Local Work in the Morning. The local Y102 heads onto the NIT to work some industries in a former ACL industrial park.

Local Work. The S-F local runs north on the Southern's R Line toward Blythewood, SC.

Nice New Power. A very newly released and still shiny locomotive leads the daily container train through Devine Junction past the single aspect searchlight signal.

Bridging the Congaree. After (sadly) turning its power to have the yn2 unit trail, the local crosses the Congaree from Cayce Yard and pulls to the regular stop spot at Tryon Street in Colu... (more)

Morning Coal Run. With part of Columbia as a backdrop, CSX 321 passes alongside Assembly Street on its way to Andrews Siding. It will wait there for a few hours before another crew takes i... (more)

Searching. Led by foreign power, the daily 242 container train passes a single-aspect searchlight, originally of Seaboard origin and provided to NS as part of the railroad reorganization i... (more)

Southern Serves the South!! Earlier in the day, NS 786 arrived in to Columbia with it's usual at the time trio of NS ES40DCs leading. But 4th out, was the recently refurbished NS 3170 p... (more)

Early Morning Empties Run. Grain empties proceed by the former Union Station, now the California Dreaming restaurant, with a blue BC Rail unit trailing second.

Hints of the Southern. The daily 12R run from Columbia suffered some mechanical issues and reversed into the yard to clear those up, with the head end waiting here near a remnant Southern ... (more)

Nicely Dressed Visitor. In a first for me and a rarity for Columbia, a UP unit dressed in the new scheme appeared in town leading the daily pig train from Atlanta.

Southbound Through the Junction. The daily local P77 returns from the once-fulsome C Line that now runs only a few miles outside of Columbia to work a sand mine at Edmund.

Working in the Elements. In yet another day of the immoderate weather we had in Columbia, with some ominous clouds nearby, the local Y102 heads back toward town on the Eastover Sub to work... (more)

Commodities. So far as I know, anyway, we don't see many gypsum trains in Columbia these days, but I got word from friends that this one was headed our way early on this Sunday morning. I ... (more)

Reflections. This High Hood duo of NS 5230 and 5004 have been in Andrews Yard for awhile now, but usually mated with another unit in the lead. This week, however, they've been working alon... (more)

Hill Climb. The local Y102 climbs a short grade on the NIT, short for New Industrial Track, which was built in the 1960s to serve a local industrial park in Columbia. While there are lots ... (more)