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New to the L&C SD60M #8784 is sitting just short of Lancaster Street in Chester, South Carolina. Th locomotive was built as Conrail #5567 in 1993, to CSXT # 8784 in 1999 and then to LC 8784. That is a sad little L&C logo on the front of the cab
On 8.13.2024, CSX local Y102 had CSXT 2770, a GP38-2 built in 1978 as Conrail (CR) 8188 and GP40-3 rebuilld 6582
The crew is going to work the industrial trackage off of Rosewood Drive in Columbia, South Carolina.
In the early 2000s, Lancaster and Chester Railway crew works the industrialpark in Richburg. I don't know if they are abput to work Thyssen Steel or just worked it, but the spur to the plant faces the opposite way when they have come from Chester. The scan is horrible. I sent out some slides one time to a "reputable" company who scans slides in and what I got back was unusuable in anything over 1200 pixels.
built for CRIP 1938 as EMC SW #527
rebuilt June, 1959 to CRIP SW900 #904
rebuilt 1984 to LC SW900M #92,rerated 1,000 horsepower
stored OOS as of 2019 in Lancaster, SC
Lancaster and Chester Train 12 passes through what was once called Orrs Station in East Chester, South Carolina with a healthy sized train bound for Richburg.
Originally SP 8257 (built 5/1980) It then became Union Pacific 8802 before being bought by Gulf & Ohio Railways and assigned to the Yadkin Valley Railroad as YVRR 6002. It was sent to the G&O shops in Knoxville and reemerged in the L&C's nice Springmaid Blue in 2016, one of the last two units to get the blue paint.
Carolina Piedmont crew moves some cars around their small yard in Laurens, South Carolina in 2013 to make room for a high and wide load coming from the General Electric plant in Greenville.
Lancaster and Chester Railroad Train 14 is preparing to leave the Archer Daniels Midland plant in Kershaw, South Carolina. They wiill meet LC 12 in Richburg to exchange cars and 12 will take them to the interchanges with CSX and Norfolk Southern in Chester.
Lancaster and Chester (LC) #2829 is a former Southern Railway EMD GP38AC built in 1971. Upon that railroad's merger with the Norfolk & Western, it became Norfolk Southern (NS) #2829. It was then sold to Gulf & Ohio Railways where it worked for a number of railroads including the Wiregrass Central and the Chattahoochee & Gulf. When these railroads were sold to the Genesee & Wyoming, G&O took the engine to Knoxville and chopped her high short hood, then sent it down to the L&C in 2013 who painted her in their classic Spring maid blue paint scheme.
Lancaster and Chester Railroad approaches Heath Springs, South Carolina with a cut of cars bound for the Achers-Daniel-Midland plant in Kershaw. The train is led by L&C EMD GP38M-2 #2268. It was built in 1967 for Seaboard Air Line as SAL EMD GP40 #639.
to Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) 1554
to Seaboard System (SBD) 6709
to CSX 6709
to FURX 2268,rebuilt to GP38M-2 specs
to Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLWX) 2268
to Yadkin Valley RR (YVRR) 2268
to LC 2268
sold by L&C in 2017
I caught Pee Dee River Railway crew crossing Marlboro Way in Bennettsville, South Carolina on a rare day for me railfanning. The first railroad through this area was the South Carolina Pacific Railway chartered in 1852.. Through various receiverships, the line came to be owned by the Atlantic Coast Line. The lead locomotive was originally Atlantic Coast Line as well, ACL GP7 1795 built by EMD in 1952 so it was cool to see it on home rails seventy years later. I believe this location is near where Becker Sand & Gravel was at one time.
PDRR rosters four locomotives, all now GP16s. Two have been repainted into the scheme of their parent owner, the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad. It has been eight years since I shot this railroad and while I would have liked to have been able to shoot a paint scheme I like better than this one. all I really wanted was a matched pair more than anything.
ATL 1801 sits in CSX's Cayce Yard in South Carolina in late September 2004. The reporting marks belong to the Austin, Todd & Ladd Railroad, a 49-mile railroad in Oklahoma on ex-Rock Island track. I was planning on getting a broad side shot of this locomotive before we left, and I did, but by then a yard crew had front coupled a few gondolas to it.
