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I've photographed literally dozens of trains at this curve and every time I do I vow to never do it again. After all, how many shots at the same location do you really need? But with three GEs elephant style and a uniform JB Hunt train, I figured I'd add one more. A westbound BNSF stack train rounds the curve at milepost 1195 on Jan. 19, 2019.
Amtrak 130, one of the P42 locomotives painted in 2011 to celebrate the railroad's 40th anniversary, leads the Empire Builder at West Glacier, Montana, on February 1.
The Pickens Belton Job is about halfway to Belton from Anderson crossing over one of the many rural crossing in Anderson County.
KCS 4176 south, I180 01
Now that's more like it. EMD's, and actual stacks. I guess I don't have to shoot this one for a while, now!
Belton House, located in a few miles north of Grantham in Lincolnshire, is a quintessential example of a late 17th-century country estate, built in the Carolean (Restoration) style. It was home to the Brownlow and Cust families for nearly 300 years.
The house was primarily built between 1685 and 1688 for "Young" Sir John Brownlow and his wife Alice, who inherited a vast fortune from a great-uncle. They chose a fashionable yet comparatively modest design, drawing inspiration from Roger Pratt's demolished Clarendon House in London, rather than a grand Baroque palace. The design is generally attributed to architect William Winde, with construction overseen by master mason William Stanton.
The Brownlow family were a dynasty of wealthy lawyers who began acquiring land in the area in the late 16th century. Successive generations, including the Cust family who later inherited the estate and were created Baron and then Earl Brownlow, made alterations to the interiors and gardens to reflect changing tastes and social status, though the external appearance remained largely unchanged.
Following the wars, the family faced mounting financial difficulties and death duties, common challenges for wealthy English families at the time. After attempts to keep the estate viable, including opening it to the public, the 7th Baron Brownlow donated the house and most of its contents to the National Trust in 1984.
A dreary December day in rural South Carolina passes by as does the Pickens Railroad Belton Job on its way through the farmlands of Anderson County to interchange with the Grenville and Western Railway in Belton.
A single U18B chugs up quite a hump along the haphazardly constructed former Southern Railway branch to Belton.
Work complete at Honea Path, the Pickens RR Belton Job works back north near Belton, SC on March 28, 2022 with two U18B's.
The Hondecoeter Room
Belton House, located in a few miles north of Grantham in Lincolnshire, is a quintessential example of a late 17th-century country estate, built in the Carolean (Restoration) style. It was home to the Brownlow and Cust families for nearly 300 years.
The house was primarily built between 1685 and 1688 for "Young" Sir John Brownlow and his wife Alice, who inherited a vast fortune from a great-uncle. They chose a fashionable yet comparatively modest design, drawing inspiration from Roger Pratt's demolished Clarendon House in London, rather than a grand Baroque palace. The design is generally attributed to architect William Winde, with construction overseen by master mason William Stanton.
The Brownlow family were a dynasty of wealthy lawyers who began acquiring land in the area in the late 16th century. Successive generations, including the Cust family who later inherited the estate and were created Baron and then Earl Brownlow, made alterations to the interiors and gardens to reflect changing tastes and social status, though the external appearance remained largely unchanged.
Following the wars, the family faced mounting financial difficulties and death duties, common challenges for wealthy English families at the time. After attempts to keep the estate viable, including opening it to the public, the 7th Baron Brownlow donated the house and most of its contents to the National Trust in 1984.
The early history of the Hondecoeter room is unclear, at least until the early 19th century. In 1808 the room became the 1st Earl Browlow's library, the room remained a library until 1876 when the bookcases were moved upstairs to the current library. The room was then redecorated and turned into a state dining room. The room gets its name from the vast canvases on the walls by Mechior d'Hondecoeter
Walking up to Belton's historic house.Photographs for sale at www.simonmaisiephotography.co.uk/prints
The Pickens Belton Job pulls cars out of CMC Recycling East of Anderson, SC before heading to Belton.
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 destination at the Greenville & Western interchange just a few miles ahead. The steam-era milepost is a sign of this historic line's Southern Railway heritage.
The Pickens Railway's primary purpose for coming to Belton, SC is for the connection it offers with another shortline - the Greenville and Western. The GRLW's former Piedmont and Northern line connects the PICK to the CSX, providing a second long-haul outlet for traffic other than the NS at Anderson, SC.
The Tuesday I visited, the crew on the Belton Job arrived here at the short connection track between the PICK's former Southern "V Line" (shown) into the GRLW's Belton yard (behind the camera) in late morning, but they ended up waiting quite a while for the other railroad's switch job to complete some moves before they were allowed in.
After a little bit of switching in the GRLW yard, the PICK has dug out two selected cars that are for local destinations. Here the classic U18B duo of PICK 9500 and 9507 are burbling back across US 76. They'll stop and then tie onto the hoppers at left (which turned out to be storage cars for the very end of the PICK's main) and with cars on both ends, make the long shove south to serve two industries remaining near Honea Path, SC. When they return, they'll finish bringing the rest of their inbound train (seen in the distance) into the GRLW yard to complete the handoff.
KCS 5017 south, I180 11
What a nice looking "intermodal" train. Throwing a block of empty Automax's on the head end is always a great idea. Oh well.
Pickens Railroad U18B #9503 brings three cars into Belton, SC passing by the farms just outside of town.
The Pickens Belton job rolls through Belton as they make their way toward Packaging Corporation of America in Honea Path, SC
A man and his dog wait on the West Glacier (Belton) platform for Amtrak's Empire Builder to arrive on a snowy December morning.
Pickens Belton Job eases through a tree tunnel approaching its namesake town to interchange with the Greenville & Western.
The Orangery
Belton House, located in a few miles north of Grantham in Lincolnshire, is a quintessential example of a late 17th-century country estate, built in the Carolean (Restoration) style. It was home to the Brownlow and Cust families for nearly 300 years.
The house was primarily built between 1685 and 1688 for "Young" Sir John Brownlow and his wife Alice, who inherited a vast fortune from a great-uncle. They chose a fashionable yet comparatively modest design, drawing inspiration from Roger Pratt's demolished Clarendon House in London, rather than a grand Baroque palace. The design is generally attributed to architect William Winde, with construction overseen by master mason William Stanton.
The Brownlow family were a dynasty of wealthy lawyers who began acquiring land in the area in the late 16th century. Successive generations, including the Cust family who later inherited the estate and were created Baron and then Earl Brownlow, made alterations to the interiors and gardens to reflect changing tastes and social status, though the external appearance remained largely unchanged.
Following the wars, the family faced mounting financial difficulties and death duties, common challenges for wealthy English families at the time. After attempts to keep the estate viable, including opening it to the public, the 7th Baron Brownlow donated the house and most of its contents to the National Trust in 1984.
The Orangery stand to the north of the house in the Italianate garden, it was constructed in 1820 close to the sit of the Brownlow's original manor house.