Days’ End at Miami Canal

The crew of SCFE Cane 1 would spend no more than 40 minutes doing their work at the Miami Locks loadout, located about a mile east from the western end of the Lake Harbor Block. Their 17 empties would be interchanged for 15 loads destined for the Clewiston Mill. Once their air brake test was complete, it was back west to town for the crew to cap off their lengthy work day.

 

Exactly one hour before sunset, #USSC6324, U.S. Sugar’s sole SD40T-2, operating SCFE Cane 1, makes itself known to the residents of Lake Harbor on its journey west to Clewiston while thundering over the Miami Canal with their sugar cane loads, blasting its [oddly-configured] K5LA for the grade crossing. The Miami Locks loadout would be the last location Cane 1 was set to work for the day, having no other stops to make for their second and final round trip out of the Clewiston Mill.

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Lake Harbor, FL

SCFE Fort Pierce Subdivision

 

Date: 02/21/2024 | 17:18

 

ID: SCFE Cane 1

Type: Loaded Cane

Direction: Westbound

Car Count: 15

 

1. USSC SD40T-2 #6324

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