Is That FEC 153's Whistle? SP Six Chime Serenade From Clewiston's Sugarfest Local 3-16-24

With the month of March comes Clewiston's Annual Sugarfest, and US Sugar 148 on the Sugarfest Local was all steamed up and ready to thrill! On today's run, the 148 carried two whistles - one of which was a Nathan 6 chime off of sister locomotive FEC 153 at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum.
Enjoy!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Sugarfest Local with FEC 153 Whistle at US 27, Clewiston
1:40 - Sugarfest Local at S Olympia St, Clewiston
2:12 - Sugarfest Local Arriving Clewiston
4:23 - About FEC 153
4:56 - New SP 6 Chime
6:50 - USSC 506 Cane Job Eastbound at W C Owen Ave, Clewiston
8:44 - USSC 405 Cane Job Eastbound at Francisco St, Clewiston
10:05 - Sugarfest Local Leaving Clewiston
13:10 - Sugarfest Local Diesel At Shawnee Sugar Elevator
14:05 - Sugarfest Local with SP Whistle at US 27, Clewiston
14:38 - Sugarfest Local at S Olympia St, Clewiston
15:21 - Sugarfest Local At Clewiston
16:07 - Clewiston Sugar Fest
16:30 - Sugarfest Local Leaving Moore Haven
16:47 - Sugarfest Local With SP Whistle At Shawnee Sugar Elevator
18:20 - Outro

[@thecentralfloridarailroader]

Awesome video! I was there also on that day too! I actually make an appearance at 17:46 with my dad too lol. Hope they keep that SP 6 chime on for a long time.

[@casualrailfan9856]

Thank you very much! Not sure how long 148 will keep the SP 6, but it sure sounded nice!

[@JeffreyJ276]

Great video. And thanks for the narration.

[@casualrailfan9856]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

[@donovanduggins4664]

The upper is 153’s whistle the lower bell part is off another whistle the morning of it was remembered that 153’s whistle was directly boiler mounted not piped so to mount it a modification was required the lower bell wasn’t exactly the right size so the sound is off

[@casualrailfan9856]

It appears that the bowl was newly fabricated by Rizzoli Locomotive Works, hence the "RLW" lettering. This bowl was likely made for the new SP 6 chime, but apparently wasn't compatible with 153's Nathan bell when mounted, so they used the SP bell.

[@evanf1293]

Huh, didn't know 148 also supported a SP 6 chime the same day she wore 153's whistle. That still sounded great, but I think I prefer the SP 6 chime more. For a variety of reasons of course.

[@seaboard18]

The whistle was #153's the entire day; Bowl was from an SP 6, Nathan 6 bell was installed over it

[@evanf1293]

@@seaboard18 ik

[@Runawayrack]

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