Rockton, Rion & Western 1276 at Rion

Rockton, Rion & Western 2128 leading a Pumpkin Patch Train at Rion

Rockton & Rion Mikado 31 is seen getting steamed up for a late night freight run as the engineer stands by the locomotive looking ahead down the line

A fixed semaphore stands tall in the faint glow of the 2017 eclipse in totality.

Two Rockton Rion and Western locomotives sit in the sun awaiting next assignment on a sunny Monday afternoon

Rockton & Rion #19 headed for Rockton, SC in July 1965.

Rockton & Rion #19 eastbound near Rion Quarry in July 1965.

Rockton & Rion 2-8-2 No. 19 has just brought cars to interchange with Southern as its Local with RS-3 2052 arrives at Rockton, South Carolina on April 12, 1963. Southern's local has 25 loads of S... (more)

Rockton & Rion 2-8-0 #712, seen here at Rion, SC in this October 1954 view. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

Rockton & Rion #19 working a freight train near Rockton, SC || July 1965

Rockton, Rion & Western #19 leaving Rion, SC in the summer of 1965 bound for interchange with the Southern.

Rockton & Rion 2-8-2 #19 sits alongside a 0-4-0T shop switcher in Anderson, SC. [7-65]

Rockton and Rion #19 leading a train between Rion and Anderson Quarry, SC. July 1965.

(Pentax K10D with DA 50-200mm lens)

The SCRM fire protection crew follow Flagg Coal 75 out the short line with a water pump car in tow. Click HERE to see what happen... (more)