It's the Day after Christmas in 2005 and I am trying t find a train on the Carolina Southern Railroad. While I did find a train, it was sitting on a siding near the CSX interchange in Mullins. The... (more)

It's 2006 and the Carolina Southern Railroad is bringing a cut of cars into Conway, South Carolina on the former Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad. The lack of upkeep on the track (seen here) and bridg... (more)

Crawling past the St. Mary AME church a short southbound freight hunts for rails on this decrepit line.

The old CALA, in all its glory, heads north from Conway.

Visions of the ferroequine zombie apocalypse. Pre -Corman “streaks of rust” through some stuff they were scrapping after years of neglect.

Former Waccamaw Coast Line GP18 #943 leads a passenger excursion out of Conway on the Carolina Southern in what was better times for the railroad. This unit has since been scrapped, the Carolina S... (more)

Still wearing the the colors and markings of its original owner, Carolina Southern Railroad GP30 2613 could easily be mistaken for Southern Railway 2613. This forty-five-year-old locomotive not o... (more)

A Carolina Southern train trundles along the line between Mullins, SC and Chadbourn, NC passing Cerro Gordo. This shortline featured eclectic lashups such as this, moving freight on a minimal bud... (more)

Close Clearance

An exxSouthern Railway, exWaccamaw Coast Line geep sits forlorn awaiting an uncertain future. The Carolina Southern is currently out of service by the FRA due to bridge and track conditions.

A GP18, F9B, GP30 trio pulls their train through the bathtubs" of South Carolina. This railroad is now out of service.

CALA 951 just sits here in Chadborne, NC just rusting away with all the other equipment in their yard. Their Fate to this day is still unsure ever since the FRA shut down this line.

A trio of older EMDs bring a lumber car into Myrtle Beach across the ICW drawbridge. In the 1980's we visited family in Myrtle Beach on several occasions. Nearly 20 years later I finally got to ... (more)