After crossing over Assembly Street, the crew brings just 2 cars down the jagged NIT Industrial Lead with the GP30 body slug in charge.

Working the Local Lead. With the crew leaving the cab door open to get some air on a very warm October day, Y103 heads up the NIT lead not far from Williams-Brice Stadium to pick up some c... (more)

Turning onto the Local. The local job crosses Assembly Street, a main thoroughfare in Columbia, South Carolina, on its way to pick up some cars on the NIT not far from Williams-Brice Stadi... (more)

In what can only be described as both a rare and odd move for the crew of Y150, they were tasked with spotting a transformer before serving their regular customers in downtown Columbia. The trans... (more)

Running just over 6 hours late, Amtrak 92 comes into Columbia around 10am as they cross over the Congaree River.

The Long and Winding Train. The crew arrives to board this long coal train, with the consist snaking around the trees visible beyond the arriving workers. This would end up being a long day... (more)

Stranger in the Ditch. A relatively rare foreign power visitor, a BNSF GEVO, leads NS 238 through the Ditch in Columbia on the way to deliver its intermodal cargo to the Port of South Caro... (more)

Looking through the loading bays at a 1950's era EMD SW1 switcher that rests on the grounds of the former American Italian Pasta Company plant (now TreeHouse Foods).

Historic Union Station. I have wanted to catch this shot in good light for awhile. This freight train is on its way through Columbia on its way up the historic and former Southern R Line f... (more)

After making their run down the CN&L Sub into Columbia, W999-27 completes the first leg of Sunday's journey as they cross over the Congaree River and head into Cayce Yard. They are passing over t... (more)

Swimming and Rope Swinging and Fishing. With people swimming and playing below and waiting to take a swing on the rope, while others are fishing, the CSX High & Wide transports a turbine a... (more)

After finishing their work on the Columbia side of the river, the CSXT Yard Job is ready to head back over to Cayce with a lone car. They are crossing Catawba Street where the new "Vadar&quo... (more)

Golden Hour Crossing. This CSX local crosses over the Congaree on its way into Cayce Yard, where it will leave its consist and return to Newberry, SC later this same evening. A swinging rop... (more)

CREX Power Leads a "Blaze"ing Autorack. Q211, which has had quite a bit of foreign power in the lead lately, is led through the Ditch in Columbia toward Cayce Yard by CREX 1505 in front of ... (more)