What's This Powdery Stuff? Columbia, SC hasn't had measurable snow precipitation in eight years, but received a nice coating on the evening of January 21-22, 2022. NS 237 heads out of town... (more)

Let’s Go, We’re Late! Led by the most power I’ve ever seen on an Amtrak passenger train and running about four hours late, a very long northbound Silver Star, mixed with The Silver M... (more)

Idling in the late afternoon sun, a common unit for years.

Rare to find a shot on an as-built SOU -2. Note the “slick” roofline. SOU was the only major railroad and perhaps the only railroad to buy the -2s with oil bath air filters. After a very fe... (more)

Somewhat later GP38-2 having been built with paper air filters after the wait-and-see Southern got onboard with that innovation.

An early phase of a classic, obviously residing at the home of the Litterati.

Last PSR Pig of the Year. A very long train of pigs and mixed freight pulls through Columbia, SC on the way to Charleston, SC. The former Richland/Whaley Mill, now student apartments, sits... (more)

Add More Coal. With the onset of cold weather, we've seen more coal trains through Columbia recently. Here, T303 brings a load through town on the way from Martin, KY to Santee Cooper's Cr... (more)

Going to the City. With the City of Columbia skyline in the background and USC's Bates Hall to the right, the CG leads a grain train destined for Monetta, SC toward Andrews Yard.

Coal on the Way! CSX stretches through town with load of coal from Evansville, IN for Santee Cooper’s Cross Generatimg Station in Pineville, SC.