The Competition. Caught by the morning sun, the PICK’s Anderson Job runs by a Shell station located near its yard in Gluck.
A couple of Pickens U18B's work the yard in Anderson as they exchange cars with the NS.
A couple of Pickens U18B's head for Anderson to interchange cars with the NS. One can't help to think how long these older GE's will be around with newer GE's from CSX showing up on the property.
The Anderson job pulls a small cut of cars for interchange with Norfolk Southern. Once it clears the switch, it will make a reverse move to set off the cars and finish the day's work.
The Belton Job calls it a day and heads for the shop, passing this hot dog establishment, which actually has quite good reviews on Google.
The Pickens working the Greenville and Western yard.
The Pickens railroad picking up there cars from the Greenville and Western Railroad.
U-Boats Through the Countryside! The familiar chug of the classic Pickens Railroad power comes around the bend as it proceeds toward downtown Belton across a rural grade crossing. Poss... (more)
The Belton job crosses Belton Honea Path way as it gets on Greenville & Western trackage to interchange with them. Note the 9503, which I'm assuming was living there as it was assigned to the Hone... (more)
The Anderson Job waits for the conductor to line him up to drop off 8 cars for NS. Afterwards, they will become the Belton & take their one remaining car to Belton, where they'll interchange with ... (more)
The Pickens Railroad's Anderson Job is lit up by the early morning sun as it departs First Quality Tissue with a string a empties for both NS and the Greenville & Western.
The Pickens Anderson approaches Belton.
The Pickens Anderson job heads east with 6 cars for the Greenville and Western, passing a quarry about half way through its route.
The Anderson job sits on top of one of the many humps on the roller coaster track on line to Gluck.