What used to be a thriving warehouse district for Columbia and Seaboard is now an eyesore. In this shot alone, I can point to three spurs that used to be active. The CSI plant (no, not the TV show... (more)

CSX local crosses Assembly Street in Columbia, SC to get to the industrial area off of Rosewood Dr.

A CSX local crew brings a short train up a steep hill onto the industrial track off of Asembly Street in Columbia, SC

A CSX local prepares to cross Assembly Street in Columbia to work several industries.

There's been three Dash 7s working out of the Cayce Terminal for the past few weeks. Two of them, a B36-7 and a B30-7, are on this local switching a scrap yard near the football stadium. (JCH -- 4... (more)

Holding it all togther. Underused track in Columbia on former Seaboard industrial track. (JCH -- 400D)

A very old and very unused switch stand stands guard over some abandoned industrial track in Columbia, SC. (JCH -- 400D)

Old rail rusts away in Columbia in an industrial area from the Seaboard-era. CSX still serves a few customers near here, but time must be ticking. Certainly someone in Columbia foresees this space... (more)

25 years later, some signs, both literal and figurative, of the old Seaboard remain if you kow where to look. This left leaning pole serves an industrial area era Williams-Brice Stadium. Out of th... (more)

Located in a fading industrial area from the Seaboard era, this track still sees tains spotting loads of lumber behind me. The switch, however, is out of service. (JCH -- 400D)

A somewhat rare switch is seen here in an old Seaboard-era industrial area in Columbia. There's at least one more switch just like this nearby, though both are out of service. (JCH -- 300D)

CSX locl comes out of a building and crosses a track where the rest of their train sits. This is the industrial trackage off of Assembly Street in the Capital City near where the Carolina Gamecock... (more)

It's not exactly a major derailment, but it did cause CSX to spend a few bucks to bring a crane in to get this gon back on the rails in Columbia. (JCH -- 300D)

CSX crew spoits a car of lumber in the old industrial park that mostly consists of old rails now off of Assembly Street in Colatown. (JCH -- 300D)

A local crew has an ex-GP35 now a road slug on lead on squeaky track. This is a brnach off the main line near Assembly Street in Columbia, SC. (JCH -- 300D)