A CSX crew works the industries near Williams-Brice stadium in Columbia, South Carolina on a lovely winter day in 2007.

A modern GE locomotive brings up the rear of a coal train on the CSX Eastover Sub in Columbia, South Carolina.

A CSX high and wide load is nearing the end of it's second leg rnroute to the ports of Charleston -- the old SAL yard in Cayce, SC

The gentleman on the ground is opening the derail for the shove back to the scrap yard. CSX #6915 was built in 1980 as Chesapeake & Ohio 4412, a GP40-2.

Foreign Power Leaving Town. For this area, a very rare lashup of four Union Pacific units plus a fifth NS unit leading NS 237 out of Columbia west toward Spartanburg, SC on the Southern's ... (more)

High Hood Short Hood Forward. This remnant Southern Geep has been in Columbia for awhile occasionally running a daily local in town, but I haven't had a chance to catch it--until this day.... (more)

Unique Visitor Lashup. It's not unusual to see Union Pacific power in Columbia, SC, on CSX or NS, but Canadian Pacific power is much less common and I don't recall ever seeing a lashup of ... (more)

The maiden voyage of the Norfolk Southern F units on the way to the 2007 Master's Tournament

I like buttheads. I am an American voter. CSX’s have always been elusive out away from big cities so you might imagine my delight at finding this one switching a scrapyard late one evening. 1... (more)

Just a Bit Late. The southbound Silver Star passes through The Ditch in Columbia on its way to the station, running more than six hours late due to fallen trees on the tracks further north... (more)

Local Work Today. Led by these old Geeps converted to a slug set, the daily local heads out from Cayce Yard across the old Seaboard Air Line bridge over the Congaree River.

Canadian Visitor. In Columbia, we rarely see foreign power on CSX, so it was a nice treat to catch this CN unit, especially since it has the CN100 logo on it. This mostly autorack train de... (more)

NS 8148 has stopped in the Norfolk Southern Columbia yard so that a mid-train DPU can be added to its train before heading west.

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