I do not have a complete history of this unit. It was built as New Haen (NH) GP9 1219 in 1956 and later rebuilt to Illinois Central GP11 8716.
Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 visiting the Strasburg Rail Road (Penn.) during "The Return of an American Icon" event, May 2021.
Lancaster and Chester EMD SD60M #8782 is on the point of Train 12 in Richburg, South Carolina. In this shot, the crew is running light to pick up some cars on the sidings before heading back to Chester.
BNSF GP50 3120 (ex-BN 3120) at Garrison, Montana on May 21, 2015.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
Around 1245 a train carrying bentonite and barley was hit by a boulder in Wind River Canyon derailing it. 9000 gallons of diesel fuel and some engineers went into the river. No serious injuries and the town water supply remained safe thanks to the water plant.
Scanned 35mm Print
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Tuscaloosa, AL June 1983
F40PH 257 pulls away from the Tuscaloosa, Alabama station with the northbound Crescent - next stop is Birmingham. This scan was made from a 5x7 that Dad developed himself. From the late 70s to the mid 80s Dad developed most of his own black & white prints.
BNSF ES44C4 6810 and NS C40-9W slowly bring a westbound grain train down the hill and into Elliston, Montana on December 9, 2015. Four MRL SD70ACes in the middle and a BNSF Dash 9 on the rear are aiding.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
Light painting along the railroad tracks in Glasgow Missouri by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera with a Canon EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/4.0 with a 86 second exposure at ISO 200 along with three Quantum Qflash Trios with red, green and blue gels. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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A friend gave me a tiny Christmas present, a Z Scale train set including this little engine and cars. I set them up for a snow scene in the backyard.
An image of one of two locomotives ordered by the Port of London Authority in 1922 (TWAM ref. DS.RSH/1/1/4).
Engine nos. 3529-3530.
Built for: Port of London Authority.
Date ordered 12 April 1922.
Gauge of Railway: 4 feet 8½ inches.
Principal Dimensions.
Cylinders dia: 16 inches.
Cylinders stroke: 24 inches.
Wheels (Dia. of coupled): 3 feet 9 inches.
Wheel-base - total: 10 feet.
Water capacity: 1200 gallons.
Fuel capacity: 68 cubic feet = 1.5 tons.
Heating surface – total: 860.5 square feet.
Grate area: 14.5 square feet.
Working pressure: 160 lbs per square inch.
Total weight in working order: 44.9 tons.
Tractive force taking 90% of the working pressure: 19660 lbs.
Tractive force taking 75% of the working pressure: 16383 lbs.
Approximate shipping space: not given.
Approximate gross weight packed for shipment: not given.
Code Word: LONDON
This album celebrates the achievements of the Hawthorn Leslie locomotive works at Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne. The works were established by Robert Hawthorn in January 1817 and in 1820 his brother, William Hawthorn joined him as a partner. The firm initially manufactured stationary engines but within a few years diversified into marine engineering and in 1831 produced its first locomotive engine for the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
In 1870 the firm established a separate marine engine works on the River Tyne at St. Peter’s and from 1882 the Forth Banks Works became devoted entirely to the manufacture of locomotives. In 1885 the firm amalgamated with the shipyard of Andrew Leslie at Hebburn, creating the world-famous shipbuilding and engineering company R and W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd.
The Forth Banks Works of Hawthorn Leslie produced engines of all types and sizes for railways around the world. The output of the Forth Banks Works included a large number of tank engines for industrial works and collieries and the firm established a speciality in the construction of crane locomotives.
The images in this set date from the early twentieth century and are a reminder of Newcastle upon Tyne’s proud industrial heritage. They are taken from a series of photograph albums produced by Hawthorn Leslie. The albums were kindly donated to Tyne & Wear Archives by Alan C. Baker and T.D. Allen Civil.
(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.
