NS Predecessors. The N&W 611 runs around to the front of Spencer Shops near S. Salisbury Ave./Highway 29 and by the old Southern Railway Water Tanks. The 611 was under the control of some ... (more)

She'll be comin' round the bend .... N&W 611 runs around the Spencer Roundhouse with amateur engineers at the controls, headed toward the entrance area of the N.C. Transportation Museum, ... (more)

Saturday Night Lights This Southern FP7 and the Norfolk & Western 620 GP9 rest under the lights, indifferent to the hullabaloo surrounding the night photography session for the N&W 611 at ... (more)

Paging Winston Link? In a well-done photo shoot session at the N.C. Transportation Museum with settings inspired by the historic shoots of O. Winston Link, I had an opportunity to take my ... (more)

Look Ahead--Look ... West? This iconic Southern GP30 rests quietly with dignity at the Spencer Roundhouse while preparations are made for the 611 night shoot at the museum.

Southbound Local. This local heads down the Eastover Sub in Columbia, SC, near the State Fairgrounds and Williams-Brice Stadium. The day is warm, and the doors on the lead and trailing uni... (more)

(Little) Mountain Moves. In a rare treat for us around Columbia, SC, the Reading heritage unit leads P65/Z368 up the CN&L Line, taking a load of empty chip cars through Little Mountain tow... (more)

Visitors Leaving Town. Crossing Whaley Street near the University of South Carolina soccer stadium, two KCS Belles lead NS 192 northbound on the Southern/NS R-Line to the NS yard at Linwoo... (more)

Morning Work. After running the wye in Devine Junction to turn the power from LHF, Q210 heads out through the Ditch in Columbia to head north on the historic CN&L line to Slighs, SC, where... (more)

Sunlit Switcher. An Alco S-2 switcher works at CMC Steel near Cayce Yard in Cayce, SC as the evening sun sets.

Into the Sun. NS 51V heads north from Columbia, SC to Simpson on the Southern/NS R-Line, crossing Assembly Street near the former Union Station on a bright sunny morning.

Hot Coals. On another hot day in South Carolina, a long coal train heads down the CSX Eastover Sub destined for SCE&G's Wateree Station located near Eastover, SC. Wateree Station is part o... (more)

Nice Top Hat! This rare (less than 30 left) standard cab Dash 9 leads NS 238 through the Ditch in Columbia, SC on its way to Andrews Yard and then to Charleston, SC. We saw this particular... (more)

Headed South. This SD60E leads 23Q south through Cayce, SC and over Charleston Highway on the way to Augusta, GA on the Southern/NS R-Line. Barely visible in the photo or when viewing the ... (more)

Famously Hot Columbia. On a very warm Sunday morning, a local CSX destined for Sumter heads through Devine Junction to get on the Eastover Sub as part of running the Wye to organize the ca... (more)