Kansas City Power. Unusually for Columbia, we've seen a lot of foreign power lately on NS trains. It most often is Union Pacific, but on Monday 242 was led by two rare KCS leaders. Here, i... (more)

Running Late. Running a bit later than its usual nighttime schedule, the northbound Silver Star arrives into Columbia in the early morning, passing through Devine Junction on its way to th... (more)

Lakeside. Led completely by foreign power, NS 191 passes through the old mill town of Vaucluse, SC, which reportedly is the oldest mill village in SC and is in fact on the National Registe... (more)

Daylight Run. Typically, 191 of recent has been a nighttime run south on the Southern's R Line but, on this day, while actually scouting for something else, I caught it leaving Columbia, S... (more)

Aiken 4201 and 4202 wait for the next call to duty at their small yard in Aiken, South Carolina.

Back when they parked power here for the weekend.

FRA 220 heading from Charleston to Savannah.

Pee Dee River Railway GP16 #1842 and sister #1800 head east past milepost 2 on their way to the CSX interchange in McColl, SC.

Pee Dee River Railway GP16 #1842 and sister #1800 switch one of the Domtar warehouses in their yard in Bennettsville.

After dropping outbounds for CSX at the interchange, Pee Dee River Railway GP16 #1800 leads a short cut of boxcars back to Tatum.

Profile in Technology. Working outside of their usual territory, two Union Pacific Tier 4 units--SD70AH to UP, SD70ACe-T4 for most other lines--lead the daily intermodal train from Atlanta... (more)

Modern Visitors. In a unique lashups, two Union Pacific Tier 4 SD70s lead an intermodal through Columbia on the way to the port in Charleston, SC. I understand that these two T4 units arri... (more)

Lancaster and Chester Train 12 has just picked up some cars from LC 12 and is now heading to Richburg to work the various industries there. With all of the changed I have seen on the L&C in 25 yea... (more)

In Janary 2009, I caught three frehly painted GPs on the L&C heading to Chester after working the industries in Rochburg.

I caught the green American Locomotive Company (Alco) S4 shoving cars back to the CMC Steel. She is lettered for the Chattahoochie Locomotive company, CLCX 1110, and painted for StarPets. Before b... (more)