On July 7, 2014, my son and I caught the Pickens Railway Belton Job enroute to the other end of the line in Gluck to interchange cars with the Anderson Job using two classic GE U18Bs built for Sea... (more)
In March 2008, former Pickens Railway AlcoS2M 6 sits at their graveyard un Docheno, South Carolina in Anderson County. The PICK 6 was scrapped not long after this photograph was made.
Pickens U18B 9501 sits in Docheno, South Carolina in 2008. The railroad took delivery of eight former CSX U18Bs to run their rail lines in Anderson, South Carolina. This one was used as a parts so... (more)
Pickens Railway Belton Job comes leaves downtown Anderson in April 2014. PICK 9508 is a General Electric U18B built for the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1973 as SCL 334. With the f... (more)
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)
Pickens Railroad Belton Job has made the trek all the way to the end of the line in Gluck to interchange with the Anderson Job. It's a rare move as they normally meet in downtown Anderson. But on ... (more)
Pickens Railway Blton John has come all the way to Gluck to interchange cars with the Anderson Job in July 2014.
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.
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)
The Pickens Belton job backs onto the CMC Recycling lead
Pickens works CMC Recycling
A bright Pickens U18B passes the ragged Anderson station sign from Southern Railway days standing tall after decades in service.
