Former CSX GE U18B 9502 pokes her nose out of the CLCX Shops in Pickens, SC in the summer of 2012. She would lead the next train on the original Pickens line which would also be the last train. 95... (more)

Pickens Railroad Baldwin VO-660 and two box cars sit at the old shop in it's namesake town while a PICK GE U18B and former South Carolina Central GP10 sit in the background.

About a year before their original line was abandoned, I found Pickens GE U18B #9502 siting at the old Pickens, SC Chattahoochee Locomotive Company shop along with JWRX GP10 #8383 (former South Ca... (more)

Pickens Railroad VO-660 2 trundles past the wood chip plant that provides some of its lifeblood at Pickens, South Carolina.

South Carolina shortline Pickens Railway had two Baldwin switchers on its roster. Former Youngstown Sheet & Tube S8 701 was purchased a a backup for VO-660 2, and is seen here at Pickens, South Ca... (more)

Orange is the New Blue

Contemporary railfans are accustomed to seeing photos of orange U18B’s pulling trains of South Caroline shortline Pickens Railway. In the 1970’s and 1980... (more)

Pickens Railroad Baldwin VO-660 sits right at the intersection of four roads in Pickens, SC with two box cars from the original railroad. This was shortly before the railroad was abandoned and tak... (more)

On the abandoned Doodle Line, in Pickens, SC, sits an ancient Baldwin VO-660, formerly owned by the Pickens Railroad. The line ran from here, in Pickens, to Easley, SC where PICK interchanged with... (more)

It is a quiet Christmas eve night in upstate South Carolina where all of the children are snuggled in there beds as visions of sugar plums dance in there heads, except for one. And it was me! I ve... (more)

PICK 9502 has just finished its day and been parked in the classic open air shop that is now used by CLCX (Chattahoochee Locomotive). The 9502 began life on the SCL in 1973. Also in the shop was a... (more)

A fascinating scene under stormy skies in rural upstate SC is the old Pickens RR shop. Note the ash pit in the foreground, a reminder of steam days. Two locomotives apparently awaiting rebuild by ... (more)

One of the original Pickens Baldwin diesels now serves as a rather rusty billboard at the end of the line in the little RR's hometown with the RR office sporting some equally rusty signage nearby.... (more)

Long before the U18B era on Pickens, they had a motley, but interesting mix of switchers, including this very early EMD.

Westbound Pickens RR train at Pickens, SC || November 1970

It's always tempting to post one while scanning thousands of shots and the temptation usually can be resisted but not this time.