Stretched across the rural countryside of Chester County, the James E. Strates Carnival Train rounds the curve after and proceeds southbound down the NS R-Line.

Running their train up the CN&L, the crew of the empty hopper train eases into Slighs where they will stop at the next signal and wait for a local to clear ahead of them.

Columbia local P77 is working their portion of the C-Line. Here they are almost to their final destination of the day as they cross over Princeton Road and prepare to work US Silicia.

The tiny Town of Ward, SC gave a nice backdrop to Norfolk Southern's Illinois Terminal Heritage Unit. Here it is seeing leaving town at the downgraded track speed of 25mph en route to Columbia, S... (more)

Lancaster & Chester Railway's Train 14 is beginning to work their way back toward Lancaster as they pull to a stop in Fort Lawn. They will pick up 10 or so tank cars before continuing on to Lanca... (more)

The crew of Blue Ridge Southern T31 brings their daily haul into Asheville as they enter the yard and pass through the Asheville Arts District.

For one final time, the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus Train comes into Columbia for their last set of shows.

Columbia local P75 has just offset the tail end of their train at the siding in Summit. Now they are notching up and getting ready to head toward Monetta where they will drop off the rest of thei... (more)

With training complete in Charleston, the OAR train is being moved to North Carolina where the next training will take place. Here, they are crossing over the I-77 overpass just outside of Columb... (more)

The crew of Blue Ridge Southern T31 brings their daily haul through the mountains of Haywood County, NC as they are on their way to Asheville. Here they are passing one of the many rural grade cr... (more)

Lancaster & Chester Railway's Train 14 is beginning to work their way back toward Lancaster as they rumble through a lengthy tree tunnel coming into Fort Lawn.

I have always found high hoods to be some of the best engines to photograph since I got into railroad photography. It is even better when they are on a shortline railroad. Such is the case with th... (more)

A beautiful pair of KCS engines leads the Q211 autorack train across the river and into Cayce Yard as they end their journey for the day.

The crew of NS Columbia local P77 brings their train back to Columbia after a morning of work. They are crossing over the small bridge on Whaley Street as they proceed into Andrews Yard just a li... (more)

Running their special turbine move from the Upstate of South Carolina to the Port of Charleston, CSXT W999 rumbles down the Columbia sub between Woodford and Norway.