I SPY SOMETHING ORANGE... Kudos to the City of Anderson for their waste of money in building the new 7 story Parking Deck which remains empty 99% of the time, for providing this new photo o... (more)

Pickens Railroad S-8 #5 prior to being repainted into the grey/red Pickens paint scheme.

Pickens Railroad S-8 #5 at Anderson, SC in 1995. This engine was built for the Youngstown Sheet & Tube as #701 and now works on the SMS operation in New Jersey as SMS #102.

Pickens' Belton Job exits the S curve as he passes behind the old Taylor Stockyards. I remember passing by here at night and seeing the Stockyard full of life as cattle ranchers and farmers came o... (more)

Rollin' Through the Ghetto. Pickens' Belton Job highballs it through the "hood" at a whopping 10mph on its way back home to Belton. If I weren't so familar area since my Grandpa owned a few... (more)

Workin' Hard. Pickens' Belton Job with Ex. CSX MoW U18, PICK 9508 is seen dropping off his Interchange cars fro NS and procceds to move forward to pick up his return cars for the trip back ... (more)

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust. Pickens' Anderson Job heads back towards home after meeting up with the Belton Job at the NS Interchange. The two towers are the only thing standing at the old... (more)

Heading to town. After fighting sticky brakes on a boxcar and cold temps, Pickens' Belton Job heads Long Hood Forward into town to the NS Interchange to meet up with the crew of the Anderso... (more)

Workin' Hard. Pickens' Anderson Job with Ex. CSX MoW U18, PICK 9504 works the NS Interchange while the Belton Job is right around the corner with more cars to send up to Gluck.

NS interchanging with the Pickens Railway at Anderson, SC in September 1998.

Pickens U18Bs 9504 and 9500 lead a train near Anderson, SC.

PICK 9504 takes a long vacation from operations. Since the economic downturn, Pickens Railway has expericenced some loss in business, including Owens Corning, who turned to trucks to bring in thei... (more)

Pickens 7 and 8 heading to the glass plant south of Anderson, SC.

Today Pickens 9500 & 9504 are Anderson & Belton Jobs due to the Derailment on the Belton Sub. Seen here PICK 9500 crosses over the old line that connected the Belton & Anderson Subs

Where else other than the Pickens can you still see a pair of U18B's still going strong?