Now-Rare Leader. The daily manifest 15R proceeds down Sumter Street, led by the once-ubiquitous Dash 9 that now is a rarity that interests railfans.

Non-Student Parking is Okay. With some ominious clouds in the area, NS 243 departs Columbia with a larger than usual consist of containers.

Churching. I think one of the iconic locations around Columbia, SC is the sign at Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, which sits next to the CN&L line at near Little Mountain and just south of the ... (more)

Through the City. Loaded with new BMWs destined for the Port in Charleston and led by the Pennsy, 18D passes through Devine Junction with the city skyline as a backgrop.

By the Station. A loaded coal train passes by the Columbia station on its way to Santee Cooper's Cross Generating Facility near Moncks Corner.

Railroaders! The daily manifest from Linwood/Charlotte arrives into Columbia, moving down Sumter Street on its way to Andrews Yard.

Container Delivery. The daily container train passes through Columbia, where it will work Andrews Yard before heading south to Charleston.

Homeward Bound. After working several locations around Columbia, Y102 passes through the central Devine Junction on its way back to Cayce Yard as it clears up for a coal train ready to pas... (more)

Shades of Things to Come? Led by what is now at least foreign power, NS 243 departs Columbia with the iconic Adluh Flour in the background. If the merger occurs, we may see a lot of these ... (more)

Coal! NS 786 passes down Sumter Street on its way to Andrews Yard, where it will pass through and head south to deliver coal to Dominion Energy's Wateree Station.

Company Time. Unusually for Columbia, today's C320 travels through with CSX labeled hoppers and (unseen here) two mid-train DPUs (usually only one on these coal trains).

Foreign Heritage Power. The Lehigh Valley leads a military train down CSX's Eastover Sub through Columbia. NS handed the train off to CSX in Columbia; I gather it was originally intended t... (more)

The Lugoff Switcher, F764, comes in to Columbia heading to Cayce Yard with a thumbs up from the engineer.

Street Running--Kinda. The daily manifest 15R arrives into town off of the Southern's R Line and heads down Sumter Street on its way to Andrews Yard.

Arriving into Town. Running quite a few hours late, the Floridian crosses the Congaree River on its way to the modest Columbia depot, where it will briefly stop before proceeding north.