The Pickens Anderson approaches Belton.

The Pickens Anderson approaches Belton.

The Pickens Anderson job heads east with 6 cars for the Greenville and Western, passing a quarry about half way through its route.

Freshly painted former Sante Fe GP30 4204 rests in the Belton yard along side GP9 3751 awaiting its 92-Day inspection.

Pickens U18B No. 9503 bellows smoke after being fired up at the beginning of a wet, dreary day of work for the Belton Job.

Cutting through a lingering mist on a dreary December afternoon in rural Upstate South Carolina, Pickens Railway's Belton job navigates a well defined S-curve outside of Belton, nearing its next ... (more)

A bull grazes in a large field outside of Belton as the Pickens Railroad's Belton Job trots its way toward the Greenville & Western interchange with a single tanker in tow.

From the West Coast to the Dirty South! Ex. ATSF/BNSF units find new life on the Greenville & Western shortline operation in South Carolina. The leader, GRLW 4204 is now painted in company... (more)

An Ex Seaboard Coastline U18B trots through some beautiful fields outside of Belton as it heads for the Greenville & Western Railway interchange on the other side of town.

The day before Thanksgiving is almost over for the Pickens crew. They head north through the Greenville and Western interchange yard after dropping one ethanol car from NS in Anderson.

Pickens' U18B fleet soldiers on. Here the Belton job has just started the day south of town, picked up this one hopper for NS interchange at Anderson, and trundles along at 10 mph or less. The c... (more)

The Pickens crew started the day south of Belton, dropped a few cars for the Greenville and Western, and then ran light to Anderson. Here they are moving westbound at the 2 milepost of the former... (more)

Early morning light shines brightly on the nose of PICK 9508. They picked up their cut of cars from the GRLW just a few moments prior and are in the process of bringing those cars to their custome... (more)

After swapping cars around at the NS Interchange in Anderson, the Belton Job train crosses over US Hwy 178. Here they come into the Greenville & Western RR Yard Limits where they will leave their... (more)

Early morning light shines brightly on the nose of PICK 9508. They picked up their cut of cars from the GRLW just a few moments prior and are in the process of bringing those cars to their custom... (more)