Sugar Express

05/11/2025

One more week! We've added seats, tickets, and times to the FINAL trips of the Spring Season before we go on summer hiatus. We've added a late morning trip time for the Palmdale Pioneer Ice Cream Train, more Deluxe Coach seats on the Lake Placid Limited, and our brand new End of Harvest Train is almost sold out! Whether its an all-day excursion, 2-hour family friendly trip, or sunset cruise for the 21-and-over crowd, our last weekend of spring trips has something for you! 🚂🌴

05/02/2025

The Sugar Express and U.S. Sugar were thrilled to welcome Autism Speaks for a sweet ride in celebration of Autism Awareness Month!

Representatives from U.S. Sugar, the Sugar Express, and Autism Speaks coordinated a “Raisin’ Cane” train ride.

05/02/2025

We've added a final send-off for the spring season! Join us aboard the End of Harvest Train on May 16th with local distillers for a two-hour, sunset cruise and enjoy complimentary charcuterie, tastings, sweet treats, and more! Tickets start at just $35.00! 🎟️🥃🌴 Book your open-air, coach, or first class ticket here: https://sugarexpress.ticketspice.com/end-of-harvest-train (Guests 21-and-over, only, please.)

04/25/2025

One year ago this month, we welcomed photographers from across the country for a special series of excursions featuring Sugar Express steam locomotive No. 148, making its first appearance in its original Florida East Coast dress in over 70 years.

As we plan events for the rest of 2025 and into 2026, you can express your interest in future photo and video charter sessions by joining our guest list and selecting “Photo and Video Charters” here 🚂📸👉 https://mailchi.mp/sugarexpress/guest-list

In the meantime, we only have a few trips left for our spring season, including the Lake Placid Limited and Palmdale Pioneer Ice Cream Train this weekend and next month! Join us here: https://sugarexpress.com/

04/10/2025

The Palmdale dining car has been added to all remaining trains for the last trips of the spring season!
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🚂☄️A handful of First Class tickets, with complimentary refreshments and appetizers, remain for this weekend aboard the Clewiston Comet: https://sugarexpress.ticketspice.com/clewiston-comet-2025

🚂☀️ Enjoy a first-class table seat on the Highlands County Crescent in April 13th with appetizers and light refreshments included: https://sugarexpress.ticketspice.com/highlands-county-crescent

🚂🍦 Book a table seat aboard the Palmdale Pioneer Ice Cream Train on April 27th and May 30th and enjoy complimentary frozen treats: https://sugarexpress.ticketspice.com/palmdale-pioneer-ice-cream-train

🚂🌴 First Class table seats with complimentary light refreshments and appetizers have been added to the Lake Placid Limited: https://sugarexpress.ticketspice.com/lake-placid-limited-2025

These will be our final trips until we announce our fall schedule, so climb aboard at sugarexpress.com!

03/23/2025

The Palmdale Pioneer Ice Cream Train has expanded and we've added a new trip at 11:00 AM to every date between now and May! Book your tickets here: https://sugarexpress.ticketspice.com/palmdale-pioneer-ice-cream-train

03/18/2025

🚂🎟️🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Our Family Class Package has been a huge hit this season! If you've wanted to bring your family aboard our all-day excursions, this offering is perfect for guests with young children. Each $120.00 ticket includes four seats in Lake Okeechobee, a restored 1950s passenger car named for our region’s largest lake. Add-on tickets are also available by request! Family Class tickets are available aboard the Lake Placid Limited and Clewiston Comet throughout the season!

03/14/2025

Clewiston Sugar Festival is here! Our train rides kick off tonight with our 21-and-over Sugar Festival Spritzer and pick back up tomorrow with our one-hour Sugar Festival Train Rides!

03/13/2025

Clewiston Sugar Festival is almost here! Join us Friday night for a 2-hour, 21-and-over sunset trip on the Sugar Festival Spritzer and on Saturday for Sugar Festival Train Rides! Tickets start at $35.00 and children 3-and-under ride free on Saturday! Click on an event name to start booking 🚂🍬🌴

02/25/2025

🚂🌅 Our sunset cruise heads out on March 14th! The Sugar Festival Spritzer kicks off the Clewiston Sugar Festival at 5:30 on a 2-hour trip featuring complimentary beer or wine with every ticket purchase. Enjoy a steam-powered trip through the sugarcane fields before the concert for a memorable weekend in America's Sweetest Town. Tickets are $68.00 and exclusively for guests 21-years and up! Book your ride here: https://sugarexpress.ticketspice.com/sugar-festival-train-rides

02/23/2025

🚂 🍷 The newest act to join the Clewiston Sugar Festival, our Sugar Festival Spritzer offers guests 21-and-over a spirited 2-hour ride through local farmland. All tickets include one complimentary selection of beer or wine. Additional beverages can be purchased on board with credit or debit cards only. Tickets are $68.00 and the train departs at 5:30 PM and returns in time for the Don Felder concert! Book at the 🔗 below!

02/07/2025

🚂🥃‼️NEW EVENT🍪🥃🌴

Kick back, relax, and enjoy true farm-to-bottle, small-batch rum produced exclusively in South Central Florida aboard the Sugar Express on February 21st!

Enjoy a 2-hour trip departing Clewiston with Sugar Sand Distillery and rum experts from Miami's Rum Renaissance, savor delicious libations, charcuterie, and sugar cookies, and a sunset run featuring our historic steam locomotive No. 148.

Don't miss this sweet adventure and our special introductory ticket price of ONLY $35.00 per person (21 and over, only.)

Click here for tickets ➡️ Sugarcane Rum Train.