Pickens Belton Job in Anderson

Pickens Belton Job at the Vulcan Quarry

Working the Interchange. The Belton Job pulls forward on the remnants of the Z Line as it drops off and picks up cars before heading east to Belton to interchange with the GRLW.

Onto the Next Stop. After working the NS interchange in Anderson, the PICK's Belton Job departs on its way to interchange with the GRLW in Belton, SC.

Heading East. The Pickens RR Belton Job departs Gluck heading for the NS interchange in Anderson.

Arrived. The Pickens RR Belton Job arrives at the NS Interchange in Anderson off of the former Piedmont & Northern Anderson Branch.

After letting the Anderson Job by to do industry work, the Belton Job exits the short tunnel underneath downtown Anderson and passes yet another abandoned warehouse that aids in imagining what And... (more)

With the Belton Job finally out of their way, the Anderson job takes a little headroom towards town to shove their 2 cars off against the outbound consist that NS P47 is coupled up to at the north... (more)

Passing the former site of Orr Mill, the Belton Job eases into downtown Anderson on a gloomy Septermber day.

On July 7, 2014, my son and I caught the Pickens Railway Belton Job enroute to the other end of the line in Gluck to interchange cars with the Anderson Job using two classic GE U18Bs built for Sea... (more)

In March 2008, former Pickens Railway AlcoS2M 6 sits at their graveyard un Docheno, South Carolina in Anderson County. The PICK 6 was scrapped not long after this photograph was made.

Pickens U18B 9501 sits in Docheno, South Carolina in 2008. The railroad took delivery of eight former CSX U18Bs to run their rail lines in Anderson, South Carolina. This one was used as a parts so... (more)

Pickens Railway Belton Job comes leaves downtown Anderson in April 2014. PICK 9508 is a General Electric U18B built for the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1973 as SCL 334. With the f... (more)

A Pickens Railway crew works the Norfolk Southern interchange in downtown Anderson in March 2023 with two GE U18Bs long hood forward. Once they are finished here, they will return to Gluck with th... (more)

Pickens Railroad Belton Job has made the trek all the way to the end of the line in Gluck to interchange with the Anderson Job. It's a rare move as they normally meet in downtown Anderson. But on ... (more)