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)

Led by a USSC GP38-2 and SD40-2, the South Central Florida Express's Sebring Turn rolls alongside an irrigation canal as the sun sets in Clewiston, Florida. The train is returning from Sebring, wh... (more)

Running as a ballast extra, US Sugar GP38-2 404 rolls east through the small yard outside of South Bay, Florida on the South Central Florida Express railroad. The crew would continue east to posit... (more)

With a loaded train of freshly harvested sugar cane in tow, the South Central Florida Express's Cane 5 job heads towards the US Sugar mill as it crosses over an irrigation ditch in Clewiston, Flor... (more)

Led by a USSC GP40-2, the South Central Florida Express's Cane 1 job rolls alongside an irrigation canal as the sun sets in Clewiston, Florida. A long train of sugar cane loads picked up from seve... (more)

SCFE Sebring Turn crossing the Caloosahatchee River swing bridge, featuring an ex-SP 6-axle duo, HLCX 6341 (SD40R, ex-SP 8436/7336), and USSC 6324 (SD45T-2 carbody classified as SD40T-2, ex-SP 685... (more)

SCFE Cane 2 crossing over an irrigation canal, pulling 20 empties bound for the Miami Locks loadout. Of note on Cane 2 this day was the classic power lashup, USSC 303, a 1958 built “Paducah rebu... (more)

SCFE Cane 2 creating a smokeshow as they notch up after dropping 25 empties at the Ritta 1 loadout, which is where the switch in the foreground leads to. Ritta is unique to the SCFE as it is the o... (more)

SCFE’s Fort Pierce Turn coming through South Bay at track speed with just 8 cars for interchange with FEC.

Cane 1 approaching the Clewiston Yard Limits with a friendly wave from the engineer, ending the chase from Venus to Clewiston of US Sugar’s newly acquired tunnel motor. The big American flag in ... (more)

SCFE Cane 1 crossing the Caloosahatchee River swing bridge with SD40T-2, USSC 6324, leading 25 loads from Childs bound for the US Sugar Clewiston mill.

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.

Tunnel motor, USSC 6324, leading Cane 1 back to Clewiston with 25 loaded cane cars after a trip up to Childs, the northernmost loadout on the US Sugar system.

1972 built Ex-SP SD45T-2, USSC 6324, pulling 25 loaded cane cars from Benbow 1 and Shawnee into the US Sugar mill.

Cane 3 back on the move with 35 empties for the North fields, a lowboy trailing getting stuck on a crossing would delay them for about 15 minutes before they got back on the move.