| U.S. Sugar 148 |
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| Specifications |
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Configuration:
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| • Whyte | 4-6-2 |
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| • UIC | 2′C1′ h |
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| Gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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| Driver dia. | 68 in (1,727 mm) |
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| Adhesive weight | 126,500 lb (57.4 tonnes) |
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| Loco weight | 204,000 lb (92.5 tonnes) |
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| Tender weight | 162,000 lb (73.5 tonnes) |
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| Total weight | 366,000 lb (166.0 tonnes) |
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| Fuel type | New: Bunker C oil
Now: Recycled vegetable oil |
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| Fuel capacity | 3,500 US gallons (13,000 L) |
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| Water cap. | 7,300 US gallons (28,000 L) |
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| Firebox: | |
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| • Grate area | 47.1 sq ft (4.4 m2) |
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| Boiler | 66+5⁄8 in (1,692 mm) |
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| Boiler pressure | 180 psi (1.24 MPa) |
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| Heating surface: | |
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| • Firebox | 160 sq ft (14.9 m2) |
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Superheater:
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| • Heating area | 440 sq ft (40.9 m2) |
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| Cylinders | Two, outside |
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| Cylinder size | 22 in × 26 in (559 mm × 660 mm) |
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| Valve gear | Walschaerts |
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| Valve type | 11-inch (279 mm) piston valves |
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| References: |
U.S. Sugar 148, formerly Florida East Coast 148, is a 141 class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive, built in April 1920 by American Locomotive Company of Richmond, Virginia, originally for the Florida East Coast Railway. It hauled passenger and freight trains between Jacksonville and Miami, Florida, including FEC's Overseas Railroad to Key West, Florida until the line was destroyed in 1935. The locomotive was sold in 1952 to U.S. Sugar Corporation to haul sugarcane trains in Clewiston, Florida.
During the 1970s, No. 148 was sold again to New Jersey, where it served excursion service on the Black River and Western and Morristown and Erie railroads until it became inoperable in 1977. Between 1983 and 2005, the locomotive was sold multiple times to various different owners in Connecticut, Michigan, and Colorado who have attempted to restore No. 148 to operation but never succeeded.
In late 2016, USSC reacquired the No. 148 locomotive and restored it to operating condition by 2020 for use in excursion service on their South Central Florida Express shortline railroad as part of their heritage tourist passenger train named the Sugar Express, touring visitors all around the Lake Okeechobee counties.
