Headed for the mill. With a cut of 10 cane cars and some executive "varnish" along for the ride, US Sugar's 1920 ALCO Pacific #148 runs at track speed (about 40 mph) toward the company's su... (more)

USSC #148 crosses the Caloosahatchee Canal on a cold, but beautiful January afternoon.

USSC #148 accelerates northbound with a cane train photo runby near Keela Jct.

The US Sugar Corp's 'Sugar Express' 4-6-2 148 is southbound on the way to the Okeelanta Mill area on a charter run with cane cars directly behind the Alco.

The US Sugar Corp's 'Sugar Express' 4-6-2 148 rolls out of the shop at Clewiston, Florida, in the predawn hours of January 29, with a chilly morning lending to the steam-breathing Alco.

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)

Raising Cane in South Central Florida. On an uncharacteristically chilly morning in late January, US Sugar's pretty Pacific Locomotive #148 charges southbound with a demonstration cane trai... (more)

Looking shiny and new at 102! Looking stunning pristine at 102 years of age, United States Sugar Locomotive #148 steams in front of the company's Clewiston, Florida engine shops after power... (more)

Crossing the swing bridge on some of the smoothest rails you'll find in North America.

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)

U.S. Sugar 148 performs a runby at Rogers Rd. south of Clewiston, Florida.