine charter, t... (more)
Water....Must. Have...Water! Captured by my son, Michael, is an interesting view of US Sugar's Pacific #148 reflecting itself into a "pool of water" along the "Okeelanta Strait". I thought it w... (more)
US Sugar's shiny Pacific runs west across the Miami Canal, after leaving the Okeelanta sugar mill.
US Sugar's shiny Pacific glides east across the Miami Canal, nearing the Okeelanta sugar mill.
