MAC Power! A refurbished SD70MACe leads Q580 out of Columbia, SC through the ditch on a Friday morning. This is my first catch of one of these units.

BMWs riding behind the Interstate NS 18D; the loaded autorack train from BMW in Greer making their way through the ditch on Columbia as they make their way to Columbus Terminal in Charles... (more)

NS Heritage. Not long after sunrise on a Sunday morning with, interestingly, not a car in sight on the busy main thoroughfare through Columbia, NS 238 runs into town with the Jersey Girl i... (more)

NS 191 heads south as it leaves Columbia, SC down the Southern's "R" line. Here it is captured crossing over the Congaree river just before sunset

Congaree Views. This mixed freight, which originates in Columbia, is running over the Southern's old R Line bridge over the Congaree River as the sun is beginning to set. In the background... (more)

A very rare train move brought a lot of color to the Midlands of South Carolina today in the way of this Amtrak train with nothing but privately owned passenger cars. The train was heading north a... (more)

River Freight. A GP60 leads the local back toward Columbia and across the Congaree River. This local, P85, only recently started working this part of Columbia and returns late morning to t... (more)

Across the Congaree. A late running Silver Star crosses the Congaree River into Columbia, SC, where it will then head north on CSX's fairly moribund Hamlet Sub, on which the only through t... (more)

Little Train that Could. This GP40 had to work pretty hard to pull some heavy tanker cars up this obviously old track near Assembly Street in Columbia. In fact, this was the second effort ... (more)