Three locomotives that made up what I called "the wye train" sit in East Chester, South Carolina on the Lancaster and Chester Railway on a weekend in 2008. In current day, this train wou... (more)

On a very rainy St. Patrick's Day 2014, crews of two Lanaster and Chester trains have combined to bring a cut of cars on the wye track that leads to the "new" CSX interchange that was bu... (more)

Back in June of 2006, I caught the L&C Railway on a Saturday run bringing a cut of car to the Norfolk Southern interchsnge in downtown Chester. The train is hauling empty coal cars that have come ... (more)

L&C SW900 #91 takes a few minutes to catch her breath at Circle S Feed Mill in Bascomville, South Carolina.

Lancaster and Chester Railroad works the Klerk's Plastic spur in Richburg, South Carolina. Space on the spur limits it one locomotiv and two cars at a time. A tight curve also limits the number of... (more)

The crew of Lancaster and Chester Train 12 has run aruond their train on the Circle S Feed Miill spur after working the Owens-Hamilton facility to the right of this frame. They are returning to do... (more)

Norfolk Southern Railway #2873 was the last operating GP38AC locomotive on the NS diesel roster. Originally built for the Southern Railway, it was officially retired in 2014 and sold a few years l... (more)

On March 31, 2014, I had chased the circus train from Columbia, South Carolina up the NS R Line to Chester. Since I was so close, I made my way to the Lancaster and Chester and caught LC 14 passin... (more)

A former Conrail SD40-2 leads a merchandise train southbound on the old Seaboard Air line to Atlanta. Georgia. It has since been rebuilt to CSX SD40-3 4385.

Lancaster and Chester SW1200 #94 sits under the lights at the interchange with the NS along with two GMTX lease units. The leasors have long sine been returned and the end cab was later sold to th... (more)

Lancaster and Chester crew works the industries on the East Chester trackage on a gorgeous autumn day in 2013. She was built in 1966 as Detroit Toledo & Ironton (DTI) 201


to Grand... (more)

Lancaster and Chester #91 was the last SW900 built. It rolled off the assembly line in October, 1965 with sister unit #90. Fifty two years later, the end cab switcher is still on the L&C, though i... (more)

A Lancaster and Chester crew brings a grain train for Circle S Feed Mill into Richburg, SC in Chester county.

L&C crew shoves a short train down to a storage in transit yard in East Chester, South Carolina on April 22, 2019.

Lancaster and Chester Train 12 gets some empty grain cars out of the sidings in Richburg, South Carolina back in 2018. Meanwhile, a fellow railfan gets his shot from a different angle.

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