On March 18th, US Sugar ran Engine #148 on a series of short trips out of Clewiston for the annual Sugar Festival being held in town. Here it is departing Clewiston on one of its afternoon runs. N... (more)

USSC 404 brings a cut of empties out into the fields to receive another load of freshly harvested sugarcane

With a Ford Model T posing at track, US Sugar #148, a century-old 4-6-2 Pacific-type steam locomotive and short consist wait for passengers to board an excursion to Moore Haven, approximately 16 m... (more)

USSC 148 leads the Ice Cream Express Westbound toward the Clewiston Yard. This was the third of three trips on this day.

USSC 148 leads the Ice Cream Express Eastbound toward the Miami Canal. This was the first of three trips on this day.

US Sugar Co. 148 pulls in to Clewiston as the first day of the AAPRCO excursion comes to a close.

Day 2 of AAPRCO's Sugarland Limited starts with a SB departure from Clewiston towards Lake Harbor, where the first run-by of the day will be conducted. This open field just south of the yard provi... (more)

US Sugar #310 leads an eastbound to the mill in Clewiston, where the sugar cane will be unloaded and processed.

Three US Sugar engines rest outside the North Shops at Clewiston. #410 ran west light out of the yard shortly after this photo.

USSC 409 hauls freshly cut sugarcane from the fields to the mill along the USSC tracks near Evercane Rd

Every ten years or so, AARPCO charters some sort of "rare mileage" trip in Florida. For 2022, they chose the US Sugar operations which might seem new to many, based on my own observatio... (more)

US Sugar #407 idles outside the shops at Clewiston.

US Sugar #148 leads the AAPRCO Sugarland Limited special into the yard at Clewiston.

With no way to turn the locomotive at Moore Haven, USSC 148 will back all the way to Clewiston on the return trip of the Sugar Express.

The old and the less old. The star of the show, former FEC 148, rests at the south locomotive shop being serviced prior to operating the last excursion of an excursion filled weekend running betwe... (more)