The as-needed run down the Croghan branch (out of sight on the other side of the block building) has been made and the crew of the homebound leg of the Walterboro-Bennett Yard turn has their train... (more)

After running to Croghan and swapping a few cars, 810 and crew are back in Johns Island picking up their other diesel. After they get their train together, they'll move out onto the mainline and h... (more)

So dirty it looks more brown than black, SCL 810 has just brought a few cars off the Croghan branch on a gray January day. After coupling to the B23-7 in the background, the crew will reassemble t... (more)

A few miles south of Bennett Yard in North Charleston, a northbound freight flies across Main Road behind a GP40 and two C-C U-boats, including an ex-Clinchfield U36C. This scene today is dominate... (more)

Three days a week (usually M-W-F) the Walterboro-North Charleston turn would pull into the Johns Island siding on its return leg, and run down the Croghan branch with one or two units to service a... (more)

The return leg of the six-days-a -week Walterboro-North Charleston (Bennett Yard) turn has cleared the main at Johns Island, and the crew is preparing to take a few cars down the branch swinging o... (more)

One of many steam trips that occurred during the 1970 NRHS convention was this Charleston-Savanna roundtrip excursion, seen here southbound on ACL rails. On this day Consolodation #722 led Mikado... (more)

These had a certain charm and many flaws apparently.

Pulled into a lot off of Tall Sail Dr to see this southwest bound train cross over the Ashley River

The lineup of steam at the 1970 NRHS Convention simmers away.

I had to ferry one of our aircraft to Charleston for an aircraft swap. I arrived after dark. I wanted to do some railfanning. I found that the NS yard was just 1/4 mile east of my hotel. I had no ... (more)

With import coal operations ramping up, coal trains are becoming more frequent all over the Charleston Sub. This train, however, is hauling home grown West Virginia black gold to Busch, FL.

Empty import coal train.

337 glides through the tunnel of pines and live oaks so typical of every town in the low country.