Lancaster and Chester Train 14 descends Springdale Hill in Lancaster

L&C train passes the old Southern Railway depot in Lancaster county, South Carolina.

Lancaster and Chester heads northward on the former Southern Railway trackage during their first week of operations on the branch to the ADM facility in Kershaw, SC.

Lancaster and Chester heads northward on the former Southern Railway trackage, crossing US 521 Business on the outskirts of Lancaster.

Lancaster and Chester took half of a CSX train of soybeans to the ADM facility in Kershaw and is shown here on the return trip northbound on the former Southern Railway SB line.

Departure Time. L&C 14 departs Richburg with a load of soybeans for the Archer Daniels Midland plant in Kershaw, SC. To reach Kershaw, the train will run on the Southern's old SB Line that... (more)

Southbound Grain. This Lancaster & Chester train passes the Circle S Ranch on its way south toward Fort Lawn, Lancaster, and ultimately Heath Springs, where it will tie down for the night ... (more)

Former Southern Railway GP38AC sits guarding the entrance to a tank facility by a derail and water cooler. These ancient high hoods are fading fast so it's a treat seeing one still hauling revenue... (more)

L&C train 14 switches the Circle S facility as their first stop of the day. In the distance, a crew begins their day on cleanup of a recent derailment.

L&C train number 14 runs east by the local landmark restaurant, the Wagon Wheel, famous for fried squash. This is near several former Springs Industries textile mills, whose office staffs and ven... (more)

L&C 3820 and MSE 67 lead MSE Train 50 into Agricola, MS on the very foggy afternoon.

Lancaster & Chester’s daily train to Chester works the Norfolk Southern interchange in Chester, South Carolina. The road had common ownership with Springs Mills, maker of Springmaid textile prod... (more)

Lancaster & Chester’s Chester train works at the small yard that is the interchange point with CSX east of Chester, South Carolina.