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).

NS 3071 and company idles next to the Norfolk Southern yard tower.

East Past the Signal. The daily C-Line local returns to Andrews Yard with the USC Fraternity and Sorority Quad in the background. P77 passes an old Seaboard single-aspect searchlight signa... (more)

Pigs in the City. In Columbia, SC, we don’t get much variety beyond the routine NS and CSX schemes, so it was great to see that two UP units were leading the daily pig train this Sunday.... (more)

What's This Powdery Stuff? Columbia, SC hasn't had measurable snow precipitation in eight years, but received a nice coating on the evening of January 21-22, 2022. NS 237 heads out of town... (more)

Let’s Go, We’re Late! Led by the most power I’ve ever seen on an Amtrak passenger train and running about four hours late, a very long northbound Silver Star, mixed with The Silver M... (more)

Idling in the late afternoon sun, a common unit for years.

Rare to find a shot on an as-built SOU -2. Note the “slick” roofline. SOU was the only major railroad and perhaps the only railroad to buy the -2s with oil bath air filters. After a very fe... (more)

Somewhat later GP38-2 having been built with paper air filters after the wait-and-see Southern got onboard with that innovation.

An early phase of a classic, obviously residing at the home of the Litterati.

Last PSR Pig of the Year. A very long train of pigs and mixed freight pulls through Columbia, SC on the way to Charleston, SC. The former Richland/Whaley Mill, now student apartments, sits... (more)