The Competition. Caught by the morning sun, the PICK’s Anderson Job runs by a Shell station located near its yard in Gluck.
Two Railroads, Three Locomotive Types. The Pickens' ex-CSX B40 enters the Greenville & Western yard near Belton, SC to deliver cars brought from Anderson for exchange. To the left are two ... (more)
The New, the Old, and the Older. The PICK's Honea Path job carries a single, relatively new boxcar to the Packaging Corporation of America, located near Honea Path. On the way there, it pa... (more)
A couple of Pickens U18B's work the yard in Anderson as they exchange cars with the NS.
As the morning sun rises in the eastern sky, a quartet of Pickens Railway GE U18Bs rests for the weekend outside the shops in Anderson, SC
A couple of Pickens U18B's head for Anderson to interchange cars with the NS. One can't help to think how long these older GE's will be around with newer GE's from CSX showing up on the property.
As the morning sun rises in the eastern sky, Pickens Railway GE U18B 9503 rests for the weekend outside the shops in Anderson, SC
The Anderson job pulls a small cut of cars for interchange with Norfolk Southern. Once it clears the switch, it will make a reverse move to set off the cars and finish the day's work.
The Conductor on the Anderson Job talks with the trainmaster before continuing their duties for the day.
The Belton Job calls it a day and heads for the shop, passing this hot dog establishment, which actually has quite good reviews on Google.
The Belton Job pauses just south out of the interchange with Norfolk Southern as the Anderson Job does some work in the yard ahead.
Pickens has both the Anderson train and the Belton train heading south toward the industrial area at Gluck. CSX brought 30 cars to the Greenville and Western the night before, and Greenville and ... (more)
Pickens passes the old Belton Depot
Having just swapped out cars with the Greenville & Western, a Pickens RR crew shoves across Hwy. 76 in Belton back onto their own trackage.