Pickens Belton Job coming out from under downtown Anderson

Special Coal Traffic. It's unusual for Columbia to get a specially designed CSX unit leading anything, but today the 911 unit led a Cross-bound coal train through town.

The NS woodchip train, P65 (operates as CSX Z367/Z368 on the CN&L) heads north through the Newberry County countryside on their way back to home rail in Newberry.

Pickens Anderson Job returning to Gluck after pulling inbounds from the NS Interchange in Anderson

Pickens Anderson Job leaving Gluck headed towards the NS Interchange in Anderson and the Belton Job is seen in the background following them

A clean SD40-2 lash-up hauls a long freight train out to the CSX interchange, passing the old silos at Gurley.

Pickens Anderson Job pulling into the NS Interchange in Anderson

P86 spots 4 boxcars at T35 (Georgia Pacific) with NS SD40E 6305.

Greenville & Western train Z590 in Belton

NS Dash 9 #9959 takes P86 up the W Line just outside of Whitestone, SC.

NS 50W crossing the Catawba River with grain loads for Circle S on Lancaster & Chester

NS SD40-2 1646 takes P86 east down the W Line just outside of Pacolet, SC. Their next work would be at Bonham, so they were wide open, 50mph.

Early Morning Riser. The daily manifest from Macon proceeds through Devine Junction toward Andrews Yard in the early morning sun.

Increasingly Rare Leader. Although once ubiquitous, D9s aren't seen very much on NS's side anymore, especially as a leader. Here, an oddly clean one with no horsehead on the side leads the... (more)

Pee Dee River train PD15 passing the Atlantic Coast Line freight depot at Tatum