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Some Things Never Change
A decade ago on the Lancaster & Chester Railway you could still find SW900s on the railroad, and nothing but 4 axles. The entire roster was painted in their well-known-locally baby blue paint scheme, as trains spent their days going back and forth between Chester, Lancaster, Kershaw and everywhere in between.
Today, the L&C is very different. Half of the line has been upgraded to handle 6 axles, and the other half of the line should be upgraded sometime in the short term future. They have been adding traffic left and right, and are busier than ever. G&O, the L&C's parent company, has stopped painting engines blue and is putting everything in corporate black. 9 years ago it was GP38s and SW900s. Today you can find SD60Ms, SD40-2s, and even a D8-40C.
But not everything has changed, and you can still find scenes like the one here. L&C #2866, a very rare high hood GP38AC, leads train 14 past the depot at Heath Springs, SC on their way towards Lancaster on the morning of 2/15/21. The railroad does still have 3 blue GPs on the roster, but at this point their days are likely numbered.
Some Things Never Change
A decade ago on the Lancaster & Chester Railway you could still find SW900s on the railroad, and nothing but 4 axles. The entire roster was painted in their well-known-locally baby blue paint scheme, as trains spent their days going back and forth between Chester, Lancaster, Kershaw and everywhere in between.
Today, the L&C is very different. Half of the line has been upgraded to handle 6 axles, and the other half of the line should be upgraded sometime in the short term future. They have been adding traffic left and right, and are busier than ever. G&O, the L&C's parent company, has stopped painting engines blue and is putting everything in corporate black. 9 years ago it was GP38s and SW900s. Today you can find SD60Ms, SD40-2s, and even a D8-40C.
But not everything has changed, and you can still find scenes like the one here. L&C #2866, a very rare high hood GP38AC, leads train 14 past the depot at Heath Springs, SC on their way towards Lancaster on the morning of 2/15/21. The railroad does still have 3 blue GPs on the roster, but at this point their days are likely numbered.