A fascinating scene under stormy skies in rural upstate SC is the old Pickens RR shop. Note the ash pit in the foreground, a reminder of steam days. Two locomotives apparently awaiting rebuild by ... (more)

One of the original Pickens Baldwin diesels now serves as a rather rusty billboard at the end of the line in the little RR's hometown with the RR office sporting some equally rusty signage nearby.... (more)

Round Two: After bringing in the first set of gons (seen in the background already staged with other cars from other PICK customers), the Anderson Job arrives into the downtown interchange ... (more)

Long before the U18B era on Pickens, they had a motley, but interesting mix of switchers, including this very early EMD.

Under The Stars: This little critter was once hidden away inside the BASF Plant right up the road from this spot, but now BASF/Honeywell is closed and a new paper mill, First Quality, has ... (more)

'Twas 2 nights before Christmas, and all 3 GEs lay, where 2 stay put, and 1 waits to work another day...

Pickens S2 runs light back to Gluck after delivering a car.

Pickens 9507, a U18B, burbles south just outside Anderson, South Carolina. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Pickens Railway's Anderson and Belton jobs sit side by side in downtown Anderson before heading back to Gluck and Dosheno respectively.

After finishing its switching in Gluck, the Pickens Gluck job heads north to interchange with NS and the Pickens Belton Jobs. The track seems to have been layed directly on the ground, with the pr... (more)

After passing through the tunnel under downtown Anderson, the Pickens Belton job heads home through a run down industrial area.

...And this is where it all started! Before I could even drive, I'd ride my grandpa mower down to this crossing and see the PICK crew pass by every time I went to my grandparents house. Yea... (more)

Westbound Pickens RR train at Pickens, SC || November 1970

Welcome to the Eastside! PICK 9507 crosses E. Whitner Street in Anderson's Eastside as Mr. Buck and Dave prepare to pick up and set out a few storage tankers out of the House Track for Norf... (more)

Crossing Over Remnants of History and Snow! Mr. Buck and Dave head back home to Belton after meeting the Anderson Job at the Interchange downtown. The line below is the old connection line ... (more)