GP38-3 No. 5837 leads a short freight out of the dip approaching Liberty, SC. The Traber signals are in the background.

Northbound NS 212 approaches the Clardy Road crossing northeast of Liberty, SC. The Beverly signals are in the background.

Northbound NS P90 blasts out of the dip at Liberty, SC. The Traber signals are in the background.

Northbound NS 212 rolls through Liberty, South Carolina. View is from the S. Peachtree Street highway bridge.

Southbound NS 173 enters Liberty, SC as viewed from the Route 93 highway bridge.

Northbound NS 212 blasts under the signals at Beverly approaching Clardy Road about a mile northeast of Liberty, SC.

NS 172 rolls under the signals at Beverly approaching the Clardy Road crossing about a mile northeast of Liberty, SC.

NS M18 rolls under the Quarry Road overpass and by the Vulcan Quarry about a mile northeast of Liberty, SC. Battered MOW gons associated with area track work reside on a side track.

NS 212 approaches the Clardy Road crossing about a mile northeast of Liberty, SC.

NS 237 approaches the South Peachtree Street highway bridge in Liberty, SC. The autoracks behind the motive power were picked up at the BMW plant in Greenville, SC.

A trio (3657, 3655 and 3658) of new GE Tier 4 ET44AC's lead northbound NS 212 past the Vulcan Quarry (conveyor slightly visible above trees in the background) about a mile northeast of Liberty, SC... (more)

NS 154 rolls northbound as it approaches the Quarry Road overpass a short distance northeast of Liberty, SC.

Final Curtain Call... After 3 Mondays in a row of chasing this train as well as it's counterpart through the region this shot is what it all came down to. With word of Ringling Brothers cal... (more)

Gainesville, GA to Greenville, SC turn P90 has just cleared the control point at Traber and the engineer notches up his four EMDs as they accelerate into downtown Liberty on their northbound trip.

With the frosty Blue Ridge Mountains standing in the far background, Birmingham bound mixed frieght 153 trots southward through snowy South Carolina as the winter sun begins to make it disappear.