A Pickens Railway crew works the Norfolk Southern interchange in downtown Anderson in March 2023 with two GE U18Bs long hood forward. Once they are finished here, they will return to Gluck with th... (more)

For a moment, I thought I was going to see a monster train on the Pickens. The four units are not actually coupled together. The first two units is the Belton Job scooting out of the way to let a ... (more)

One crew waits while another crew in the distance uncouples from their train. They are switching consists in Anderson, SC on former CSX rails, another typical day for a South Carolina shortline. T... (more)

Two Pickens Railway trains met at Gluck in Anderson, South Carolina. Both trains are sporting classic General Electric U18Bs for power.

Two Pickens Railway trains met at Gluck in Anderson, South Carolina. Both trains are sporting classic General Electric U18Bs for power.

On March 23, 2005, we found the Pickens Railway at the Norfolk Southern interchange in downtown Anderson working with two of their General Electric U18Bs working long hood forward. Th... (more)

Train passing towards Paranapiacaba yard

Ex CSX U23B remains in the MOW orange paint scheme pulling a small train to Blair.

Former Contrail, originally LV. Photo by unknown. From my collection.

5 unit light engine move Southbound on the River Division behind ex-New York Central U30B 2847.

A roster view of U28CG 357 on one of its early trips on September 9, 1966 soon after the ten new units were delivered by GE. In 1966 Santa Fe purchased ten General Electric U28C locomotives modi... (more)

A U36B/Mate set leads train R623 south into Manchester from Atlanta with heavy pulpwood loads on the head end.

Auto Train in Louisville? Yes, they operated there for a short time. If it had started in Chicago it might have made sense.

Westbound.

Wet Premiere: Remnants from Tropical Storm Ophelia couldn't keep people away from seeing the URHS's spectacular unveiling of their repainted and externally restored U34CH. The locomotive is... (more)