With a blanket of heavy, wet snow covering the ground and the sound of a train filling the air, I began my usual drive to the tracks. When I got close to the crossing, I knew something was wrong, as vehicles were stopped. Luckily, when I pulled up someone informed me that the snow had brought down a power line! I took a quick detour to another crossing, and after a while, the train slowly crept up before dimming their lights and coming to a stop. I wasn't sure why they were stopped, but it wasn't long until the conductor climbed down, followed shortly by the engineer! After removing branches from fallen trees, they came up to me and informed me that they were about to swap crews, and also said that they love seeing me next to the tracks all the time! It was a super cool experience being able to chat with the people behind the throttle of these trains I see so often, and being able to meet the people behind the friendly waves! When the crew van pulled up, they got their bags, had a quick chat, and were headed home after a long night on the railroad. As for the new crew, they had about 21 miles left to go before they would get off of the Coronado Subdivision! While I had to leave before the train departed, I was definitely happy I was able to document such a cool experience! Little did I know that this would be the first of a record (for me on this line) three train day!
Yes, I did ask the crew for permission... and yes, they were totally cool with me walking up to the engines and taking a few wide angle shots! I've always wanted a shot like this, and I'm very glad I was able to have the opportunity to take it!
Train ID:
CN L55651-19 (Mixed Freight)
CN Coronado Subdivision
Locomotives:
CN C44-9W 2578
CN SD75I 5660
Grain elevators in Glasgow, Missouri by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera with a Canon EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/4.0 with a 100-second exposure at ISO 200 along with three Quantum Qflash Trios with red, green, and blue gels. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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Scanned 35mm B&W Print
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Louisville, KY in Aug. 1971
Sometime in August of 1971 Dad shot Kentucky & Indiana Terminal SW1500 67 (to SOU 67, to NS 67, to PGRX 67) at Louisville, Kentucky.
Scanned Print from an old box-type camera
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Reliance, TN c. 1975
L&N GP38-2 4142 (to SBD 4142, to SBD 2648, to CSX 2648) was lead unit on a train returning to Etowah, Tennessee from Copperhill when it derailed at Reliance. The unit had mostly cosmetic damage and was rebuilt. Dad shot this sometime in 1975. I still have one of 4142's numberboards.
CSX yard crew in Cayce, South Carolina uses CSXT ES44AC to move cars around the former Seaboard Air Line yard.
On March 28, 2008, Norfolk Southern 192 has arrived in Columbia, South Carolina, seen here passing through the University of South Carolina's Greek Village.
Una Taurus de primera generación arrastra uno de los muchos Rollende Landstraße que a diario cruzan la frontera austríaca e italiana a través del paso del Brennero.
Norfolk Southern SD60 6659 was sandwiched between two BNSF Dash 9s, sitting on the ready track at the Great Falls, MT BNSF engine facilities on March 30, 2008.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
Lancaster and Chester's unusual road slug is on the point of a train at Circle S Feed Mill in Chester, South Carolina. She was built as Union Pacific GE C40-8 in 1988.
CREX ES44AC 1411, BNSF AC44CW 5665 & SD70ACe 8553 lead a westbound unit coal train, approaching Garrison, Montana as the Butte-based Garrison Turn approaches, led by BNSF SD70ACe 8993 and SD70MAC 9478, on May 16, 2015.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
Three diesel locomotives pull a coal train along the narrow gauge line know as línea de La Robla, located in the north of Spain.
Las nubes fueron nuestras (malditas) aliadas durante nuestra persecución a los areneros [+][+]... y con nosotros siguieron cuando fuimos a darle caza a los carboneros de La Robla. Una pena compensada con ver y escuchar a tres GECos tirar de un pesado tren de carbón.
Scanned 35mm B&W Negative
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in July 1978
SOU E8A 6906 sits in the background, having just arrived at the engine facilities, as SOU SD35 3080, SD40-2 3260 (to NS 3260) and an SD45 lead a hotshot piggyback train into Peagram Yard at Atlanta, Georgia on July 22, 1978.
Our visit to the Urique Canyon has come to an end. We are going to Creel for an overnight visit before taking a vehicle ride to the bottom of the Copper Canyon town of Batopilas.
Creel and Batopilas are part of the "Magic Towns of Mexico" program - places of significant interest that receive Federal Government monies to protect and upgrade their historic features.