Just Got Into Town. With the SOU heritage unit trailing second, the daily manifest 15R arrives into town across Harden Street on the Southern's R Line.

I Think I Can!. The local Y102 prepares to ascend the grade onto the NIT track near the State Fairgrounds in Columbia.

Late for the Holiday. The southbound Floridian (nee Silver Star) passes through The Ditch in Columbia, making an unusually late daytime run.

Banner Trip. One of the regular Moncks Corner bound coal trains passes through town alongside a local billboard.

Relco 511 basks in the early morning sun at the former American Italian Pasta Company plant (now TreeHouse Foods).

NS 4637 runs light through the NS Andrew yard.

Crewmembers on the NS 3613 walk down to throw the switch so the engineer can move the engine and then back it down the yard to be placed as a DPU in a train. To the left, the NS 1066 New York Cen... (more)

NS 1066, the New York Central Heritage unit, and NS 4153, switch cars in the NS Andrew yard in Columbia, South Carolina.

Leading this Time. After trailing second on a coal train through Columbia a few weeks ago, the Georgia Railroad unit takes the lead this time and brings loaded coal for Santee Cooper's Cro... (more)

NS 956 led by the now gone F engines passes the former Southern Railway Passenger Station and Greens Discount Beer & Wine in Columbia on its way to Augusta for the Masters Golf Tournament

Around the Bend. The six day a week autorack brings its new BMWs through Columbia for export through the Port in Charleston.

Throwback. This classic yn2 CSX locomotive brings a GE turbine built in Greenville, SC past the Amtrak station in Columbia, where another crew will take it to Savannah and then another to ... (more)

New Visitor. For the first time, to my knowledge, the Georgia Railroad heritage unit passes through Columbia on its way to Santee Cooper's Cross Generating Facility. I had hoped it would l... (more)

Making a Delivery. Y102 reverses to one of the few remaining businesses in this old industrial park and delivers a centerbeam loaded with building supplies.

Keep the Coal Coming! A Wateree bound coal train proceeds onto Sumter Street on its way to Andrews Yard, where it will await a crew to take it to Dominion Energy's Wateree Station.