The Competition. Caught by the morning sun, the PICK’s Anderson Job runs by a Shell station located near its yard in Gluck.

The New, the Old, and the Older. The PICK's Honea Path job carries a single, relatively new boxcar to the Packaging Corporation of America, located near Honea Path. On the way there, it pa... (more)

GE U18B in SCL colors sits with FL GP16 and SBD GP40. This power has already made a round trip to Columbus, and will lead an Americus turn later in the evening.

The crew of this local turn - one of several based in North Charleston - is almost back to home base at Bennett Yard, just a few hundred yards ahead.

A couple of Pickens U18B's work the yard in Anderson as they exchange cars with the NS.

As the morning sun rises in the eastern sky, a quartet of Pickens Railway GE U18Bs rests for the weekend outside the shops in Anderson, SC

As the morning sun rises in the eastern sky, a quartet of Pickens Railway GE U18Bs rests for the weekend outside the shops in Anderson, SC

A couple of Pickens U18B's head for Anderson to interchange cars with the NS. One can't help to think how long these older GE's will be around with newer GE's from CSX showing up on the property.

As the morning sun rises in the eastern sky, Pickens Railway GE U18B 9503 rests for the weekend outside the shops in Anderson, SC

The Anderson job pulls a small cut of cars for interchange with Norfolk Southern. Once it clears the switch, it will make a reverse move to set off the cars and finish the day's work.

The diminutive size of the U18B is evident in this photo, where the diesel is looks hardly any bigger than the waffle-sided boxcars coupled to it.

The Columbus turn has made it back to Richland, U18B 308 and its two mates are parked by the station, and the crew members are headed home. My memory is slipping, but I think the power will head ... (more)

On what was a well-trafficked line back in Seaboard Air Line days, just a handful of cars trail the three diesels on the six-days-a-week Columbus turn. In a couple years CSX will sell the line to... (more)

The Belton Job calls it a day and heads for the shop, passing this hot dog establishment, which actually has quite good reviews on Google.