USSC kicked off the 2020 harvest season by hauling the first sugar loads to the mill using its newly refurbished steam locomotive number 148! Here it is seen just after departing its christening c... (more)

United States Sugar Corporation's Fort Pierce turn returns to Clewiston, FL after running to Fort Pierce and back with interchange traffic from the FEC. GP38AC 407 leads the train back south with ... (more)

#148 prepares to haul the last cane loads of the season.

Memorial Day 2021 finds ex-FEC #148 hauling the last cane loads of the season. They do plan to make this happen again during the next season.

Memorial Day 2021 finds the last cane train of the season under steam power, after an assist with some diesel. Plans are to begin & end each season this way going forward.

After a few test runs in late spring & summer, #148 makes its official return to US Sugar on the first day of the 2020-2021 cane season, pulling a publicity train to the mill.

The Ft Pierce Turn shoves their through cars into the small yard at the South Central Florida Express headquarters as a GP11 waits for cane duties.

Departing Clewiston after the 2nd stop. This 100 year old former FEC locomotive now runs on Vegetable Oil.

Vegetable Power! The former FEC 148, now USSC 148 arriving in Clewiston, fueled by vegetable oil.

The first USSC Christmas train led by USSC 148 chugs towards their next stop, Belle Glade

The Toys for Tots Santa Express chuffs out of Clewiston in glorious sunshine after the 2nd stop. US Sugar could not ask for better publicity than what this train brought to the area.

After dropping off some cars at the mill, US Sugar #310 heads into the yard at Clewiston.

After hauling the first revenue sugarcane train of the season to the mill, USSC #148 simmers away on the engine track in front of USSC's North Shops for a 3 hour public viewing and photoshoot. ... (more)

On the morning of October 1st, 2020, the United States Sugar Corporation railroad kicked off the 2020 harvest season by having the first revenue train pulled by their newly restored ALCO 4-6-2 #14... (more)

To mark the beginning of the 2020/2021 sugarcane harvest, US Sugar held a public event of their newly restored former FEC steam engine. The engine brought the first load of sugarcane to the mill i... (more)