Fort Pierce Turn departing Clewiston with a measly 12 cars for interchange with FEC.

As a result of HLCX 6341 breaking down on FPT-31 earlier in the day, Cane 3 was assigned to head out to Canal Point, and rescue the engine and crew. They are seen here passing over the Miami Canal... (more)

SCFE Local shoving down the lead to work the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative, a competitor to US Sugar. In total, US Sugar (SCFE) serves 2 sugar mills which are owned by competitor companies.

Ex-SP SD40R, HLCX 6341, leading the Fort Pierce Turn out of Clewiston. 3 miles away in the distance, US Sugar’s Clewiston mill can be seen. As it is currently peak sugar harvesting season, the m... (more)

Ex-SP paint in 2024 is quite the treat to see. Around 25 minutes later, 6341 would break down around Canal Point, forcing the crew to set these 12 cars off at the Canal Point storage track, and aw... (more)

Fort Pierce Turn with 12 cars of outbound traffic to interchange with FEC at FO. At least, that was the plan, until an unexpected turn of events for the crew..

Cane 1 returning to the mill on a beautiful Monday afternoon. USSC 305 is unique to the roster as it is the only GP11 on the roster without a nose-mounted headlight.

After issues with the signals providing incorrect aspects at the SCFE/USSC diamond, a test train involving the SCFE local would be brought out so that signal maintainers could evaluate the situati... (more)

Cane 2 rounding the curve to the final stretch for the mill with 15 loads.

Cane 1 with 16 cane loads from the South Shore loadout bound for the mill. GP11’s are uncommon on this side of the SCFE system, as most in cane service are operated on the ex-ACL trackage.

Having picked up 15 additional cane loads from the Shawnee loadout, Cane 3 is now headed straight for the US Sugar mill. If someone told me a year ago that I would be seeing a tunnel motor in cane... (more)

In an interesting turn of events, USSC 6324 would wound up being the power for Cane 3 after being taken off the Fort Pierce Turn. The tunnel motor would return leading LHF, picking up 10 loaded ca... (more)

After leading the Fort Pierce Turn out of the yard, SD40T-2 USSC 6324 would be set off for an unknown reason on a rarely used spur, just before Evercane Road. FPT-10 then continued with just USSC ... (more)

USSC 409 leading Cane 3, rounding the Liberty Point curve towards the Shawnee loadout to pick up additional loaded cane cars.

The SCFE Local returning back to Clewiston after working industries on the eastern side of the SCFE mainline throughout the day.