The Pickens Belton Job passes the many farms in rural Anderson County, SC, as it runs light to the company's yard at Docheno to await another assignment.
With the Pickens Railroad's Belton job running on an as needed schedule, shots on this end of the line are much harder to obtain. As luck would have it, the Belton job ran with a cut of 7 cars for... (more)
The crew of the Pickens Railroad switches cars in downtown Anderson as they get ready to shuffle power around for the Belton crew to take 9503 back.
With the Pickens Railroad's Belton job running on an as needed schedule, shots on this end of the line are much harder to obtain. As luck would have it, the Belton job ran today with a cut of 7 c... (more)
The face of a baby boat.
Pickens #9503 slowly makes its way back to Honea Path, SC.
Two Pickens Railroad Baby Boat U18B's sit in the small yard in Gluck, SC
Pickens U18B #9503 sits in Gluck, SC after a day of working.
Former CSX MOW 9503 was one of just a few U18B's originally delivered to SCL with a small tank and FB2 trucks to replace ALCos on branchlines in the Carolinas.