High Hood Local. With a little help from my friends, I caught this local train on its return from Blythewood, SC to Andrews Yard (near the State Fairgrounds) with the Columbia skyline in t... (more)

Local Run. This local runs through Lexington, SC toward Monetta, SC, where it will begin working some local industries and then turn back toward Andrews Yard in Columbia, SC.

By the Signals. This CSX local turns onto the Eastover Sub as it runs through Devine Junction on its way toward Sumter, SC.

Highballin' Hotshot Pig. NS 203 runs south on the Southern Main between a waiting NS 118 and the Spartanburg Depot with a nice sunrise sky in the background.

Local Switcher. This switcher makes a daily run (M-F) from Lugoff, SC to Cayce Yard and back. Here, it passes the Columbia Amtrak Station on its way to the yard.

Southbound Grain. NS 50V approaches Dooley Road near Lexington, SC today, on its way south to Monetta, SC on the Southern's R Line. Monetta is home to the famous Big Mo' drive in theater.,... (more)

Pig Detour. NS 20D crosses Whaley Street in Columbia, SC off of the Southern's R Line. NS 20D ordinarily runs on the Southern's W Line from Spartanburg, but a derailment on the W near Colu... (more)

Ethanol Movement. Passing an old single-aspect searchlight signal, NS 1224 leads this ethanol load across Assembly Street in Columbia, SC as it heads north on the Southern's R Line. Four o... (more)

Arriving Philadelphia. One of the many passenger trains to travel the NEC arrives at the 30th Street Station on this brisk morning. The Philadephia Museum of Art stands in the background.

Road Crossing. AIKR 4202 leaves the AGY facility in Aiken, SC to return to the Southern's old SA line, which is part of the line that originally ran from Branchville to Hamburg and essenti... (more)

Wabash Surprise. In a big surprise, I heard on the scanner that the Wabash was leading NS 191 as it was departing from Columbia, SC today. Here, 191 passes the single-aspect non-ABS search... (more)

Pig in the Ditch. NS 238 brings its intermodal load through the Ditch in Columbia, SC, which is where the CSX and NS lines were moved as part of a railroad line consolidation project in th... (more)

Working in the Ditch. CSXT F779 runs through the Ditch in Columbia, SC, on its way to Cayce Yard with some mixed freight and a long consist of autoracks.

Return. AIKR 4202 leads a load of cars from the NS Interchange back toward Aiken, SC. Dec. 31, 2019.

Working the City Limits. At the Aiken city limits, AIKR 4202 switches some cars onto the Charleston siding in Aiken, SC--on the original South Carolina Canal and Rail Road (later South Car... (more)