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Eastern Railroad Discussion > For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens)Date: 11/18/22 14:36 For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: EL833 Made a stop at Anderson, SC to catch the Pickens and their orange U18B "Baby Boat" units. I use to see and photograph these a lot when they were SCL/SBD/CSX units operating in Florida. Next best thing to an Alco in my book, and considering these are the last ones running it's worth the time. All on 10-21-2022, in no particular order :
Anderson job along the line between downtown Anderson and their shop/main customer area. The Anderson job waits next to some abandoned mills while the conductor walks up after picking up the NS interchange in Anderson. The Belton job with a single U18B at Anderson. Roger Durfee Akron, OH Date: 11/18/22 14:40 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: EL833 And now the Quad part....after both the Anderson job and Belton job were finished they combined the 3 units for the short run to the shops. A lone U18B, the 9502, had been placed at the switch. The trio coupled on giving me a quad set of baby boats, although for a very short time. 10-21-2022 Anderson, SC
Roger Durfee Akron, OH Date: 11/18/22 15:10 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: Gonut1 Neat catch!
go Date: 11/19/22 03:34 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: jmbreitigan Excellent photos. I have to put this on my bucket list.
John Date: 11/19/22 03:37 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: jmbreitigan Interesting smokestack in your second photo. They don't make them like that anymore. Any close up photos Roger ?
John Date: 11/19/22 08:44 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: 1019X Great photos, I'll have to check this out. What time of the day did all of this take place?
Date: 11/19/22 09:11 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: EL833 1019X Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Great photos, I'll have to check this out. What > time of the day did all of this take place? > Thank you...and both jobs go on duty early and are generally done in the 1pm range. A good spot to start is the NS interchange in Anderson to catch the Belton job first. Roger Durfee Akron, OH Date: 11/20/22 06:08 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: bobk Great series!
Date: 11/20/22 09:52 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: salrwy We have a handful of square stacks left down here. Older than round stacks. Dozens and dozens of textile mills gone. That was Anderson Cotton Mill beside the U18s.
Posted from Android Date: 11/20/22 13:27 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: ns1000 Nice pics!!
Date: 11/20/22 19:18 Re: For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens) Author: callum_out At this point the U18Bs are more rare than the Baldwins they replaced.
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