Siding in the foreground leads into the PDR shops.
That switch is not yet lined for our ex-CSX unit but the cars are rolling past it toward a coupling.
We were there on business and riding by invitation. Thanks folks.
Pee Dee CF7 2486 (former ATSF) at Pee Dee, SC - 7/91
Screaming across the South Carolina countyside, the Pee Dee's daily freight to McColl, SC, heads past the water tower that helps to supply Bennettsville with water. Remnants of a past cotton crop ... (more)
Heading towards Tatum,SC and eventually the CSX connection in McColl. Unnamed dirt road behind Beauty Spot Cemetery along US 15/401.
A pair of Pee Dee River Railroad GP16s switch the paper plant at Tatum, South Carolina. 1797 is ex-CSX 1797, ex-SBD 4751, ex-SCL 4751, ex-SCL GP7 839, nee-ACL 219, and 1842 is ex-CSXT 1842, ex-SB... (more)
Rumbling outside of the city limits, the crew of the PDRR 1764 approaches Revel's Barbecue Center just to the east. Yes... it's a barbecue center. I've never seen one either.
Shortline Sundaes: After a gritty weekend in the sand working at the 2008 Sandblast Rally in Cheraw, I took Sunday to railfan in nearby towns. I was treated to this train making its way from the P... (more)
Maintenance equipment that I believe the Pee Dee recently used to spread ballast on their section of new track.
PeeDee train starts the morning heading back towards the Weyerhauser paper mill from the CSX connection in McColl
Sevicing the Weyerhaeuser Paper Mill.
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two units parked outside the shops on Easter Sunday morning
ex-SAL rebuild GP7