Southbound Grain. NS 50V approaches Dooley Road near Lexington, SC today, on its way south to Monetta, SC on the Southern's R Line. Monetta is home to the famous Big Mo' drive in theater.,... (more)

Pig Detour. NS 20D crosses Whaley Street in Columbia, SC off of the Southern's R Line. NS 20D ordinarily runs on the Southern's W Line from Spartanburg, but a derailment on the W near Colu... (more)

Ethanol Movement. Passing an old single-aspect searchlight signal, NS 1224 leads this ethanol load across Assembly Street in Columbia, SC as it heads north on the Southern's R Line. Four o... (more)

Arriving Philadelphia. One of the many passenger trains to travel the NEC arrives at the 30th Street Station on this brisk morning. The Philadephia Museum of Art stands in the background.

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)

Wabash Surprise. In a big surprise, I heard on the scanner that the Wabash was leading NS 191 as it was departing from Columbia, SC today. Here, 191 passes the single-aspect non-ABS search... (more)

Pig in the Ditch. NS 238 brings its intermodal load through the Ditch in Columbia, SC, which is where the CSX and NS lines were moved as part of a railroad line consolidation project in th... (more)

Working in the Ditch. CSXT F779 runs through the Ditch in Columbia, SC, on its way to Cayce Yard with some mixed freight and a long consist of autoracks.

Return. AIKR 4202 leads a load of cars from the NS Interchange back toward Aiken, SC. Dec. 31, 2019.

Working the City Limits. At the Aiken city limits, AIKR 4202 switches some cars onto the Charleston siding in Aiken, SC--on the original South Carolina Canal and Rail Road (later South Car... (more)

Delivering Cars. AIKR Z522 switches some inbound cars from the NS interchange at Warrenville, SC into the Charleston siding before taking loads to AGY Aiken.

Local Freight on Historic Line. AIKR Z522 returns toward the Aiken Yard from the Norfolk Southern interchange at Warrenville on its way to Carolina Eastern and AGY. In making these moves, ... (more)

Shortline Run on New Year's Eve. On this crisp New Year's Eve, Aiken 4202 brings back a load of cars from the NS interchange at Warrenton, SC to Carolina Eastern and AGY in Aiken, SC.

Working on Christmas Eve. Probably too late in the season to be a Santa supply chain, this hotshot pig runs north through Spartanburg on the Southern Main with NS 4000 third in the consist... (more)

LHF Local. Running with its long hood forward, P75 passes alongside U.S. 1 with a short consist as it heads south on the Southern's R-Line to work some local jobs before returning to Andre... (more)