Increasingly Rare Leader. Although once ubiquitous, D9s aren't seen very much on NS's side anymore, especially as a leader. Here, an oddly clean one with no horsehead on the side leads the... (more)

Good Morning to You. A slightly late 242 arrives into the city off of the Southern's W Line to meet a waiting 243.

Just Passing Through. Led by a BNSF unit far from its home rails, the dally container/manifest train trom Atlanta meets NS 243 at Assembly Street in Columbia that is waiting to depart tor ... (more)

Daily Action. The daily container (pig) train arrives into Columbia off the Southern's W-Line from Spartanburg. Today was routine NS power, but with a nice horn and engine sound.

Foreign Visitors. The daily container (pig) train arrives into Columbia off the Southern's W-Line from Spartanburg. It's not uncommon that UP power leads this train but it's still nice to ... (more)

Foreign Visitors. Two BNSF units, far away from their home, lead the daily NS 242 through Devine Junction in Columbia, SC.

Entering the Junction. Led by foreign power, the daily container/mixed freight enters Devine Junction, which is central to all train traffic through Columbia, SC.

Gotta Go Fast! NS 242 arrives into Columbia led by the Sonic Bonnet NS 4000.

Nice New Power. A very newly released and still shiny locomotive leads the daily container train through Devine Junction past the single aspect searchlight signal.

Searching. Led by foreign power, the daily 242 container train passes a single-aspect searchlight, originally of Seaboard origin and provided to NS as part of the railroad reorganization i... (more)

Nicely Dressed Visitor. In a first for me and a rarity for Columbia, a UP unit dressed in the new scheme appeared in town leading the daily pig train from Atlanta.

Kansas City Power. Unusually for Columbia, we've seen a lot of foreign power lately on NS trains. It most often is Union Pacific, but on Monday 242 was led by two rare KCS leaders. Here, i... (more)

Profile in Technology. Working outside of their usual territory, two Union Pacific Tier 4 units--SD70AH to UP, SD70ACe-T4 for most other lines--lead the daily intermodal train from Atlanta... (more)

Modern Visitors. In a unique lashups, two Union Pacific Tier 4 SD70s lead an intermodal through Columbia on the way to the port in Charleston, SC. I understand that these two T4 units arri... (more)

Arrived. Running a little later than usual, the daily pig train arrives into Columbia, passing through "The Ditch" on its way to Andrews Yard and then to the Port at Charleston, ... (more)