L&C train 14 leaves Lancaster headed east for Kershaw on a perfect fall day.

L&C passes through rural Lancaster County on the former Southern Railway line.

There is some bucolic scenery on this line between Chester and Richburg. Here yesterday’s freight if grinding along over a neat little bridge as the SD40T-2 teases the railfans with smoking lub... (more)

The train’s all made up, ready to go but a grain train at Richburg has everything blocked so this one has to wait until tomorrow as we did.

The daily eastbound freight is approaching the beautiful Knox Farm. Their SD40T-2 had a big oil leak and appeared to be ready to burst into flames as the manifolds got hotter. Being morbid railf... (more)

LC 12 sits tied down in the Pass Track in Richburg as LC 10 drags east with ex Conrail GP38-2 3821 leading a short train to Lancaster.

A hot July afternoon in 2021 feels more like 2016 with a trio of Blues on L&C train 14 as they approach Chester.

Lancaster and Chester 2009 Santa Train is on the old Sothern SB Line heading south east at this point

Lancaster & Chester Railway's Train 14 is beginning to work their way back toward Lancaster as they pull to a stop in Fort Lawn. They will pick up 10 or so tank cars before continuing on to Lanca... (more)

Lancaster & Chester Railway's Train 14 is beginning to work their way back toward Lancaster as they rumble through a lengthy tree tunnel coming into Fort Lawn.

A Lancaster & Chester train is clearing the yard limits of the Norfolk Southern interchange in Chester, S.C. Today's train will only work out to milepost 6, as it will be an early quit for the cre... (more)

Poor Church Reeves made it almost a year. This southbound train headed to Kershaw passes the marker commemorating Church and reminding us of the harshness of life one hundred years ago. Rest in ... (more)

This EB train is bound for the big ADM plant in Kershaw and has backed several covered hoppers into the storage track before continuing. The station is a classic holdover from Southern, which us... (more)

It's already a hot and humid morning as the turn out of Chester makes its way back home after dropping it's train of interchange cars at Richburg for the local switch crew. Seeing the L&C agai... (more)