Palmetto train PX211 crossing Cainhoy Road

The Charleston station at dusk.

The Palmetto had a Viewliner II in the consist this day for a rolling photo shoot.

CSX Honoring Our Veterans and Honoring Our Law Enforcement engines leading Q409 across the Ashley River

The Impending Storm. Having recently finished its morning work, this former Port Royal Railroad switcher awaits the impending arrival of Hurricane Ian as indicated by the clouds in the back... (more)

Sunning. This Palmetto Railways GP-16 basks in the sun while waiting for its next turn at working the industries located on the former Charleston Naval Base.

Working the Port. The Palmetto Railways local reverses into the North Charleston port facility.

The northbound Palmetto has just crossed the Ashley River bridge and is rolling across the flats along the river. Bennett Yard is just a few hundred yards ahead, and just beyond the yard, the sta... (more)

The northbound Palmetto has just passed below Hwy 61/Ashley River Road and is about to cross the Ashley River bridge. Bennett Yard and the Amtrak station at Rivers Avenue are just minutes ahead.

After a trip down the Croghan branch, the crew of the return leg of the Walterboro-Bennett Yard turn has reassembled their train in the mainline siding. When the air is up, they will head down th... (more)

A CC U25C and BB U30B bracket a newer GEBB on a northbound freight at North Charleston.

The crew of this local turn - one of several based in North Charleston - is almost back to home base at Bennett Yard, just a few hundred yards ahead.

One of the locals operating out of Bennett Yard is almost home as it passes the Amtrak/SCL station just north of the Rivers Avenue bridge.

585's crew has run to Croghan and back with 810. Now they will couple up to the B23-7, fetch their train out of the siding along the main, then head for Walterboro.

Back in the 1970s SCL still operated a branch from the ex-ACL main at John's Island to Croghan, a tiny yard with a couple customers directly across the Ashley River from downtown Charleston. It w... (more)