It's a shame these didn't catch on more. They were chunky and powerful looking. Most of SBD's were built with recycled EMD trucks (except the lightweight ones). This is a regular but with FB-2 ... (more)

A pair of baby boats blast out of New Castle after a crew change. The sound these little engines made was awesome!

The Pickens Belton job rolls through a rural road crossing with one car headed for Belton.

Pickens 9507, a U18B, burbles south just outside Anderson, South Carolina. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Pickens Railway's Anderson and Belton jobs sit side by side in downtown Anderson before heading back to Gluck and Dosheno respectively.

After finishing its switching in Gluck, the Pickens Gluck job heads north to interchange with NS and the Pickens Belton Jobs. The track seems to have been layed directly on the ground, with the pr... (more)

After passing through the tunnel under downtown Anderson, the Pickens Belton job heads home through a run down industrial area.

With an equal ratio of cars and power, the Pickens Belton job heads through some open country on its way toward Belton where it will drop the one hopper at the Greenville & Western interchange bef... (more)

...And this is where it all started! Before I could even drive, I'd ride my grandpa mower down to this crossing and see the PICK crew pass by every time I went to my grandparents house. Yea... (more)

Welcome to the Eastside! PICK 9507 crosses E. Whitner Street in Anderson's Eastside as Mr. Buck and Dave prepare to pick up and set out a few storage tankers out of the House Track for Norf... (more)

Headed Back Home... PICK 9500 heads back home light engine due to Norfolk Southern screwing them up being that they hadn't run since Monday due to the Winter Storm that ripped through the a... (more)