Some sweet news; U.S. Sugar fires up number 148!

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1087

Joey Gannon has posted two images of the first public outing of #148, bringing in the seasons first harvest of sugarcane to their processing plant in Clewiston on October 1, 2020:

Railpictures #749778
and
Railpictures #749779

Rollerman · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:52 am

To quote the Great One, "How sweet it is"

Scranton Yard · **Joined:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:08 am **Posts:** 733

Rollerman wrote:

To quote the Great One, "How sweet it is"

Yes, very nice to see, although I believe he preferred a motorboat with three propellers.

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1087

Videos of the October 2, 2020 public run:
A Former FEC Steam Engine Returns to Glory: Chasing USSC #148 on It's Inaugural Run!
and
Steam Down South! 4-6-2 Engine # 148 Begins the 2020 Sugarcane Harvest!

Dennis Storzek · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:15 pm

Really nice trim looking engine. Looks like a first class job.

Anybody know what's in that box mounted on the tender behind the oil bunker?

hotbox · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:35 pm **Posts:** 102

Quote:

Hmm. This nicely restored steam locomotive 148 gets me to
wondering if there might be any outside chance of U.S. Sugar
somehow partnering up with the new tourist outfit that now
runs on Florida Central railroad between Tavares and Mt. Dora, FL?

That "new outfit" hasn't turned a wheel all year and has notified the FRA that they have ceased operation. The cars and locomotives are being sent elsewhere. ... So that's gonna be a hard "NO"

Chuck Richards · **Joined:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:21 am **Posts:** 60

hotbox wrote:

Quote:

Hmm. This nicely restored steam locomotive 148 gets me to
wondering if there might be any outside chance of U.S. Sugar
somehow partnering up with the new tourist outfit that now
runs on Florida Central railroad between Tavares and Mt. Dora, FL?

That "new outfit" hasn't turned a wheel all year and has notified the FRA that they have ceased operation. The cars and locomotives are being sent elsewhere. ... So that's gonna be a hard "NO"

Wow. That is the first I've heard that bit of news. Thank you for
posting that! Being as though I fired Richard Grigsby's little
old "Orange Blossom Cannonball" during its last 6 months
of operation there, and seeing as how that was some of
the most enjoyable and memorable railroading in my life so
far, I can't say that I'm particularly sorry to hear this news.

That new outfit sure did not last very long...