On a very rainy St. Patrick's Day 2014, crews of two Lanaster and Chester trains have combined to bring a cut of cars on the wye track that leads to the "new" CSX interchange that was bu... (more)

Back in June of 2006, I caught the L&C Railway on a Saturday run bringing a cut of car to the Norfolk Southern interchsnge in downtown Chester. The train is hauling empty coal cars that have come ... (more)

Lancaster and Chester Train 14 passes the old Southern Railway depot in Heath Springs, South Carolina. The train is led by L&C EMD GP38M-2 #2268. It was built in 1967 for Seaboard Air Line as SAL ... (more)

L&C SW900 #91 takes a few minutes to catch her breath at Circle S Feed Mill in Bascomville, South Carolina.

Lancaster and Chester Railroad works the Klerk's Plastic spur in Richburg, South Carolina. Space on the spur limits it one locomotiv and two cars at a time. A tight curve also limits the number of... (more)

The crew of Lancaster and Chester Train 12 has run aruond their train on the Circle S Feed Miill spur after working the Owens-Hamilton facility to the right of this frame. They are returning to do... (more)

On March 31, 2014, I had chased the circus train from Columbia, South Carolina up the NS R Line to Chester. Since I was so close, I made my way to the Lancaster and Chester and caught LC 14 passin... (more)

Lancaster and Chester SW1200 #94 sits under the lights at the interchange with the NS along with two GMTX lease units. The leasors have long sine been returned and the end cab was later sold to th... (more)

LC 12 sits on the E&J Gallo lead, aka "The Trench," as they wait for LC 14 to assist with some switching.

Lancaster and Chester crew works the industries on the East Chester trackage on a gorgeous autumn day in 2013. She was built in 1966 as Detroit Toledo & Ironton (DTI) 201


to Grand... (more)

One of my favorite spots to shoot the L&C is on their original line near where Williams Estate Road and Jenna Lane meet. Long trains snake up the line behind the power toward Memorial Park Road.

L&C EMD SW900 #90 approaches Springdale Rd. in Lancaster, SC in a paint scheme similiar to what she wore upon delivery to the South Carolina shortline in 1965. Note the old siding to the left of t... (more)

L&C GP40-2LW #9548 leads Train 14 in Lancaster. She wis the first wide nose unit on the shortline's roster. She was built in March, 1975 as Canadian National 9548. Gulf & Ohio Railways purchased t... (more)

Lancaster and Chester Railway Santa Train was southbound on the old Southern Railway SB Line in 2021. Most of the time when I shot the L&C Santa Train, the weather was gloomy. 2012 was one of the ... (more)

L&C Railroad 7092 is spending the Thanksgiving Weekend in Lancaster, South Carolina coupled to some gondola cars o the former Southern Railway SB Line.

Lancaster and Chester Railroad 70... (more)