A former Westmoreland Alco S2 sits out the remaining years of her life in the locomotive graveyard near Belton, South Carolina. She was scrapped onsite a few years later.

Pickens Railway #9502 is one the point of the railroad's Belton Job as the two trains meet to interchange cars at Gluck. She was built as Seaboard Coast Line #320, a GE U18B, in 1973. She later be... (more)

In rural South Carolina, a vintage GE U18B #9500 pulls a short train toward the interchange with Norfolk Southern in Anderson. Seventeen years after this photograph was made PICK #9500 still earns... (more)

Two ex-CSX U18Bs are in charge of their train heading to the Norfolk Southern interchange in downtown Anderson in 2005.

With a hefty train in tow, a pair of Pickens Railroad baby boats ducks under some huge shade trees as they make their way back to Anderson.

The Pickens Belton Job returns to Anderson with a healthy cut of cars from the Greenville & Western

Three Pickens U18B's bring a box car bound for Packaging Corporation of America near Honea Path,SC.

Pickens Railroad VO-660 2 trundles past the wood chip plant that provides some of its lifeblood at Pickens, South Carolina.

South Carolina shortline Pickens Railway had two Baldwin switchers on its roster. Former Youngstown Sheet & Tube S8 701 was purchased a a backup for VO-660 2, and is seen here at Pickens, South Ca... (more)

Orange is the New Blue

Contemporary railfans are accustomed to seeing photos of orange U18B’s pulling trains of South Caroline shortline Pickens Railway. In the 1970’s and 1980... (more)

If there's anything that optimizes the old and venerable shortline railroad, one of the best symbols of that would be old and forgotten motive power from days past. The Pickens Railroad doesn't ju... (more)

“PICK”ing up Freight. The Anderson Job finishes building its train before heading to the NS Interchange in Anderson, where it will transfer the load to the Belton Job.

Two Railroads, Three Locomotive Types. The Pickens' ex-CSX B40 enters the Greenville & Western yard near Belton, SC to deliver cars brought from Anderson for exchange. To the left are two ... (more)

The New, the Old, and the Older. The PICK's Honea Path job carries a single, relatively new boxcar to the Packaging Corporation of America, located near Honea Path. On the way there, it pa... (more)

As the morning sun rises in the eastern sky, a quartet of Pickens Railway GE U18Bs rests for the weekend outside the shops in Anderson, SC