Pickens Belton Job coming out from under downtown Anderson

Pickens Railway U18B 9502 sits in Laurinburg, North Carolina in 2007 shortly after being painted. The railroad took delivery of eight former CSX U18Bs to run their raillines in Anderson, South Car... (more)

Former CSX GE U18B 9502 pokes her nose out of the CLCX Shops in Pickens, SC in the summer of 2012. She would lead the next train on the original Pickens line which would also be the last train. 95... (more)

For a moment, I thought I was going to see a monster train on the Pickens. The four units are not actually coupled together. The first two units is the Belton Job scooting out of the way to let a ... (more)

Pickens Belton job headed back to Gluck

Pickens Belton Job crossing the Rocky River

Pickens Belton job on its way back to Anderson just outside Belton

The Pickens Belton Job rolls up under downtown Anderson after their run over to Belton to interchange with Greenville and Western and to Honea Path to switch Packaging Corporation of America.

Pickens Belton Job crosses the Rocky River near Anderson, SC on their way back from Belton.

The Pickens 'Belton job' returns to Anderson after interchanging with the Greenville & Western

About a year before their original line was abandoned, I found Pickens GE U18B #9502 siting at the old Pickens, SC Chattahoochee Locomotive Company shop along with JWRX GP10 #8383 (former South Ca... (more)

A pair Pickens Railroad GE U18Bs lead the PICK’s Belton job back to Anderson, SC after making a run to Honea Path. They would combine trains with the Anderson job (which made a rare run to Belto... (more)

Pickens Railway #9502 is one the point of the railroad's Belton Job as the two trains meet to interchange cars at Gluck. She was built as Seaboard Coast Line #320, a GE U18B, in 1973. She later be... (more)

With a hefty train in tow, a pair of Pickens Railroad baby boats ducks under some huge shade trees as they make their way back to Anderson.

The Pickens Belton Job returns to Anderson with a healthy cut of cars from the Greenville & Western