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Rolling On In Sugar Country
After roughly 50 minutes of collecting cuts and building their outbound train, the South Central Florida Express’ Fort Pierce Turn exits the Clewiston Yard Limits on their initial leg eastbound towards the FEC interchange in Fort Pierce Yard. #HLCX6341, a Helm Financial SD40R wearing its Southern Pacific paint, leads the short 14 car train approaching the Evercane Rd/CR-835 grade crossing at 08:26. The unit might be far from home territory, but it still rolls on under a new operator fulfilling the duty it was built for.
Looming in the distance behind the outbound interchange turn job is U.S. Sugar’s processing mill, situated on the south side of the city of Clewiston. Thick towers of smoke emanate from the facility, a surefire sign that there’s still much sugar left to process. Much of the sugar cane harvested from U.S. Sugar’s 230,000 acres of fields is transported to the mill for processing into refined and processed sugar. Much of the cars that the Fort Pierce Turn handles are picked up from industry tracks within the mill where they’re loaded with outbound loads.
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Clewiston, FL
SCFE Fort Pierce Subdivision
Date: 01/31/2023 | 08:26
ID: SCFE Fort Pierce Turn
Type: Local/Turn Job
Direction: Eastbound
Car Count: 14
1. HLCX SD40R #6341
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© Vicente Alonso 2023
Rolling On In Sugar Country
After roughly 50 minutes of collecting cuts and building their outbound train, the South Central Florida Express’ Fort Pierce Turn exits the Clewiston Yard Limits on their initial leg eastbound towards the FEC interchange in Fort Pierce Yard. #HLCX6341, a Helm Financial SD40R wearing its Southern Pacific paint, leads the short 14 car train approaching the Evercane Rd/CR-835 grade crossing at 08:26. The unit might be far from home territory, but it still rolls on under a new operator fulfilling the duty it was built for.
Looming in the distance behind the outbound interchange turn job is U.S. Sugar’s processing mill, situated on the south side of the city of Clewiston. Thick towers of smoke emanate from the facility, a surefire sign that there’s still much sugar left to process. Much of the sugar cane harvested from U.S. Sugar’s 230,000 acres of fields is transported to the mill for processing into refined and processed sugar. Much of the cars that the Fort Pierce Turn handles are picked up from industry tracks within the mill where they’re loaded with outbound loads.
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Clewiston, FL
SCFE Fort Pierce Subdivision
Date: 01/31/2023 | 08:26
ID: SCFE Fort Pierce Turn
Type: Local/Turn Job
Direction: Eastbound
Car Count: 14
1. HLCX SD40R #6341
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© Vicente Alonso 2023