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feront , par comparaison , toute petites nos mélancolies .
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This weeks Saturday Night Special is a portrait of a real beast. Penn Central C636 #6341 is at Collinwood, OH on August 3, 1976. Photo by Michael A. Tedesco.
Foraging Common Tern with its characteristic darker wing tips visible when the wings are down. Chaplin Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada 15 June 2023.
Completing a mad dash from Liberty Point to US-27 like no other, SCFE’s Sebring Turn is seen one final time outside of Clewiston skirting along the banks of the Sugarland Canal, splitting the highway grade crossing on its approach into town. The engineer lets his power coast in idle over this stretch of trackage to take in a sharp 90° curve to the east right before entering Clewiston’s yard limits one mile down the line from this location. Once they arrive, the Turn’s will break down its train and put away their power by the North Shops, all in preparation to repeat their familiar charade the following day.
Despite having been in Florida for nearly two years, U.S. Sugar’s very first EMD SD40, #HLCX6341, a 1966-built [now rebuilt] former Southern Pacific SD40R, still sticks out like a sore thumb among the shortlines fleet of yellow and gray, sporting its lark grey and scarlet red nose paint job it received during the SP-DRGW merger in the mid-1990s. Throw said 40R out into a territory as exotic as south-central Florida’s sugar cane fields and anyone can see why it would be on anyone’s bucket list.
Paired with #USSC6323 [SD40-2], U.S. Sugar’s second rostered six-axle EMD, 6341 and its 15 car train complete the scene as viewed from the west bank of the Sugarland Canal on the final leg of their journey from Sebring. This location hosts what is arguably the most photogenic irrigation canal on SCFE’s system with how well the trackage, vegetation, topography and lighting work throughout a year. Although no alligators were spotted, the lush greenery, tranquil waters and clear sky bring the perfect blend of pristine sugarland scenery to the “falling action” of one of the best SCFE Sebring Turn chase’s I’ve done to date.
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Clewiston, FL
SCFE Mainline
Date: 05/22/2024 | 15:07
ID: SCFE Sebring Turn [SBT-22]
Type: Local
Direction: Eastbound
Car Count: 15
1. HLCX SD40R #6341
2. USSC SD40-2 #6323
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© Vicente Alonso 2024
The morning of Thursday, November 9th, 2023 saw me take a day trip to south-central Florida’s sugar country around Lake Okeechobee to take a gander at chasing South Central Florida Express’ “Sebring Turn” in hopes of seeing U.S. Sugar’s latest locomotive acquisition in service. USSC 6323 had been delivered from Western Rail, Inc. [WRIX] not long before my trip, becoming the second active EMD SD40 on USSC’s roster—with a third SD40 due for delivery soon. I was tipped off that the 6323, paired with HLCX 6341—yes, THAT unit—were handling the Sebring Turns for the week, prompting me to make the drive to test my luck.
Some fourty minutes after the crew went on-duty, the SCFE Sebring Turn [SBT-09] exits the Clewiston Yard Limits at the MP 946, paralleling an unnamed irrigation canal and the Sugarland Canal [out of view on the west side] prior to crossing over US 27 at grade. #USSC6323 [SD40-2] and #HLCX6341 [SD40R], back to back as advertised, power the Turn out of town, starting their 68 mile journey north to Sebring, FL. All 39 cars part of SBT-08’s consist are visible in the frame, comprised of tank cars and assorted covered hoppers.
U.S. Sugar’s acquisition of two EMD SD40-type locomotives from Western Rail, Inc. came as no big surprise, taking into consideration that the railroad had been leasing HLCX 6341 for months beforehand [note: still operating on USSC as of Feb. 2024], along with insider sources echoing rumors of new motive power potentially being looked in to. The need for improved motive power is a rite countless railroads go through. For U.S. Sugar, it finally meant acquiring their very first six-axle diesel-electric locomotives, potentially marking a new era of operations for the railroad.
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Clewiston, FL
SCFE Sebring Subdivision
Date: 11/09/2023 | 08:38
ID: SCFE Sebring Turn [SBT-09]
Type: Local
Direction: Westbound
Car Count: 39
1. USSC SD40-2 #6323
2. HLCX SD40R #6341
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© Vicente Alonso 2023
港濱歷史公園 - 漁人碼頭 / 安平天空海闊
Harborside Historical Park - Fisherman's Wharf / Anping wide Sky and Broad Sea
Parque histórico Harbourside - Fisherman's Wharf / Anping wide Sky y Broad Sea
港水際歴史公園 - フィシャーマンズワーフ / 安平の空の海が広いです
Harbourside Historical Park - Fisherman's Wharf / Anping weiter Himmel und breites Meer
Parc historique de Harbourside - Fisherman's Wharf / Anping Wide Sky et Broad Sea
Tainan Taiwan / Tainan Taiwán / 台灣台南
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Melody 曲:JAPAN / Words 詞:Sheesen / Singing : Sheesen
{ 夢旅人 1990 Dream Traveler 1990 }
家住安南鹽溪邊
The family lives in nearby the Annan salt river
隔壁就是聽雨軒
The next door listens to the rain porch
一旦落日照大員
The sunset Shineing to the Taiwan at once
左岸青龍飛九天
The left bank white dragon flying in the sky