A train of GE gas turbines winds its way through downtown Fountain Inn on a dull, gray day in mid February.

Two Gas Turbines fresh out of the General Electric factory at Greeneville, SC roll past the historic Fountain Inn depot behind Carolina Piedmont GP38's on a dreary, gray February afternoon.

First portion of the movement of two large GE turbines (Greenville-Laurens, SC via the Carolina Piedmont Railroad) comes to an end as the train pulls into Laurens. CSX would take the load to Cayce... (more)

Three Carolina Piedmont GP38's pull a couple GE gas turbines across Interstate 385 just outside of Greenville, SC. The turbines are manufactured at the GE facility in Greenville and sent overseas.... (more)

A trio of CPDR GP38's power two large GE gas turbines southward out of Fountain Inn towards Owings, SC on their way to Laurens. The loads will eventually wind up in Charleston and be exported from... (more)

Approaching downtown Gray Court, we see the CPDR GE high and wide specialty movement passing an old Atlantic Coast Line RR style whistle post with all three of CPDR's GP38's powering the train.

Small Town, Big Loads! In the tiny farming based town of Owings, SC, a CPDR GE high and wide passes by an old barn at the Better Service Milling Company in town.

As seen from just outside of Fountain Inn, SC, a high and wide move on the Carolina Piedmont navigates the hills and grades of an old ribbon of jointed rail in the Carolina upcountry.

Carolina Piedmont locomotives run light to the GE plant in Greenville, SC with former Chicago Fort Wayne & Eastern GP38 3881 leading to pick up a train of high and wide loads and take them south t... (more)

Carolina Piedmont's GE high and wide special passes through downtown Simpsonville, SC alongside the Veteran's Memorial park 4 days after Veteran's Day.

Carolina Piedmont's GE high and wide special climbs up a small grade in the small town of Owings, SC on a beautiful day with a lone GP38 for power.

Carolina Piedmont geeps sit at the CPDR office in Laurens, SC. The metal structure in the background is what is left of an old Mill, once a major customer of the railroad, now nothing more than a ... (more)

Carolina Piedmont's GE special descending a small grade outside of Simpsonville, SC.

CPDR 3899 leads a long train of assorted cars through the small town of Graycourt in Laurens County, SC.

Carolina Piedmont high and wide seen here in Simpsonville, SC climbing a small grade with turbines from the GE plant in Greenville, SC. This particular set would be handed off to CSXT and eventual... (more)