I has been raining all day long. A bridge at MP 4 needed repairs and this westbound turn finally go to go through around 2:30. They stalled just short of the crossing and the yard switcher had ... (more)

Countryside Railroading. Working on a Sunday to relieve a freight backlog, this L&C mixed freight moves past a large farm on its way to Richburg, SC, where it will make some pickups to the... (more)

Blues in Reverse. Working on Sunday to alleviate some backlog, the L&C reverses into the wye at East Chester so that another train can pass on its way to Chester. It is now rare for three ... (more)

Got the Blues! Clearing a pretty hefty backlog of cars, L&C 14 pulls by the wye where it will then reverse into the small yard here with a load of cars. Although once a staple of the line,... (more)

LC 6002 sits tied down in Chester, SC along with sister SDs 7092 and 8782.

L&C Train 14 passes Circle S Feed Mill

There is some bucolic scenery on this line between Chester and Richburg. Here yesterday’s freight if grinding along over a neat little bridge as the SD40T-2 teases the railfans with smoking lub... (more)

The train’s all made up, ready to go but a grain train at Richburg has everything blocked so this one has to wait until tomorrow as we did.

The daily eastbound freight is approaching the beautiful Knox Farm. Their SD40T-2 had a big oil leak and appeared to be ready to burst into flames as the manifolds got hotter. Being morbid railf... (more)

A hot July afternoon in 2021 feels more like 2016 with a trio of Blues on L&C train 14 as they approach Chester.

An L&C crew member walks ahead oof ex-SOU GP38AC #2866 to make a couple on a set of cars in East Chester, SC

Another area railfan get his sot of a Lancaster and Chester train with SD40T-3 on point

Five Lancaster and Chester EMD switchers rest over a weekend on the Haddon House spur in Richburg