Edgemore & Manetta #5 at Lando, SC || Jan 1971

Ware Shoals RR 1955 crosses over the SCL (ex-P&N) to get to the Southern RY interchange tracks.

Greenville & Northern 2-8-0 No. 5 was built by Brooks in 1902. She operated on the Greenville & Northern, known as "The swamp Rabbit", that ran approximately 15 miles from Greenville, South Caroli... (more)

Southbound Fayetteville local rolling through the evergreens near Senter, NC || May 1971

The next shot from my visit to the LRS shows 2 of their active units. LRS 9535 rests on one of the lead tracks to the old LRS yard while 2242 - on loan from the Knoxville & Holston River, another ... (more)

High Point, Thomasville & Denton #201 leads its one-car train through downtown High Point, NC in this March 1954 scene. Photo by Bob Drake, Tom Sink Collection.

I Found A Time Machine And I Went Back To the Year 1969! ...Not really, but a quick visit to Hampton, South Carolina surely made it feel that way as I was pleased to run across this ... (more)

A CSXT ethanol train bound for the Greenville & Western, begins to pull at Pelzer, South Carolina on Wednesday 2011. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Carolina & Northwestern RS-11 #11 laying over at Newton, NC || June 1971

A Lancaster & Chester Railway job working industries, shoves several loads of railroad spikes up a hump and across Main Street as it passes the headquarters building of "The Springmaid Line". ST... (more)

NS GP18 #7 and GP38 #2005 lead eastbound train 64 near Troy, NC || Sept. 1972

Now this was a ragtag operation, Aberdeen to Star as I recall and the track was unbelieveably poor as was this poor old nee SAL geep.

Family-owned, down home friendly little railroad intertwined with SCL and fortunate enough to be in an area that was beginning to boom. The old 70-tonners would soon need larger help.

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

ARC 44-ton #3 leading an eastbound by the Stoney Point Baptist Church in Stoney Point, NC || October 1969