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Date: 01/08/17 12:42
Pickens Railway Photos
Author: trainman7774

Hello All,      
       
I took a trip down south back in December. Here are some of the pictures of the Pickens Railway.      


Photo one is of the Pickens Railway Anderson Job. The train is heading to the interchange. The photo was taken in Anderson South Carolina 12/7/16     

Photo two is of the Pickens Railway Anderson Job. The train is heading to the interchange. The photo was taken in Anderson South Carolina 12/7/16     

Photo three is of the Pickens Railway Anderson Job. The train has arrived the interchange. The photo was taken in Anderson South Carolina 12/7/16     

Hope you enjoy them.      

Chris Hughes       
Hillsborough, NJ 



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Date: 01/08/17 12:50
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: trainman7774

Photo four shows the train leaving the interchange. The photo was taken in Anderson South Carolina 12/7/16    

Photo five is of the train heading back to Gluck to switch their customers. The photo was taken in Anderson South Carolina 12/7/16      

Photo six also shows the train heading back to Gluck. The photo was taken in Anderson South Carolina 12/7/16      



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Date: 01/08/17 12:55
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: trainman7774

Photo seven shows the train on it's way back to Gluck. 12/7/16

Photo eight also shows the train on the way back to Gluck. 12/7/16

Photo nine shows the train after they finished switching for the day. 12/7/16



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Date: 01/08/17 12:59
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: kjm5652

Do they no longer operate the former CSX pumpkin U18B's?

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Date: 01/08/17 13:00
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: trainman7774

Photo ten shows the Belton Job entering the Greenville and Western yard. Belton South Carolina 12/7/16

Photo eleven is the Belton Job passing a cow in Belton South Carolina. 12/7/16

Photo twelve showsis the Belton Job towing it's one car back to Honea Path  South Carolina. 12/7/16

Hope you enjoyed the photos



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Date: 01/08/17 13:37
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: tomd

Chris

Excellent shots, looks like new power - hope they paint them in the "Clemson" orange!
 

Tom Daspit
Morgan Hill, CA
Tom's Trains



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Date: 01/08/17 14:14
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: joeygooganelli

Someone needs to be qualified on the handbrake.  :)

Joe

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Date: 01/08/17 14:31
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: refarkas

Thanks for posting these. My favorite is number eleven with the "Who gave YOU permission to photograph my train?" cow.
Bob

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Date: 01/08/17 14:51
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: callum_out

Wow, that's sure not the PIckens from years past.

Out

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Date: 01/08/17 16:21
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: CNW8531

Nice shots!  I love those standard cab GE's!!

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Date: 01/08/17 16:49
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: MC6853

I never knew they had any ex-CSX B40-8s... How many do they have and what numbers? Thanks for posting these!



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Date: 01/08/17 17:05
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: RayH

Quite a difference in motive power when I was there in February. Personally, I prefer the orange U18B's. Business must be good if they acquired the new power.

 


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Date: 01/08/17 17:43
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: DrLoco

I'm not sure if business is good, or unchanged, but I'm willing to be that they got those units for a song from CSX, as they have purged almost all of the "Tote Boats" from the roster...
Sometimes, you buy low and come away with a Cadillac for a Buick price!

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Date: 01/09/17 05:21
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: KV1guy

I was going to say the same thing....

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Date: 01/09/17 07:55
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: trainman7774

Thanks for the comments.

What I've heard is, the ex CSX units will be painted in the orange scheme. 

The Belton line will continue to have the older engines operating on it. The "new" engines are to heavy for the line.


Chris Hughes

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Date: 01/09/17 11:07
Re: Pickens Railway Photos
Author: rhmich

Pickens bought four of the B40-8 units from CSX,   all just recently.     5959 & 5975 are the other two and should be out there somewhere.

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