Before drones, there were helicopters. I flew over Cayce yard in South Carolina back in 2007 in my employer's copter. On that day, there were more than a few spartan cab EMDs hanging out.

On 8.13.2024, CSX local Y102 had CSXT 2770, a GP38-2 built in 1978 as Conrail (CR) 8188 and GP40-3 rebuild 6582 The crew is working the industrial trackage off of Rosewood Drive in Columbia, Sout... (more)

Working Locally. Y102 is framed by the stop sign and a vehicle as it reverses into the Precoat Metals facility.

Making the Grade. The weekday local pulls several coil cars onto the NIT in Columbia for delivery to Precoat Metals.

New Paint on an Old Line. A freshly-pained Geep heads onto the NIT, a once busy but now sparsely used local industry track, to deliver cars to a metals facility.

Local job Y102 shoves a cut of brand new Ferromex autoracks into Junta siding after getting built just up the road at Trinity Rail

On 8.13.2024, CSX local Y102 had GP40-3 rebuilld 6582 leading a GP38-2. Provided the information I found online is correct, she was built in 1980 as Louisville & Nashville (LN) GP40-2 6603, then ... (more)

Come on In. The local Y102 only works this area, colloquially called the NIT for "New Industrial Track," a couple of times a week. The times are not predictable, but tend to be i... (more)

Between Houses. The local Y102 only works this area, colloquially called the NIT for "New Industrial Track," a couple of times a week. The times are not predictable, but tend to ... (more)

Heading out for Work. The local Y102 heads out on the Eastover Sub to work some industries not far ahead near the Andrews Siding.

Former Florida East Coast GP38-2 505 sits with sister units over a hot and humid summer weekend in 2013.

CSX Y102 gets six axle power for once in March, 2014. CSXT 8814 is an EMD SD8814 built as Conrail (CR) 6393 in 1977.

Hiding in Plain Sight. The CSX local has reversed into the Precoat Metals building, where it will deliver some cars and then return toward its small yard on the NIT.

Built in 1973 as Seaboard Coast Line GP38-2 512, she's actually been in service longer for CSX than she was for the SCL. I caught her fouling Assembly Street in Columbia, South Carolina on CSX Y10... (more)

CSX yard job Y102 pulls south on to the CSX Northern Subdivision as it takes headroom to work Parsons Yard on the south side of Columbus, Ohio. A GP38-3 and SD40-2 are providing the power, along w... (more)