Welcome to Carolina! NS 191 poses in front of a Carolina water tower as he gets ready to head South to Augusta after meeting with a local, heading into Andrews Yard.

Of the four locomotives captured here, only one is still in regular service. The exCR SD50 at this time was a lease unit, and the two B32-8s are all now in storage.

CSX coal train passes over the Broad River into Columbia, SC.

Empty coal train passes the "new" Amtrak station in "the ditch" of Columbia. All trains that run north and south out of Columbia now run through the ditch which was built in the 1980s when the Amt... (more)

Kodak switcher 2103 at the Columbia, SC Eastman plant in 1986.

Actual foreign power vistied Colatown on NS last Spring. (JCH -- 400D)

This ex-Con/NS unit, now on the CSX roster, spent the early part of this day with it's wheels off the rails. It was rerailed and then sat on the lead to a scrap yard before vanishing, possibly tak... (more)

Here comes the wood chip train from Prosperity, SC to north of Asheville. With Saluda Grade closed, this northbound train heads south, east, north, west and maybe a couple of other directions, too... (more)

Looks like the ex-Con now has a former GP35 mate, making a mis-match pair, as they lead this Cayce to Columbia turn back to the former Seaboard yard in Lexington County. (JCH -- 300D)

James E. Strates fair train on its way to the Georgia-Carolina State Fair in Augusta, GA from Winston-Salem, NC. (Pentax K10D with DA 50-200mm lens)

James E. Strates fair train on its way to the Georgia-Carolina State Fair in Augusta, GA from Winston-Salem, NC. The old Southern Railway depot can be seen in the background. (Pentax K10D with DA ... (more)

A member of NS 047's crew boards 5075 after a crew change. This train was the James E. Strates fair train on its way to the Georgia-Carolina State Fair in Augusta, GA from Winston-Salem, NC. (Pen... (more)

Southern GP38-2 switching Andrews Yard in Columbia, SC.

A CSX GP38-2 leads a local near the Sims siding, east of Columbia, SC. It's SCL paint scheme was still in decent shape for it's age, notice someone had spray painted "Pulling" back on the battery... (more)