In the railroading industry, especially on the short line side, the ability to improvise & adapt to changes in the plan are a necessity. A couple of Pickens employees had arrived at the Vulcan Qua... (more)

The Pickens Railroad Belton Job is approaching the siding in Creekwood Hills, where it'll pick up an empty covered hopper before continuing to Belton.

Pickens U-boats 9508 and 9503 lead a short train of hazmat tanks south to the Greenville & Western where they will interchange a return to Anderson with 15 cars.

Pickens Railroad "Belton Job" crosses over to the Greenville & Western's interchange yard with U18B 9508 and sister u-boat 9503 and a handful of cars. After they interchange they will take a singl... (more)

The Belton job has just made interchange with the Greenville and Western and rumbles southward to work a customer on the former Southern Railway/Columbia and Greenville line.

The Belton Job winds it's way around a tight S Curve outside of Anderson as it crawls back toward Belton on a dreary winter day. The paint adds a nice splash of color to the dark scene.

Leaving the Norfolk Southern interchange in Anderson, the Pickens Belton Job ducks under a bridge wedged between old buildings in downtown beginning its trip back to Belton where the job's day be... (more)

Cutting through a lingering mist on a dreary December afternoon in rural Upstate South Carolina, Pickens Railway's Belton job navigates a well defined S-curve outside of Belton, nearing its next ... (more)

A bull grazes in a large field outside of Belton as the Pickens Railroad's Belton Job trots its way toward the Greenville & Western interchange with a single tanker in tow.

A single U18B chugs up quite a hump along the haphazardly constructed former Southern Railway branch to Belton, SC.

An Ex Seaboard Coastline U18B trots through some beautiful fields outside of Belton as it heads for the Greenville & Western Railway interchange on the other side of town.

Rolling high above Broadway Creek just outside of Anderson, the Belton job is seen making it's way back toward Belton with a single tank car in tow.

The day before Thanksgiving is almost over for the Pickens crew. They head north through the Greenville and Western interchange yard after dropping one ethanol car from NS in Anderson.

Pickens' U18B fleet soldiers on. Here the Belton job has just started the day south of town, picked up this one hopper for NS interchange at Anderson, and trundles along at 10 mph or less. The c... (more)

The Pickens crew started the day south of Belton, dropped a few cars for the Greenville and Western, and then ran light to Anderson. Here they are moving westbound at the 2 milepost of the former... (more)