Hampton and Branchville power lays over in Hampton, South Carolina on July 7, 2007 waiting for their next assignment. The owners of the H&B weren't known for spending money on paint as is evident from this photograph. The lead motor was built in September 1955 as Chesapeake & Ohio (CO) GP9 5943, to Baltimore & Ohio (BO) 5943. When service on the H&B ended, she was sent to RailRhodes in Monroe, Georgia as GOMX 5943.
The Hampton and Branchville Railroad is a successor of the Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company, which was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1891. In 1924, the name was changed to the Hampton and Branchville Railroad. The line was fully diesel by 1958.
In 1986, the Company purchased the CSX line serving the South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (SCE&G) electric generating plant at Canadys, SC, forty miles away.. They took delivery of unit coal trains from CSX and took them to the power plant. That service ended in December 2012. The railroad was later bought by Palmetto Railways in lieu of abandoning the line to keep it in place should new industry need rail service.
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