A former Alco RS-1 gets ready to enter the CMC Steel facility in Cayce, SC. Meanwhile, a fellow Alco (this one an S-2) as well as an EMD SW900 motor, await their next assigments.

One of five units at the CMC Steel facility n Cayce.

One of five units at the CMC Steel facility n Cayce.

There was a fair amount of luck involved in this shoit. The crew shoved the train back from the NS yard around the wye. Had they not done this, the train would have been backlit.

CMC Steel crew has come out of their facility in a repowered Johnson Railway Alco RS-1. Meanwhile, a CSX crew is almost moving about the yard with a SD40-2 and SD50.

Veteran GE and EMD power in South Carolina. That YN2 paint still looks fresh on the ex-Con.

An SD60I and SD50 power a short auto rack train. The crew is departing Cayce Yard for a short trip to Dixiana where they will pick up a long row of empty racks.

Norfolk Southern local P77 tredges slowly through the fog in Cayce, SC enroute to Edmounds.

Norfolk Southern local P77 tredges slowly through the fog in Cayce, SC enroute to Edmounds.

New power for CMC Steel in Cayce in the form of a repowered Alco RS-1, Johnson Railway Services #94. The crew member is likely inspecting her for the first time as the old girl literally just arri... (more)

This repowered Alco RS-1 is lettered for Johnson Railway Service. It came to Columbia via NS Train 337 and was later brought to CSX Cayce Yard by an NS local. I have heard it may be going to CMC S... (more)

Cascade Green, Armour Yellow, and Cloudy Blue Skies! NS 191 sported some of the 'rarer' lease power on this day. Lead unit HLCX 7073, an Ex. BN/BNSF SD40-2, followed by... (more)

Three units cross the old Southern Railway trestle over the Congaree River into Lexington, SC.

CSX train in Cayce, SC with a former BN SD40-2 and CSX SD40-3 as power.

Crew member boards a former BN SD40-2 at Cayce, SC.