WELCOME ABOARD

YOUR SWEET ESCAPE

Ride the rails of South Central Florida aboard the Sugar Express, a heritage railroad offering seasonal train rides, excursions, and special events in Clewiston, Lake Placid, and Sebring. Powered by historic steam locomotive No. 148, vintage passenger cars from the golden age of railroading, and US Sugar diesel engines, each trip is a moving time capsule through Florida’s sugarcane country.

Our comfortable, climate-controlled trains carry guests through the Glades and farmland on experiences ranging from festive family-friendly holiday excursions, 21-and-over trips, and full-day adventures like the Lake Placid Limited. Whether you’re chasing history, family fun, or a new tradition, there’s a seat waiting for you.

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SANTA EXPRESS

November and December in Clewiston and Sebring

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LAKE PLACID LIMITED

January 24 • February 21 • April 25 • May 16

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Sunset & Suds

December 12 • January 23 • February 20 • March 27 • April 24 • May 15

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Photographers Special

January 17 & 18

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Sugarfest Experience

March 13th & 14th

COMING SOON

Charter A Train

November, January, February, March, May

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Florida’s Only Mainline Excursion Railroad

This is just the start of your adventure. Learn more about our route, historic train, and upcoming schedule here.

Accommodations

Florida’s sweetest ride mixes steam, style, and sugarcane. Take a look at our train set here.

Tour Our Route

Sugar Express offers a variety of passenger excursions and train rides throughout the season over the lines of the South Central Florida Express and U.S. Sugar Railroad system.

Private Train Charters

Host your own unforgettable excursion with Sugar Express.

US Sugar

Each year, US Sugar plants, harvests and processes sugarcane into about 850,000 tons of refined sugar, making us the country’s largest fully integrated producer of sugarcane and cane sugar.

Offering seasonal train rides, excursions, and events in Clewiston, Lake Placid, and Sebring, Florida, Sugar Express is a tourist railroad experience featuring historic steam locomotive no. 148, vintage passenger cars from the 20th Century and diesel locomotives from the neighboring freight and sugarcane farming railroad of U.S. Sugar.

Address

For parking and boarding in Clewiston

165 Basilan Crescent, Clewiston, Florida 33440