The daily Pee Dee River freight heads out to the mills west of town.
Becker Sand and Gravel never made much effort to pretty up their locomotives or to straighten bent stuff or to replace worn out wheels or much of anything. Here is a prime example of a gravel pit... (more)
Heading into Bennettsville where they will pick up additional boxcars before heading to the mills west of town.
Screaming across the South Carolina countyside, the Pee Dee's daily freight to McColl, SC, heads past the water tower that helps to supply Bennettsville with water. Remnants of a past cotton crop ... (more)
Heading towards Tatum,SC and eventually the CSX connection in McColl. Unnamed dirt road behind Beauty Spot Cemetery along US 15/401.
Rumbling outside of the city limits, the crew of the PDRR 1764 approaches Revel's Barbecue Center just to the east. Yes... it's a barbecue center. I've never seen one either.
Shortline Sundaes: After a gritty weekend in the sand working at the 2008 Sandblast Rally in Cheraw, I took Sunday to railfan in nearby towns. I was treated to this train making its way from the P... (more)
Maintenance equipment that I believe the Pee Dee recently used to spread ballast on their section of new track.
PeeDee train starts the morning heading back towards the Weyerhauser paper mill from the CSX connection in McColl
Sevicing the Weyerhaeuser Paper Mill.
Pee Dee River GP16 1797 is in the shop for servicing.
Pee Dee River GP16 1842 awaits it's next assignment.
Second unit is GP7u of the Aberdeen and Rockfish, an affiliated road