Pickens Belton Job crosses the Rocky River near Anderson, SC on their way back from Belton.

The Pickens Belton Job crosses the Rocky River as they leave Anderson,SC on their way to Belton

Pickens working the GRLW interchange and crossing Highway 76

Pickens Railroad U18B's #9508 & #9502 roll through Belton with a healthy train for interchange with the Greenville & Western and two cars for Honea Path.

A Pickens Railroad train is near the end of their line after interchanging with the Belton Job with two vintage General Electric locomotives as power.

PICK #9507 was built by GE in 1974... (more)

After meeting their counterpart train and crew at the Norfolk Southern interchange, the Belton Job leaves downtown Anderson with a train mostly consisting of interchange cars for the Greenville & ... (more)

Two Pickens Railroad trains meet in downtown Anderson in 2012. The Belton Job, led by GE U18B 9508, has cut off from their train and coupled up to the cars left by the Anderson Job. The Anderson J... (more)

The Pickens 'Belton job' returns to Anderson after interchanging with the Greenville & Western

About a year before their original line was abandoned, I found Pickens GE U18B #9502 siting at the old Pickens, SC Chattahoochee Locomotive Company shop along with JWRX GP10 #8383 (former South Ca... (more)

Transportation. While a lone Pickens motor awaits the arrival of the train from the Anderson NS Interchange, three school buses pass by, each properly stopping and doing the "procedur... (more)

Reversing. One of the PICK's U-Boats reverses with a small cut of boxcars back to the former SOU V Line, where it will tie down to move later toward Honea Path, SC.

Interchanging. The PICK's Belton Job brings its cut of cars from Anderson into the GRLW Interchange and past a single locomotive that sometimes ventures to seve a customer near Honea Path.

Interchanging. The locomotive currently working the Honea Path job moves into the GRLW interchange to pick up two boxcars for a later movement toward Honea Path. The 9500 will return to th... (more)

Pickens Anderson Job cuts off from their cars and will sneak back onto their track to Anderson. The two crews will then trade trains and head back to their respective tracks.

A pair Pickens Railroad GE U18Bs lead the PICK’s Belton job back to Anderson, SC after making a run to Honea Path. They would combine trains with the Anderson job (which made a rare run to Belto... (more)