The Belton Train rolls into downtown Belton with 22 cars for Anderson, passing milepost 0 of the Blue Ridge Railroad. The Blue Ridge began with the goal of building from here northwestward throug... (more)
The Belton Train heads west with 22 cars for Anderson on their recently upgraded track.
The Belton Train shoves toward the G&W yard as G&W pulls high with their outbounds for CSX. Pickens will set two of their three out behind them, and G&W will hook on and pull north to leave Pick ... (more)
Pickens Railroad 9507 lays over the weekend at a spot on the map called Docheno in Anderson, South Carolina. She was built by GE in 1974 as Seaboard Coast Line #351, to Seaboard System #1949. CSX ... (more)
A Pickens Railroad train is near the end of their line after interchanging with the Belton Job with two vintage General Electric locomotives as power. PICK #9507 was built by GE in 1974... (more)
A Pickens Railroad train is near the end of their line after interchanging with the Belton Job with two vintage General Electric locomotives as power. PICK #9507 was built by GE in 197... (more)
Pickens crew prepares to shove out of the Greenville & Western yard and over SC 76 to their own track in Belton, South Carolina
On this day in 2014, the Pickens Belton Job with PICK 9702 on point came all the way to the other end of the line in Gluck to interh=change with the Anderson Job led by 9502. PICK 9502 has since h... (more)
If there's anything that optimizes the old and venerable shortline railroad, one of the best symbols of that would be old and forgotten motive power from days past. The Pickens Railroad doesn't ju... (more)
Having just swapped out cars with the Greenville & Western, a Pickens RR crew shoves across Hwy. 76 in Belton back onto their own trackage.
Both Pickens jobs meet at Gluck to interchange cars. The Anderson Job must have had a busier then normak day.
Engineer adding a little throttle to crest the grade into the yard near Gluck as the Pickens Anderson Job begins to break down the interchange traffic from NS.
The Anderson Job heads down the long straight away south of downtown Anderson.
