Cane 1 At Fisheating Creek
Having been here a few years ago for 148 as seen here: flic.kr/p/2otLTub
I really wanted to get a freight here with sun. Alas timing didn't work out for me to catch the Friday Sebring Turn here as originally planned, but the rail gods favored me thanks to Cane 1 loading way up at Childs, near Lake Placid. This meant I had an opportunity for a train here on Saturday, which I made sure to prioritize.
South Central Florida Express train Cane 1 is rumbling south across the wood pile trestle over alligator filled Fisheating Creek at about MP 918.4 (as measured from Richmond, VA via the old Atlantic Coast Line main) led by USSC 4203, a rebuilt GP40-2 that began life in Oct. 1966 as a straight GP40 built new for the Milwauke Road as their number 193. Childs is the longest distance cane run on the SCFE with the loadout located less than seven miles from the depot in downtown Lake Pacid. The trip back to the Clewiston sugar mill is a bit over 50 miles total which made for a nice long morning chase of which this was by far the highlight.
Unincorporated Palmdale
Glades County, Florida
Saturday March 15, 2025
Cane 1 At Fisheating Creek
Having been here a few years ago for 148 as seen here: flic.kr/p/2otLTub
I really wanted to get a freight here with sun. Alas timing didn't work out for me to catch the Friday Sebring Turn here as originally planned, but the rail gods favored me thanks to Cane 1 loading way up at Childs, near Lake Placid. This meant I had an opportunity for a train here on Saturday, which I made sure to prioritize.
South Central Florida Express train Cane 1 is rumbling south across the wood pile trestle over alligator filled Fisheating Creek at about MP 918.4 (as measured from Richmond, VA via the old Atlantic Coast Line main) led by USSC 4203, a rebuilt GP40-2 that began life in Oct. 1966 as a straight GP40 built new for the Milwauke Road as their number 193. Childs is the longest distance cane run on the SCFE with the loadout located less than seven miles from the depot in downtown Lake Pacid. The trip back to the Clewiston sugar mill is a bit over 50 miles total which made for a nice long morning chase of which this was by far the highlight.
Unincorporated Palmdale
Glades County, Florida
Saturday March 15, 2025