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
A couple of Pickens U18B's head for Anderson to interchange cars with the NS. One can't help to think how long these older GE's will be around with newer GE's from CSX showing up on the property.
As the morning sun rises in the eastern sky, Pickens Railway GE U18B 9503 rests for the weekend outside the shops in Anderson, SC
The Belton Job calls it a day and heads for the shop, passing this hot dog establishment, which actually has quite good reviews on Google.
The Belton Job pauses just south out of the interchange with Norfolk Southern as the Anderson Job does some work in the yard ahead.
Having just swapped out cars with the Greenville & Western, a Pickens RR crew shoves across Hwy. 76 in Belton back onto their own trackage.
Pickens Railroad Baldwin VO-660 sits right at the intersection of four roads in Pickens, SC with two box cars from the original railroad. This was shortly before the railroad was abandoned and tak... (more)
Pickens GE U18B #9508 was built as Seaboard Coast Line SCL #334 in 1973 ---> Seaboard SBD1932 ---> CSXT 1932 ---> CSXT 9508 (MoW service) She is one of a small fleet of vintage GEs that soldier... (more)
Pickens 9503 ducks under the bridge at Honea Path on there way back to Gluck, SC.
Both Pickens jobs meet at Gluck to interchange cars. The Anderson Job must have had a busier then normak day.
Pickens Anderson Job today departs from the norm of a pair of U18Bs for an ex CSX B40-8.
Engineer adding a little throttle to crest the grade into the yard near Gluck as the Pickens Anderson Job begins to break down the interchange traffic from NS.
Pickens Belton Job works the interchange with Norfolk Southern before leaving with their train
The Pickens railroad picking up there cars from the Greenville and Western Railroad.