Lancaster & Chester train 14 at Grace led by the last 2 original switchers that have since been sold and are off the L&C roster

Nicely Dressed Visitor. In a first for me and a rarity for Columbia, a UP unit dressed in the new scheme appeared in town leading the daily pig train from Atlanta.

Lancaster & Chester train 14 in Elgin

Pickens Railroad 9504 leads their daily train.

Southbound Through the Junction. The daily local P77 returns from the once-fulsome C Line that now runs only a few miles outside of Columbia to work a sand mine at Edmund.

Pickens Railroad 9508 switches out cars.

Greenville & Western 4204 crosses a creek in South Carolina just prior to stalling out.

Working in the Elements. In yet another day of the immoderate weather we had in Columbia, with some ominous clouds nearby, the local Y102 heads back toward town on the Eastover Sub to work... (more)

Commodities. So far as I know, anyway, we don't see many gypsum trains in Columbia these days, but I got word from friends that this one was headed our way early on this Sunday morning. I ... (more)

Reflections. This High Hood duo of NS 5230 and 5004 have been in Andrews Yard for awhile now, but usually mated with another unit in the lead. This week, however, they've been working alon... (more)

Lancaster & Chester train 12 in Richburg

The Pickens Railroad Anderson Job is seen here doing some work just south of Anderson at Gluck, SC., on a foggy & misty summer morning.

GRLW GP9 High Hood #3752 leads a Greenville & Western Freight Train southbound across Big Creek in Williamston, SC., as they head to Belton to interchange with the Pickens Railroad. Norfolk Southe... (more)

It's a muggy summer morning on the Pickens Railroad in Gluck, SC., as U18B's #9504 & #9500 get a Train ready to head for Belton to interchange with the Greenville & Western Railway.

Hill Climb. The local Y102 climbs a short grade on the NIT, short for New Industrial Track, which was built in the 1960s to serve a local industrial park in Columbia. While there are lots ... (more)