Shortline railroading at its finest! Pickens Railway’s “Belton Job” has arrived at the interchange with the Greenville and Western in Belton, SC and prepares to cross Belton-Honea Path Hi... (more)

Pickens Railway’s “Belton Job” ambles along parallel to S. Main Street in Belton, SC with 13 cars in tow to interchange with the Greenville and Western. Once the GRLW received the cut of car... (more)

Pickens Railway’s “Belton Job” passes Blue Ridge Beef along Blue Ridge Avenue in Belton, SC with 13 cars in tow to interchange with the Greenville and Western. Once the GRLW received the cut... (more)

Pickens Railway's "Anderson Job" has just left the First Quality plant near Anderson and heads towards town to work the interchange with Norfolk Southern. In the lead is ex-CSX B40-8 #5970 and tra... (more)

Alexander Railroad EMD SW1500 No. 11 leads the shortline’s daily local from Taylorsville to Statesville, NC past the small siding at Stony Point.

Alexander Railroad EMD SW1500 No. 11 leads the shortline’s daily local from Taylorsville to Statesville, NC past the spur to the Craftmaster Furniture facility at Hiddenite, NC. I was unfamiliar... (more)

Alexander Railroad EMD SW1500 No. 11 blows some serious smoke as they slowly start to inch forward through the W E Baab Industrial Drive grade crossing while working the small yard adjacent to Bor... (more)

Alexander Railroad EMD SW1500 No. 11 has arrived at the small yard across from Borealis Compounds on their daily run from Taylorsville to Statesville to interchange with Norfolk Southern. Here the... (more)

Alexander Railroad EMD SW1500 No. 11 has just left the company’s engine house in Taylorsville, NC and heads east on their daily run from Taylorsville to Statesville to interchange with Norfolk S... (more)

After nearly eight hours of work, the motive power for Lancaster and Chester Train 12 has returned to the yard at Chester and will sit here overnight until doing it all over again the next day. Ne... (more)

Lancaster and Chester Railroad extra Train 10 prepares to cross the Hightower Road grade crossing as they approach Fort Lawn, SC with a heavy cut of refrigerated reefers bound for the nearby Gallo... (more)

Lancaster and Chester extra Train 10 nears the Circle S Feed Mill as they return from working the Gallo Winery Facility at Fort Lawn, SC. Due to switching directions, former Southern Pacific tunne... (more)

EMD SW900, LC #91, the resident switcher used to load cars at the Circle S Feed Mill at Richburg, SC.

Lancaster and Chester extra Train 10 creeps forward adjacent to the Circle S Feed Mill in Richburg, SC as they shuffle cars around. Once their consist was built, Train 10 would get underway with a... (more)

With blue signal protection in place, Lancaster and Chester extra Train 10's crew awaits the all clear from maintenance personnel before moving cars around at the recently added passing track in c... (more)