Pickens Railway U18B #9508 crosses Manning Street in Anderson,SC as they switch the NS interchange.

NS 15R crossing the Catawba River

Pee Dee River GP16's lead their train east away from Bennettsville.

Under an angry sky, MVPX 907 is coming out of the CSX yard in Cayce, SC with one car needed at the nearby CMC Steel plant. CSX allows the company to come and get cars they need from two or three t... (more)

Lancaster & Chester train 14 at Grace led by the last 2 original switchers that have since been sold and are off the L&C roster

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.

Lancaster & Chester train 14 in Elgin

Pickens Railroad 9504 leads their daily train.

Southbound Through the Junction. The daily local P77 returns from the once-fulsome C Line that now runs only a few miles outside of Columbia to work a sand mine at Edmund.

Pickens Railroad 9508 switches out cars.

Greenville & Western 4204 crosses a creek in South Carolina just prior to stalling out.

Working in the Elements. In yet another day of the immoderate weather we had in Columbia, with some ominous clouds nearby, the local Y102 heads back toward town on the Eastover Sub to work... (more)

Commodities. So far as I know, anyway, we don't see many gypsum trains in Columbia these days, but I got word from friends that this one was headed our way early on this Sunday morning. I ... (more)

Reflections. This High Hood duo of NS 5230 and 5004 have been in Andrews Yard for awhile now, but usually mated with another unit in the lead. This week, however, they've been working alon... (more)

Lancaster & Chester train 12 in Richburg