Former FEC GP38-2 works at the South Carolina Central yard in Floyd, South Carolina with a crew back in July of 2013. The locomotive was built for the Florida East Coast Railway in 1978. I met som... (more)

Former Florida East Coast GP38-2 505 sits with sister units over a hot and humid summer weekend in 2013.

When this unit was first painted by GWI, it was given an Atlantic & Western logo on the long hood and renumbered from SCRF 2027 to ATW 1603. I shot a picture of her in the Sputh Carolina Central R... (more)

Remote control operated EMD butthead switcher at the Nucor Steel plant in Darlington, South Carolina, specifically Floyd. NUCX 05 was built in 1977 as Northern Pacific 120, to Burlington Northern ... (more)

Former FEC GP40-2 #505 sits at the South Carolina Central yard in Floyd, South Carolina back in July of 2013. The locomotive was built for the Florida East Coast Railway in 1978.

The engine is a former Santa Fe GP7u, ATSF #2027. She became SCRF in a classy dark blue scheme with the outline of the Palmetto State as a logo. She had been painted during RailTex ownership of th... (more)

A South Carolina Central Railroad freight waits for a fresh crew in Floyd, South Carolina, on October 19, 2008. Power for this train is the former Grand Trunk Western GP40-2 6412 (ex-RMPX 6415, e... (more)

South Carolina Central Railroad owns a modest fleet of second-hand diesel locmotives, including a few GP40-2s that originated on the Detroit Toledo & Ironton. SCRF GP40-2 6415 is one of those, ha... (more)

Morning sun shines on the bright orange power of South Carolina Central Railway's trash train as a John Deere sprayer rolls past. This is the perfect depiction of rural life in Darlington County,... (more)

The crew of the South Carolina Central is getting their day started in the yard before they make a run down to Florence shortly after this photo.

Tuesday work has kicked off for the crews of the South Carolina Central Railroad. Stormy skies in the background gives this photo a neat feel as trains are switched around the yard. They have al... (more)

Nucor Steel's Darlington Mill in Floyd, South Carolina, is actually about 20 miles north of Darlington, SC. One of the plant switchers there is SW1200 #05. Built by EMD in March 1955 as Northern... (more)

South Carolina Central's facility in Floyd, South Carolina, is typical of many shortlines - an open-air enginehouse, a few tracks for car repair and a small yard for making up locals. Spotted in ... (more)

Painted nearly the same gray as the covered hoppers it switches, this Plymouth "critter" at the South Carolina Central's yard in Floyd, South Carolina, blended into the background. One would thin... (more)

Soaking up the October sun (and blending in with the sky) in Floyd, South Carolina, is South Carolina Central GP40-2 6415. As evidenced by this engine's markings, this is a former Grand Trunk Wes... (more)