During the latter half of cane season (January-March/April), the Childs loadout is fairly active and can result in meets in an otherwise "one and done" stretch of the railroad. Today, t... (more)

USSC 148 puts on a good show as it departs Lake Placid for points south. The 4-6-2 is really working good now on most excursions as the Sugar Express consist has expanded to 9 cars (plus a diesel ... (more)

Ex-WRIX 3001 nee-PC 6237 has been turned and now faces east/south for the time being. It will be the star of the scene until the next tunnel motor shows up in a month or so.

Morning eastbound run of the FPT to Fort Pierce. There is no "rule" keeping six axles on the Turns, usually depends on tonnage, but it keeps the four axles free to run cane in season. ... (more)

When plans change on railroads, it can be a domino effect. Here, the SBT had already left Clewiston and at Moore Haven, they were scrubbed and called back to Clewiston to run a cane train. They ... (more)

Ex-UP 3776 leads interchange back from Fort Pierce with the as-named Turn, known on the railroad as FPT. Also known on the railroad is this being Port Mayaca, but a few local addresses show Canal... (more)

With temps not yet into the 60's at this hour, #148 makes a grand exit from the shop area to pick up her train.

Heading back east, not south, from Sebring with a modest train today as CSX didn't make their interchange. Right now, CSX is running daylight turns to Sebring and was barely out of Winston Yard a... (more)

A South Central Florida Express local has finished some moves at Keela and heads west to Clewiston.

A South Central Florida Express local has finished some moves at Keela and heads west to Clewiston.

A U.S. Sugar cane job pulls into the Vaughan loadout near the Keela diamond to pick up a few loads for the mill at Clewiston. This former DRGW unit will not find many mountains to climb here in n... (more)

The South Central Florida Express Ft. Pierce Turn makes a pickup as cane is harvested from the adjacent field.

The South Central Florida Express Ft. Pierce Turn crosses the St. Lucie Canal drawbridge on the way north to interchange with Florida East Coast at Ft. Pierce.

The South Central Florida Express Ft. Pierce Turn rolls northbound past the derelict former Florida East Coast office in Belle Glade.

The South Central Florida Express Ft. Pierce Turn crosses a small canal just east of Belle Glade after a pickup at the Belle Glade siding.