NS 213 trots through the control point Courtenay in the afternoon's last bit of light as cattle in the background dine upon their last meal of the day.

NS 213, with the Olympic Torch Relay unit (UP 2001), passes by the Southern Railway depot and a fellow railfan in Seneca, SC as the sun begins to fall towards the horizon. Judging by the consist o... (more)

NS p67 blast through the countryside between Seneca and Pendleton, SC, near Lake Hartwell, with 5 elder locomotives in charge. The consist included two B32-8's, two GP30-2 high hoods, and one GP60... (more)

With 5 classic locomotives on the head, NS p67 throttles out of Seneca on the Z Line headed for Anderson, where he will interchange cars with Pickens Railroad. The sound of these old beauties purr... (more)

NS p67 throttles up a quadro of classic EMD's and one classic GE just after entering the Z Line in Seneca, SC. This shot could have been a lot better, but I only had time to set up one flash. Hope... (more)

NS p67 creeps past my flashes and myself in Seneca as he prepares to stop and diverge on to the Greenville District-Z, or The Z Line, where he will interchange cars with the Pickens Railway in And... (more)

Over a century old, this Southern Railway depot in Belton, SC is a sight to see. The short section of track in front of the building is what's left of the original Southern line. Pickens railway t... (more)

136 Is Missing An Eye Former Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) GP35 136 is missing a number board. If you look closely, you can see where Hartwell Railroad wrote the number on to t... (more)

Former Rio Grande GP35, HRT 3044, sits in the quiet town of Lavonia, Georgia below the planet Venus, the bright star to the left of the locomotive.

My personal favorite locomotive on the roster, HRT 4556, rests beneath hundreds of stars at the Rose Acre Feed Mill (behind me) in Bowersville, Georgia. This was my first time using flashes, and I... (more)

The Pickens Railroad Anderson Job passes by the plastic plant in Gluck. Though they did not work the plant this day, this is a major customer for Pickens.

A southbound NS intermodal train pulls into Inman Yard, passing a parked intermodal that was facing north. Looking at the lead locomotive, you can see that the sun was trying to peek through the c... (more)

Hartwell crews pull their abnormally long train across the switch on the north end of the Toccoa Wye with the former EJE SD38 on point. They are interchanging cars with NS here at the wye. These c... (more)

Hartwell Railroad has amazed me for 2 years at this point. From the moment I discovered the line, I was hooked! One of my favorite aspects is the pure history the line beholds. The track its self ... (more)

An extremely late 237 slows to a stop in Central, SC to meet 238. 237 is normally an early morning train, so seeing him this late in the afternoon is quite an odd occurrence.