After meeting the Toys for Tots train at Buker Pass, the Fort Pierce Turn would continue eastbound without delay.

USSC GP40-2 502 takes a long cut of loaded cane cars south through Belle Glade, FL destined for the mill in Clewiston, FL. The Toys for Tots Sugar Express was held for this train just behind me as... (more)

The South Central Florida Express' Fort Pierce turn crosses the Port Mayaca lift bridge near Lake Okeechobee. This bridge was built by the Florida East Coast Railway in 1923 as part of its Kissimm... (more)

USSC Cane 5 rumbles through Belle Glade bound for the mill at Clewiston.

A USSC Bryant turn passes the 1st annual USSC Christmas train as it sits at the Belle Glade stop giving toys out to local kids with 148 in the lead.

Morning departure to Fort Pierce. 8 AM on the dot.

A loaded sugar cane train from Bryant zooms though downtown Belle Glade with loads for the Clewiston mill.

A loaded sugar cane train from Bryant heads toward Belle Glade and eventually the Clewiston mill for unloading.

Sugar cane heads toward the mill in Clewiston, FL, and the scale of the cane hauling operation becomes apparent when one compares the 18-wheelers on the right to the train on the left.

A loaded sugar cane train heads for the mill at Clewiston from the small yard at Bryant, FL.

A sugar cane train crosses the Okeechobee Waterway at Moore Haven on its way back to the mill at Clewiston, FL. The flood gate and lock to Lake Okeechobee can be seen in the background above the ... (more)

The interchange freight from the U.S. Sugar Corp. plant in Clewiston to the Florida East Coast connection at Fort Pierce is on the outskirts of Port St. Lucie as it crosses a canal. The crew has j... (more)