#SGLR595 and #SGLR593, two of the shortlines’ multiple rare GE B39-8E’s, ease through the southwestern neighborhood of Arcadia, FL on the DeSoto Turn’s usual twice weekly southbound to Fort Myers. Engineer Scott Mitchell gives his two horses a good warmup to get their 41 car train moving out of town, the units belching thick smoke into the air, as GE’s are best known for. From their location, the Turn still has some 53 miles left to travel before reaching Seminole Gulf’s Hanson Yard in Fort Myers, on top of having to serve customers at Bayshore on their run south.

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Arcadia, FL

SGLR Fort Myers Division

Date: 08/10/2022 | 08:12

ID: SGLR DeSoto Turn

Type: Local

Direction: Southbound

Car Count: 41

1. SGLR B39-8E #595

2. SGLR B39-8E #593

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© Vicente Alonso 2022

Seminole Gulf Railway Murder Mystery Dinner Train passes through South Street in Fort Myers, FL.

Seminole Gulf Railway's DeSoto turn heads north out of Ft. Myers, heading for the CSX interchange in Arcadia, FL on a beautiful Spring morning in Southwest Florida.

The lead unit was recently repainted from LMX gray and looks sharp in a fresh coat of deep blue SGLR paint. The trailing unit, by comparison, has been bleached by many years of Florida sunshine.

SGLR 593 B39-8E (ex-LMX 8562)

SGLR 590 B39-8E (ex-LMX 8598)