Starting Work. The CSX local heads out on the Eastover sub with just a caboose in tow.

Pulling. After delivering some cars to the Precoat Metals facility, Y102 pulls forward to begin the process of reversing onto the track immediately in front of the picture, connecting to so... (more)

Ready to Reverse. The local is awaiting clearance to reverse this load of cars inside the Precoat Metals facility in Columbia, SC.

Inspection Time. The FRA inspection units prepare to depart from Columbia north on the Southern R Line toward Charlotte, NC.

Where's the Rest of Me? The CSX local reverses into a local metals place on one of its random outing to work the NIT, a once-bustling industrial park with rail access near Columbia, now re... (more)

CSXT C40-8W #7702 leads a loaded auto rack train over the former Seaboard Air Line Railway bridge over the Congaree River in 2007. The train has almost reached it's destination at Dixiana, South C... (more)

Kansas City Power. Unusually for Columbia, we've seen a lot of foreign power lately on NS trains. It most often is Union Pacific, but on Monday 242 was led by two rare KCS leaders. Here, i... (more)

Running Late. Running a bit later than its usual nighttime schedule, the northbound Silver Star arrives into Columbia in the early morning, passing through Devine Junction on its way to th... (more)

Profile in Technology. Working outside of their usual territory, two Union Pacific Tier 4 units--SD70AH to UP, SD70ACe-T4 for most other lines--lead the daily intermodal train from Atlanta... (more)

Modern Visitors. In a unique lashups, two Union Pacific Tier 4 SD70s lead an intermodal through Columbia on the way to the port in Charleston, SC. I understand that these two T4 units arri... (more)

A local CSX crew is using a road slug and mother to work Tucker Materials in Columbia, South Carolina, CSXT 2214 is the road slug. It was built as Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CO) GP35 3529 in 196... (more)

Built in 1973 as Seabord Coast Line GP38-2 #512, she's actually been in service longer for CSX than she was for the SCL. I caught her fouling Assembly Street in Columbia, South Carolina on CSX Y10... (more)

A local CSX crew is using a road slug and mother to work the Cayce to Columbua turn Y102. CSXT 2214 is the road slug. It was built as Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CO) GP35 3529 in 1964. Ir has sin... (more)

A CSX crew out of Cayce, South Caroline has shoved back onto a scrap yard spur and tied their train down for the night in October 2006. CSXT 6441 is an EMD GP40-2 built for the Baltimore & Ohio Ra... (more)

The rear end of a loaded coal train passes over Assembly Street in Columbia, South Caolina back 2009. CSX #703 is a General Electric ES44AC-H built in 2007. It is an DPU in this shot which stands ... (more)