Foreign power leads NS 192 through Columbia, SC on the way to Andrews Yard.

Norfolk Southern 8456 leads Train 192 into Columbia, South Carolina in May, 2007. NS 8456 was a General Electric C40-8W built as LMS (Locomotive Management Services) 716 in 1994 under an agreement... (more)

CEFX SD60 #6012 leads Norfolk Southern 155 past the old Union Station in Columbia, South Carolina. The locomotive was built for the Soo Line in 1987 in 2011 on Train 155

Nearing the end of their service life on CSX, these two Dash 7s are on a local in Columbia, SC. CSXT #5891 was a GE B36-7 built for the Seaboard System in 1985 with the same number.

Nearing the end of their service life on CSX, these two Dash 7s are on a local in Columbia, SC. CSXT #5891 was a GE B36-7 built for the Seaboard System in 1985 with the same number. CSXT #5569 ... (more)

A CSX crew works the industries near Williams-Brice stadium in Columbia, South Carolina on a lovely winter day in 2007.

A modern GE locomotive brings up the rear of a coal train on the CSX Eastover Sub in Columbia, South Carolina.

A CSX high and wide load is nearing the end of it's second leg rnroute to the ports of Charleston -- the old SAL yard in Cayce, SC

The gentleman on the ground is opening the derail for the shove back to the scrap yard. CSX #6915 was built in 1980 as Chesapeake & Ohio 4412, a GP40-2.

Foreign Power Leaving Town. For this area, a very rare lashup of four Union Pacific units plus a fifth NS unit leading NS 237 out of Columbia west toward Spartanburg, SC on the Southern's ... (more)

High Hood Short Hood Forward. This remnant Southern Geep has been in Columbia for awhile occasionally running a daily local in town, but I haven't had a chance to catch it--until this day.... (more)

Unique Visitor Lashup. It's not unusual to see Union Pacific power in Columbia, SC, on CSX or NS, but Canadian Pacific power is much less common and I don't recall ever seeing a lashup of ... (more)

The maiden voyage of the Norfolk Southern F units on the way to the 2007 Master's Tournament

I like buttheads. I am an American voter. CSX’s have always been elusive out away from big cities so you might imagine my delight at finding this one switching a scrapyard late one evening. 1... (more)