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)

The month of February had CSXT delivering to USSC/SCFE in Sebring Monday/Wednesday and some Fridays in the afternoons, slightly altering how the SBT operated. Some days, like today, they were in ... (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.

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)

First weekend of Santa Express runs out of Sebring was diesel and, by request, was powered by two new repaints. This is the deadhead move back to Clewiston for the week, will return under steam.

First weekend of Santa Express runs out of Sebring was diesel and, by request, was powered by two new repaints.

A few frames back, I was saying how you don't want to show up on a unique property just to find lease units leading. This would be the exception. For two years now, 6341 has maintained what's le... (more)

Santa Express east...not south...bound from Sebring.

After a weekend of Santa excursions, the 148 is starting its day out of Childs deadheading back to Clewiston. They couldn't stay in Sebring overnight as CSXT had an interchange to make and needed... (more)

A new order on USSC, as everything's gone green. Well, for this scene anyway. A late running westbound Sebring Turn meets the eastbound deadhead of SCFE 148-02....while not THE 148, the train ra... (more)

With 76 cars in tow, the Sebring Turn is making the ground shake on their way east. They are a few hours late today and will not get any further than the GP Spur a few miles south of here.

The South Central Florida Express's (SCFE) Sebring Turn crosses over US 27 as they come into the town of Lake Placid on their return trip south to Clewiston.

The two most popular diesels on the roster at the moment are at the head end of a very big train from interchange at Sebring with CSXT.

Florida railroading has seen quite a few changes in recent years, one operation with significant enhancements that has catapulted from obscurity into the front row of fanning is US Sugar. Their m... (more)