USSC #4201 leads an early morning Cane 2 on the Clewiston mainline along one of the classic canals that dot the landscape in the fields.

3806 departs Clewiston with a rake of empty sugarcane cars

A weekday trip for local schools is being prepped.

A handful of engines wait to pull the next set of empty cane trains out of the Clewiston mill as we pass the junction on the SCFE mainline aboard the Sugar Express. Today's two-hour trip took us d... (more)

A pair of GP11s rest outside the North Shops in Clewiston. As the new SD40s have arrived, these Paducah rebuilds are being phased out. However, the company's Sugar Express excursions pulled by #14... (more)

HLCX #6341 departs the ready track at Clewiston's North Shops as it heads to the Sugar Mill to grab an empty cane train. #6341 is probably the most interesting locomotive on US Sugar's roster besi... (more)

A pair of MP15s run a loaded cane train through one of the two dumpers at the Clewiston Sugar Mill. During the harvest, the plant operates 24/7. Once a loaded train arrives, the locomotive will un... (more)

It's a busy morning at the Clewiston Sugar Mill with three empty cane trains getting ready to depart. In the background are two MP15s about to run a cane train through the dumper for unloading. Th... (more)

Before they were famous, US Sugar operated over the CSXT & FEC portion of the territory as South Central Florida Railroad (SCFE) which was renamed South Central Florida Express (SCXF). Typically ... (more)

The AAPRCO special departing Clewiston eastbound. At the time, this was the largest group of passenger cars on the line to run, but their own fleet has grown to this size in 2025.

FPT has come back from dropping at the mill and will take these cars and put them in the wye instead of the siding because there is active steam this weekend. Cane 4 is creeping up behind them as... (more)

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)

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.

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