SCFE's Sebring Turn ran exceptionally early and direct to Sebring this morning without any stops, allowing for them to get back out of Sebring rather quickly, also not stopping along the way until... (more)

Built in 1920 for the Florida East Coast Railway by the American Locomotive Company, US Sugar no. 148 is seen crossing over Fisheating Creek on a warm Summer afternoon on the return trip to Clewis... (more)

Newfangled Transportation. The FEC 148 rests while the engineer talks to the driver of a Thomas Flyer that was authenticated to have been part of the 1908 Around the World Competition

Meeting. The FEC 148 waits as an U.S. Sugar cane train passes by.

Florida East Coast 148 rests in Palmdale as a 1929 Ford Model A truck poses next to the locomotive.

Florida East Coast 148 works hard across Fisheating Creek with its passenger train on a sunny April afternoon.

Florida East Coast 148 charges by a 1929 Ford Model A truck with its passenger train at Palmdale.

Florida East Coast 148 leads its passenger train across the bridge over Fisheating Creek on a hot April afternoon.

Engine #148 waits for a southbound cane train to clear the track ahead so it can perform a run-by at the Fisheating Creek trestle.

US Sugar #148 meets a southbound cane train outside the Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area.

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)