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)
The 2009 edition of the Lancaster and Chester Railway Santa Train approaches the old wooden bridge over the railroad line in Pleasent Hill, South Carolina. Lancaster and Chester Railroa... (more)
Looking back at when the Lancaster and Chester was still running their Santa Trains, one is caught nearing the West Manor Road crossing in 2013.
Lancaster and Chester Santa Train leaves Lancaster in 2012 with the locomotive nearest us adorned for the holiday season. This was a colorful train with the old Milwaukee car behind the L&C GP38-2... (more)
Lancaster & Chester train 14 pulls into the siding at Heath Springs to run around their train and shove it to Kershaw
Lancaster & Chester train 12 passes by Knox Farm with a string of outbound cars for the NS interchange in Chester
Lancaster & Chester train 14 pulls cars out of Circle S before they continue on to Lancaster
Lancaster and Chester #91 was the last SW900 built. It rolled off the assembly line in October, 1965 with sister unit #90. Fifty two years later, the end cab switcher is still on the L&C, though i... (more)
A Lancaster and Chester crew brings a grain train for Circle S Feed Mill into Richburg, SC in Chester county.
