Lancaster & Chester train 14 in Richburg

Lancaster & Chester train 14 working Gerdau Ameristeel

Lead engine on a train resting over a weekend at the ADM plant in Kershaw, South Carolina in 2013. L&C SW1200 94 was built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1957 as PRR 7917, then became a Penn... (more)

The 2006 Santa Train returns to Lancaster on former Southern Railway track. L&C 3819 was built in 1978 as Conrail 8230, to Norfolk Southern #5364. NS then sold it to Helms Leasing (HLCX) who r... (more)

L&C Santa train passes over the Kershaw-Camden Highway in 2012 with the Clinchfield Railroad 100 directly behind the 3820.

This was a colorful train with the old Milwaukee car behind the GP38-2 3819. It was also the last time the Santa Train has left Lancaster and got on the old Southern Railway SB Line. Two years lat... (more)

Lancaster & Chester train 14 at Orrs Station Road

Lancaster & Chester train 16 working Carolina Poly

L&C 2014 Santa Train as seen moving toward Lancaster (we're seeing the end of the train) at West Manor Ave in the rain. 2014 was the last year the Santa Trains ran as Gulf & Ohio claimed they were... (more)

L&C Santa Train passes through the small hamlet of Elgin in Lancaster County, South Carolina on the first day of operating them back in 2006.

Lancaster & Chester train 16 working Carolina Poly

Back in 2006, the first ever run of the Lancaster Santa Train leaves the L&C Depot for the old Southern line enroute to Heath Springs. L&C 3821 was built in 1978 as Conrail (CR) EMD GP38-2 8235. I... (more)

Lancaster & Chester train 16 pulling away from the NS Interchange in Chester with grain loads for Circle S

In early 2005, a Lancaster and Chester Railway train leaves Richburg with two SW1200s and one SW900 pulling. She was built as Pennsylvania Railroad 7927, to Penn Central 9027, to Conrail 9346, to ... (more)

Three former Illinois Central EMDs glide down the hill on the Lancaster and Chester approaching the Springdale Road Bridge. These were the first GPs on the Lanncaster and Chester Railway back in t... (more)