Reflections of the Way I Used to Be. Dressed up in FEC garb, the beautifully restored U.S. Sugar Light Pacific 148 crosses Fisheating Creek during a US Sugar sponsored photo charter.

The old Ford was the first of several props to appear on the photo charter.

Fishers on Fisheating Creek greet the Sugar Express, today running roundtrip from Lake Placid to Clewiston & back. I'm sitting here remembering how this steam operation went from a hope and a d... (more)

Continuing chase, Cane 1 approaches the exit to the Scott’s Miracle Gro facility as a motorhome paces them on US-27 in the background.

USSC's Sebring turn pauses atop the Fisheating Creek bridge while working an industry. the SD40R behind the lead loco was on a temporary lease to see how the RR liked 6-axle motors, and considerin... (more)

Yes, this is a working railroad! US Sugar's immaculately-restored ALCO Pacific #148 runs southbound past one of the many sugar cane loading facilities which dot this industrial railroad. ... (more)

Southbound over Fisheating Creek. Less than a mile south of the little town of Palmdale, Florida, US Sugar's ALCO Pacific charges southbound across the timber trestle at Fisheating Creek, h... (more)

Model A meets model 4-6-2. This is just one of those things that happened during Trains Magazine's first charter with #148.

David Welch paces the 1920-built US Sugar 148 in his 1930-built Ford Model A, along US highway 27 near Palmdale, Florida, at a steady 40 miles-per-hour.

Wildfire danger was especially low with all the foam trackside....today is part of a special Trains Magazine charter of #148, the first of its kind. 2022 will see a lot of special service with the... (more)