Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

We sure did like those Mars lights.

In many cases SCL motive power got really ratty. This unit is already SBD but has thus far escaped the relettering man. Photo by Tony Vanier.

ACL's 35s no dynamic brakes, SAL's did. This SAL alumnus is switching the yard across the river from Columbia.

Not an operation known for clean engines or nice paint. This is one of the better ones.

When SCL purchased these to handle some very light branch lines, most of which withered and died years ago or became shorelines. This little unit is switching at Richland, GA. They sound like no... (more)

These didn't impress at the time but most have worked many years for their later owners.

Seaboard Coast Line 01082 on display just north of Plant City, Florida.

Seaboard Coast Line E6(A) 522 (Shovel nose) leading the SouthWind and L&N E7(A) 791 heads train 15, both being refueled and watered at the Louisville Union Station on April 04, 1967. Photo by L... (more)

I looked to see who owned it first but the screen said "Server to busy". At least someone is working.

Former ACL unit.

"Monstrosity" might be a better model name for this beast. Perhaps "Horrible Heffalump" There were lots of old E unit prime movers around in those days and the guys at Waycro... (more)

A two-step "waist" ahead of the cab marks this unit as an early version of the NW2. Note the trucks. SCL was an early adopter of roller bearings.

Come on, who doesn't like gyralites, Mars Lights, etc.? Hearing that roar in a deep Georgia night and watching that light sweeping the landscape will make you a believer.

Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) 765454, a railroad crane, rests in Mullins, South Carolina attached to several cupport cars. At the time, I thought CSX was positioning it there for the next inevitable C... (more)