Aiken Z522 passing the depot in downtown Aiken

South Carolina Short Lines. Aiken Railway caboose no. 495 is seen with assorted other equipment at the Greenville and Western Railway's Belton Junction Yard - both the AIKR and GRLW are... (more)

The classic front end view of a GP-30, this one owned by the Aiken Railroad.

Working the Facility. The AIKR local pulls forward while working W.R. Grace near Aiken.

Working. The AIKR 4201 works W.R. Grace as part of its twice-weekly efforts around the neat city of Aiken, SC.

Riding the Line. The AIKR 4201 viewed from the cab of Aiken 4202 as it moves cars on the historic SA line. Taken with permission.

Greenville & Western crew gets another run with the Aiken Railway GP30 #4201 before she is sent to home rails for the first time in late 2013. This is also a somewhat rare move as the crew normall... (more)

Aiken Railway GP30 #4202 rests in the afternoon sun on a short spur in Aiken, SC.

Moon on the Horizon. With the setting moon in the background, the AIKR's GP30 works to arrange the train so it can take the single car destined for AGY and then return to take the remainin... (more)

By the Depot. The AIKR local returns to town from working Active Minerals and Grace, both located on what is left of the Southern's old AB Line that ran between Edgefield and Aiken. The tr... (more)

Aiken Railway 4202 is shut down for the night in their small yard in Aiken, South Carolina.

Aiken Railway GP30 #4202 rests in the early morning light beside the abandoned Wesley's Automotive Service building in downtown Aiken, SC.

One of two ex-Santa Fe GP30s that now call South Carolina home is at the end of the line on the Aiken Railway. The Aiken runs two former Southern Railway branch lines.

Built as ARSF 1275 in 1963, later renumbered to ARSF 3275, she became BNSF 2473 before being bought by the Aiken Railway.

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)