Pickens heads back to Anderson after a large pickup from the Greenville and Western at Belton.

The Belton Job reaches the outskirts of Anderson as it crosses over the Rocky River.

The Belton Job heads west for Anderson as it passes the Vulcan Quarry.

The Belton Job heads for Belton along the former Southern Railway Z-Line where it'll become the Honea Path Job & interchange with the Greenville & Western.

In the railroading industry, especially on the short line side, the ability to improvise & adapt to changes in the plan are a necessity. A couple of Pickens employees had arrived at the Vulcan Qua... (more)

The Pickens Railroad Belton Job is approaching the siding in Creekwood Hills, where it'll pick up an empty covered hopper before continuing to Belton.

Greenville and Western pulls with 5 cars bound for the CSX interchange in Pelzer, 12 miles to the north. G&W positioned themselves in the clear, allowed Pickens to shove the outbound cars onto th... (more)

A late-running Pickens waited on a track crew to finish work in this area and meanders through the work limits, passing a quarry.

Pickens Railroad leads a single hopper just south of Belton on its way to pickup 15 outbounds from Greenville & Western.

Pickens Railroad conductor dismounts at the interchange switch while Greenville & Western GP30 and GP9 wait in the clear for Pickens to finish their work in Belton Yard.

A couple of Alco Locomotives are seen here sitting in the "bone yard" siding at Docheno in Belton, SC.

These two Alcos come to the end of their circuitous tour of South Carolina, which began near Columbia at Cayce. Several days and CSX trains later, they made it to the Greenville and Western earli... (more)

The Pickens has just picked up the two Alcos from the Greenville and Western and tows them a couple of miles to the siding at Docheno.

The eastbound Belton job crosses Broadway Creek at a leisurely pace.