The setting sun mimics the signal that is silhouetted in front of it by sending out brilliant rays into the evening sky at Devine Junction.

It's not just dirty, it's Clinchfield dirty. Notice a little clean under the radiator where the crew opens the doors frequently. Anyway this unit was on SCL for some reason well before the merge... (more)

Freight working upgrade with standard power.

Back to Work! NS 50Z crosses over I-77 with an epic consist straight from the Heritage Family Portrait event! NS 8025 (MON Unit), NS 8114 (Original NS unit), and NS 1030 (NS ACe on display ... (more)

Partys over... back to work! Norfolk Southern's Monongahela, Norfolk Southern Railway, and "30th Anniversary" locomotives find themselves lugging a grain train across South Carolina just a few sh... (more)

In a part of Columbia that in 1980 was blanketed with every kind of rail line from mains to one-customer spurs, a GP38-2 works on a bright winter morning. Most mains are still here today, but non-... (more)

A freight out of Andrews Yard curves past the passenger station and under the SCL (SAL) viaduct as it nears Devine Junction with absolutely commonplace power for Southern in the Columbia area 30 y... (more)

SR 5207 leads two more GP38s and a GP35 into Andrews Yard with a train in from Spartanburg.

A trio of C-C GEs heads for their train of coal empties near Colunbia's Devine Junction hotspot. That's SAL's now-removed viaduct in the background.

Prior to the huge track realignment in Columbia, a freight inbound from Spartanburg rolls into downtown.

NS 27T holds in the 'ditch' next to the Amtrak Station as it waits for permission to enter Norfolk Southern's Andrews Yard so that it can continue its journey south to Charleston with BMWs for exp... (more)

SOUTHERN Lives! The Green Lady, NS 4610, makes a super surprise appearance on the point of road train NS 156 as it heads towards its termination point in Linwood, NC after just swapping cre... (more)

FINALLY! After nothing but delays, and having to waiting on the riverbank in the frigid cold on this beautiful day, NS 155 is seen finally leaving Columbia as it crosses over the Congree Ri... (more)

Hammer Time! After having EOT problems, NS P75, with 3 GE's running Long Hood Forward, with a BNSF 3rd out, finally gets underway with a 'combo' train consisting of 51Z's loaded grain trai... (more)