Shortly before running a unit ethanol train to Pelzer, GRLW crews are seen moving cars around the yard in Cheddar, SC while CSX motive power idles to the side awaiting future use.

With dark clouds building up over the smokey mountain from the west. Blue Ridge Southern (WATCO) BLU T31 crosses over the Pigeon River in Canton. The local job is heading to the Yard office that s... (more)

Tennessee Southern Train 101 heads south over the Buffalo River

Having just come back up from hauling a 55-car long train down to the south end of the line, the HMCR's three engines stop to take a rest in the yard for the night.

HMCR made a rare evening run to Green Cove today, allowing me to get a shot of them at Airport Road lit up with the flashes.

Along the old Athens highway, eluminated by a nearby billboard, Hartwell Railroad's 8396 rests in the stillness of the night. The unit is a former Illinois Central GP10, one of two owned by the Gr... (more)

Hartwell Railroad's Bowersville local pulls into Bowersville with former EJ&E SD38 654 leading two hoppers bound for the Rose Acre Feed Mill, which stands behind the camera in this view.

Former Illinois Central GP10 8396 is one of two locomotives acting as the current motive power on the Hartwell Railroad Athens Branch. Here, it is seen tied down with a single hopper between Athen... (more)

On March 14, 2016, the Huntsville and Madison County Railroad took delivery of 2 B39-8s, one from MMA and one from SLRG. Here's 8539 resting between two cuts of cars at the north of the yard as th... (more)

The CPDR road power trio, consisting of three GP38's, pulls a high and wide movement to a stop in Laurens so the loads can be "walked" under the bridge in which I have made my vantage po... (more)

Northbound freight on the Tennessee Southern near Waco, TN led by SD18 #7314.

Tennessee Southern Train 101 heads south alongside Old Andrew Jackson Highway in Loretto, Tennessee. Soon, the train will tie down for another crew to take it to Florence, Alabama.

As seen from just outside of Fountain Inn, SC, a high and wide move on the Carolina Piedmont navigates the hills and grades of an old ribbon of jointed rail in the Carolina upcountry.