...And this is where it all started! Before I could even drive, I'd ride my grandpa mower down to this crossing and see the PICK crew pass by every time I went to my grandparents house. Yea... (more)

Westbound Pickens RR train at Pickens, SC || November 1970

Welcome to the Eastside! PICK 9507 crosses E. Whitner Street in Anderson's Eastside as Mr. Buck and Dave prepare to pick up and set out a few storage tankers out of the House Track for Norf... (more)

Headed Back Home... PICK 9500 heads back home light engine due to Norfolk Southern screwing them up being that they hadn't run since Monday due to the Winter Storm that ripped through the a... (more)

Crossing Over Remnants of History and Snow! Mr. Buck and Dave head back home to Belton after meeting the Anderson Job at the Interchange downtown. The line below is the old connection line ... (more)

The Pickens crew brings the interchange over to the Greenville & Western.

Pickens RR VO-660 #2 getting the train ready at Easley for the trip to Pickens, October 1970.

One of the coolest parts of the PICK is the "tunnel", which I believe is just a series of bridges, under downtown Anderson.

Picked-A-Part... Ex. CSXT MoW 9501 sits on nothing but its own steps as it made to ultimate sacrifice to become a part donor for its sister units earning keep on Pickens. This thing won't b... (more)

Let's Play 'I Spy'! First up, 3 Ex. CSX MoW U18Bs, (from Left to Right) PICK 9508, PICK 9501, & PICK 9507. PICK 9508 used to be the power for the Belton Job before it decided to clunk out a... (more)

A Rocky Bridge over Rocky Creek! In a very unusal move, the Anderson Job crew ran from Gluck to Belton to pick up the two hoppers, seen in this shot, to take back to the Owens Corning Plant... (more)

Pickens 9503 basking in the sun near the yard office.

I SPY SOMETHING ORANGE... Kudos to the City of Anderson for their waste of money in building the new 7 story Parking Deck which remains empty 99% of the time, for providing this new photo o... (more)

Pickens' Belton-Anderson train heads west toward Anderson on former Southern/Blue Ridge RR trackage.