Carolina Piedmont pulls through the small hamlet of Owings, South Carolina with a high and wide load for the GE plant in Greenville.

On February 9, 2013, I photographed a high and a high and wide move on the Carolina Piedmont Railroad. The CPDR picked up the wind turbine from the General Electric plant in Greenville. They take ... (more)

Genesee & Wyoming-owned Carolina Piedmont Railroad brings a dimensional load into Laurens, South Carolina in winter 2013. GE-owned caboose GEGC #120239 brings up the rear of the train.

Carolina Piedmont Railroad is in charge of a big dimensional load in this 2013 shot made in Larens County, South Carolina. The shipment is on its first leg of a three-day journey to the coast of G... (more)

Carolina Piedmont Railroad with a high and wide load they are moving to the CSX interchange for delivery to the port in Charleston

The General Electric Turbine Special is passing through the small town of Gray Court, SC. Downtown Gray Court also has a static display of a Norfolk & Western caboose.

The General Electric Turbine Special is passing through the small town of Gray Court, SC.

The General Electric Turbine Special comes through downtown Simpsonville as many onlookers enjoy the show. The friendly engineer waves to all of those enjoying ice cream at the Simpsonville Ice C... (more)

The CPDR road power trio, consisting of three GP38's, pulls a high and wide movement to a stop in Laurens so the loads can be "walked" under the bridge in which I have made my vantage po... (more)

A train of GE gas turbines winds its way through downtown Fountain Inn on a dull, gray day in mid February.

Two Gas Turbines fresh out of the General Electric factory at Greeneville, SC roll past the historic Fountain Inn depot behind Carolina Piedmont GP38's on a dreary, gray February afternoon.

First portion of the movement of two large GE turbines (Greenville-Laurens, SC via the Carolina Piedmont Railroad) comes to an end as the train pulls into Laurens. CSX would take the load to Cayce... (more)

Three Carolina Piedmont GP38's pull a couple GE gas turbines across Interstate 385 just outside of Greenville, SC. The turbines are manufactured at the GE facility in Greenville and sent overseas.... (more)

A trio of CPDR GP38's power two large GE gas turbines southward out of Fountain Inn towards Owings, SC on their way to Laurens. The loads will eventually wind up in Charleston and be exported from... (more)

Approaching downtown Gray Court, we see the CPDR GE high and wide specialty movement passing an old Atlantic Coast Line RR style whistle post with all three of CPDR's GP38's powering the train.