Former L&N SD40-2 8027, leads a southbound coal train through the former Clinchfield RR yard at Spartanburg South Carolina.

NS 18D going under a wood bridge at Springdale

Charleston & Western Carolina train number four is seen leaving Spartanburg South Carolina in 1930. Otto's speed estimate was 15 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

NS 098 sits in Norfolk Southern's "Hayne Yard" in Spartansburg SC, for an event that is to take place a few days after. For the first time ever, NS 911 AND NS 5642 lead the saftey train.... (more)

The Spartanburg-Gaffney local has finished work at Gaffney and Cowpens and heads south to Hayne Yard in Spartanburg.

Fresh out of the paint booth the Reading heritage unit leads northbound stacks across the Pacolet river at Spartanburg.

An empty coal train eases into the old Clinchfield Railroad yard in Spartanburg, South Carolina for a crew change before proceeding northbound in 2007. The bridge is lettered for a nearby college.

Northbound Hotshot. NS 24X brings its high priority load over Lawson's Fork Creek just past Beaumont on its way north on the Southern Main.

L650 is returning light to the Spartanburg yard after some work on the Belton Subdivision at Startex. They are entering the tunnel that passes under the former Southern main and connects the Belt... (more)

CSX unit welded rail train W024 leaves the yard limits at Spartanburg, SC with track authority all the way to Augusta, GA.

Rarely seen outside the Savannah River Site complex, B40-8 #107 was captured in Spartanburg awaiting pickup by NS for a quick maintenance trip to the MP&ES shop in Greenville.

Apparently this Clemson fan went all-in with the house decor. 238 passes the "Tiger House" in Spartanburg.

238 is getting up to speed after diverging from the Piedmont main to the W-line at the waypoint Springdale in East Spartanburg. Most of South Carolina's wooden road bridges over the tracks have m... (more)

P78 grinds up the grade from Frey Creek toward their final destination at Hayne Yard, just a few miles ahead. There is a short stint of grade separation between the two main mains at this locatio... (more)

One of ten GP38s (acquired 1967) on the Clinchfield roster, 2006 is seen putting together a train for those SDs in the distance to haul over the mountains to Kentucky. Funny to think about SP an... (more)