Stretched across the rural countryside of Chester County, the James E. Strates Carnival Train rounds the curve after and proceeds southbound down the NS R-Line.

CSX Columbia local Y120 makes its way out of Cayce Yard en route to Dixiana. Here they are passing Commercial Metals and you can see the CMC Johnson switchers sitting in their "yard" ar... (more)

The classy American Flag flying, Halloween colored, KRT locomotives pause for a brief rest in their yard.

The small Town of Rainelle, WV is home to a beautifully restored Chessie System Caboose. This caboose sits just across from their town hall in a small "city park" of sorts.

I'm not huge on roster shots, but I will gladly take a few pictures of an SD50 when it comes to visit. The 8540 sits quietly in Cayce Yard as Hurricane Matthew preparations are well under way.

Continued Hurricane Matthew preparations are under way as yards and storage cars are being cleared out of various locations. Again, F750 is coming back to Columbia with a load of cars from variou... (more)

A little stencil work on this old Southern warrior - "Big Daddy."

Major track work is going on around downtown Columbia the past day or two. Devine Junction is being replaced and CSX track gangs are all around the area. Here they are passing a set of old signa... (more)

A pair of pumpkins leads a short set of autoracks from Greer, SC to Charleston, SC. Here they are blowing for the Atlas Road crossing as they pick up speed.

The Nucor Vulcraft facility in Florence is using their Trackmobile to pull some cars out of the warehouse bays in preparation for transfer and switching with the South Carolina Central Railroad. ... (more)

CSXT Y101 local brings a cut of 7 lumber cars to a facility just inside NS Andrews Yard in downtown Columbia.

The crew of the South Carolina Central Railroad has just pushed back into Southern States. They would pull out 2 tanker cars and leave those outside the gate. Then they would go on to Florence w... (more)

The crew of the South Carolina Central Railroad is on their return trip to Floyd after working Volcraft in downtown Florence. Here they are passing under a low hanging portion of trees just off H... (more)

The crew of the South Carolina Central Railroad brings their train through downtown Florence as they approach Vulcraft.

Tuesday work has kicked off for the crews of the South Carolina Central Railroad. Stormy skies in the background gives this photo a neat feel as trains are switched around the yard. They have al... (more)