Eastern Railroad Discussion > For a brief moment, U18B Quadruplets (Pickens)

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

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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

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Neat catch!
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Excellent photos. I have to put this on my bucket list.

John

Interesting smokestack in your second photo. They don't make them like that anymore. Any close up photos Roger ?
John

Great photos, I'll have to check this out. What time of the day did all of this take place?
 

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> Great photos, I'll have to check this out. What
> time of the day did all of this take place?
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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

Great series!

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.

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Nice pics!!

At this point the U18Bs are more rare than the Baldwins they replaced.

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