Coal Train Moving. Heading for the Cross Generating Facility, CSX C320 crosses the Broad River on its way into Columbia, SC.

Hiding in Plain Sight. The CSX local has reversed into the Precoat Metals building, where it will deliver some cars and then return toward its small yard on the NIT.

Norfolk Southern F7A 4271 leads the NS OCS out of Columbia, South Carolina on a dreary, ugly and rainy day in late 2014. I would not always shoot under such weather conditions back then but my son... (more)

CSX C319 at Devine Junction

Built in 1973 as Seaboard Coast Line GP38-2 512, she's actually been in service longer for CSX than she was for the SCL. I caught her fouling Assembly Street in Columbia, South Carolina on CSX Y10... (more)

Local Work in the Morning. The local Y102 heads onto the NIT to work some industries in a former ACL industrial park.

Local Work. The S-F local runs north on the Southern's R Line toward Blythewood, SC.

Nice New Power. A very newly released and still shiny locomotive leads the daily container train through Devine Junction past the single aspect searchlight signal.

Bridging the Congaree. After (sadly) turning its power to have the yn2 unit trail, the local crosses the Congaree from Cayce Yard and pulls to the regular stop spot at Tryon Street in Colu... (more)

Morning Coal Run. With part of Columbia as a backdrop, CSX 321 passes alongside Assembly Street on its way to Andrews Siding. It will wait there for a few hours before another crew takes i... (more)

Searching. Led by foreign power, the daily 242 container train passes a single-aspect searchlight, originally of Seaboard origin and provided to NS as part of the railroad reorganization i... (more)

Southern Serves the South!! Earlier in the day, NS 786 arrived in to Columbia with it's usual at the time trio of NS ES40DCs leading. But 4th out, was the recently refurbished NS 3170 p... (more)

Early Morning Empties Run. Grain empties proceed by the former Union Station, now the California Dreaming restaurant, with a blue BC Rail unit trailing second.

Hints of the Southern. The daily 12R run from Columbia suffered some mechanical issues and reversed into the yard to clear those up, with the head end waiting here near a remnant Southern ... (more)

Nicely Dressed Visitor. In a first for me and a rarity for Columbia, a UP unit dressed in the new scheme appeared in town leading the daily pig train from Atlanta.