Working the Facility. The AIKR local pulls forward while working W.R. Grace near Aiken.

AB Line Work. The AIKR works Active Minerals near Aiken as part of its generally twice-weekly outing. Active Minerals is located on the Southern's AB Line, which at one time extended betwe... (more)

Ready to Reverse. The local is awaiting clearance to reverse this load of cars inside the Precoat Metals facility in Columbia, SC.

Working. The AIKR 4201 works W.R. Grace as part of its twice-weekly efforts around the neat city of Aiken, SC.

Riding the Line. The AIKR 4201 viewed from the cab of Aiken 4202 as it moves cars on the historic SA line. Taken with permission.

Inspection Time. The FRA inspection units prepare to depart from Columbia north on the Southern R Line toward Charlotte, NC.

Where's the Rest of Me? The CSX local reverses into a local metals place on one of its random outing to work the NIT, a once-bustling industrial park with rail access near Columbia, now re... (more)

CSXT C40-8W #7702 leads a loaded auto rack train over the former Seaboard Air Line Railway bridge over the Congaree River in 2007. The train has almost reached it's destination at Dixiana, South C... (more)

CSXT 7263 was rebuilt in 1998 as CSXT AC4400CW 366. I was rebuilt and renumbered in 2022 to CM44AC 7263.

Kansas City Power. Unusually for Columbia, we've seen a lot of foreign power lately on NS trains. It most often is Union Pacific, but on Monday 242 was led by two rare KCS leaders. Here, i... (more)

Running Late. Running a bit later than its usual nighttime schedule, the northbound Silver Star arrives into Columbia in the early morning, passing through Devine Junction on its way to th... (more)

Lakeside. Led completely by foreign power, NS 191 passes through the old mill town of Vaucluse, SC, which reportedly is the oldest mill village in SC and is in fact on the National Registe... (more)

Daylight Run. Typically, 191 of recent has been a nighttime run south on the Southern's R Line but, on this day, while actually scouting for something else, I caught it leaving Columbia, S... (more)

Aiken 4201 and 4202 wait for the next call to duty at their small yard in Aiken, South Carolina.

Back when they parked power here for the weekend.