Colorful Run. Running through some fall colors still hanging around, the AIKR local heads east toward the AGY facility on the Southern's old SA line, which it has leased from NS since 2012... (more)

Setting Moon over the Crossing. After delivering a single car to the AGY facility near Aiken, one of the AIKR's two GP30s crosses Charleston Highway to return to the SA line and then head ... (more)

By the Depot. The AIKR local returns to town from working Active Minerals and Grace, both located on what is left of the Southern's old AB Line that ran between Edgefield and Aiken. The tr... (more)

It is a quiet evening in Aiken, South Carolina, as AIKR 4201 is tied down for the night next to the company yard office.

It is a quiet evening in Aiken, South Carolina, as AIKR 4201 is tied down for the night next to the company yard office. As the blue hour comes to a close, a distant thunderstorm continue to buil... (more)

The blue hour is almost over as Aiken 4201 sits next to the company yard office in Aiken, South Carolina, as thunderstorms build to the west over Augusta, Georgia.

Aiken Railway 4202 is shut down for the night in their small yard in Aiken, South Carolina.

Aiken Railway GP30 #4201 emerges from an industry after spotting their bulkhead flat car before switching cars at W. R. Grace.

Aiken Railway's local has arrived back at Aiken where the crew will take a quick break before shoving the bulkhead flat down the AB line to be spotted for a customer. Taken with permission.

Aiken Railway's local has arrived back at Aiken where they will drop the two well cars in tow and then shove the bulkhead flat at the rear of their consist down the AB line to be spotted for a cus... (more)

Aiken Railway’s daily local approaches Aiken with two intermodal well cars for storage and a bulkhead flat loaded with sheet metal after running engine light to Warrenville to the Norfolk Southe... (more)

Aiken Railway GP30 #4201 has just been fired up as the crew prepares for the day.

Aiken Railway GP30 #4202 rests in the early morning light beside the abandoned Wesley's Automotive Service building in downtown Aiken, SC.

One of two ex-Santa Fe GP30s that now call South Carolina home is at the end of the line on the Aiken Railway. The Aiken runs two former Southern Railway branch lines.

Built as ARSF 1275 in 1963, later renumbered to ARSF 3275, she became BNSF 2473 before being bought by the Aiken Railway.