A rarely seen operation is SC Public Railways' East Cooper & Berkeley. Running between Cainhoy and State Jct., SC, this line has historically been nocturnal and photographable only on long days of summer. Here, train 800 is leaving Charity Church, SC for State Jct.

ECBR 800 passing Kensington, SC nearing State Jct. and the CSX interchange.

ECBR 800 arriving at the CSX interchange at State Jct., SC.

Setoff made, conductor opens the switch to head out of the yard and back to the shop at Charity, SC.

Close up of ex Erie Mining GP20 4209, now SCRX 2004. GP20s have always been a personal favorite and sought after. SCPR rosters 4 ex Erie Mining GP20s.

C&A local starts its day working the lumber yard in Elizabeth City,
NC, then will pick up empty rock hoppers from Vulcan.

Heading northbound out of Elizabeth City crossing the Pasquotank
River swing bridge.

These ex Missouri & Northern Arkansas GP38s look a little more at
home in this angle at Belcross, NC.

Northbound at Belcross, NC enroute to the NS interchange at
Chesapeake, VA.

Eastern Alabama Railway local switching at Gantts Junction, AL.

EARY 1510 at Gantts Jct., AL.  Three GP40s (2 NECR, 1 AGR) are now the power for this line and the GP9s have been scrapped.

Aberdeen, Carolina & Western train 200 enters the yard limits at Candor, NC.

ACWR 200 pulls a cut from MountAire Farms at Candor.

Grade profile is steep on the Aberdeen end of the ACWR main, as evident here in Jackson Hamlet, NC.

ACWR 9582 leads train 200 up the grade at Seven Lakes, NC.

ACWR 200 rolls through the small town of West End, NC.

ACWR 200 working the large Perdue elevator at Candor.

ACWR 200 shoves his cut onto the CSX main in downtown Aberdeen, NC for pickup by CSX train F718, who is waiting just to the south.

A&R 405 sits on the company's shop lead after bringing in a local from Raeford, NC.

An early November morning finds South Central Florida Express Cane 2 departing a loadout for US Sugar in Clewiston with a pair of venerable GP18's.

SCFE Cane 2 at Shawnee, FL. SCFE is Florida's busiest shortline, handling some 50,000 carloads a year on former CSX trackage.

SCFE Cane 1 at Lake Harbor, FL with cane loads for Clewiston.

Southbound Sebring Turn passes a cane loadout at Gramlin, FL.

Sebring Turn traverses the sharp curve at Sugarton, FL with a cane burn visible in the background. Fall is a very busy time for the SCFE during the height of sugar cane harvest.

After a nocturnal turn to Sebring, a fresh crew meets the train at Sugarton. Ex IC GP11's now form the bulk of SCFE's roster.

SCFE Ft. Pierce Turn heads south at Bean City, FL enroute to the interchange with FEC.

Nash County Rwy GP10 8047 leads a local west to Nashville passing Westry, NC on a cool and cloudy April morning.

Black & white view at Nashville, NC working the grain elevator.

Units have been split and placed on opposite ends of the train for the run back to Rocky Mount.

GP38 345 (ex P&LE) working a feed mill in downtown Nashville, NC.

Two GP38's and a road slug work hard up a steady grade approaching Conway, NC enroute to Ahoskie.

NCVA 6244, in use since day 1 of NCVA's operation, now stored at Conway, NC.

90 lb jointed rail almost 100 years old stacked at Roxobel, NC for pickup after recent replacement to handle the heavy Nucor trains.

NCVA southbound at George, NC with 54 cars enroute to Nucor Steel. The plant has been a boon for this line, taking it from some 1800 cars ayear to over 10,000 now.

TTI power sits in the shop area at Paris, KY on a sunny, spring afternoon.

Aberdeen & Rockfish roadfreight departing Fayetteville, NC after a pickup from the Fayetteville switcher.

A&R 400 westbound at Arabia, NC along with GP7 205. Both were purchased new by the A&R and wear their classic as-delivered paint scheme.

A&R roadfreight westbound at Dundarrach, NC.

A&R 400 setting out sand cars at Raeford, NC. Sand makes up a large portion of the line's traffic.

A&R roadfreight westbound approaching Raeford, NC by a unique and very old railroad crossing sign.

As one of the town residents leaves church, A&R 400 heads for the Lauringburg & Southern interchange at Raeford, NC.

Nashville & Eastern's Carthage local at Watertown, TN. Today's train is led by the company's only U36B, and one of few of these classic GE's left operating in the US.

NERR 5343 sits in the yard at Nashville on a mild November night in 2003. The city skyline can be seen to the right of the locomotive.

NERR Carthage local eastbound at Brush Creek, TN.

NERR Carthage local at Carthage Jct, TN. In addition to the classic U boats, NERR has recently purchased a B23-7 and two ex CSX C30-7's, the first six axle freight power for the road.

NERR Carthage local rounds the curve at Carthage Jct, where the 5772 will lead the short train up the Carthage branch.

PRYL 1001 passes an eclectic South Carolina scene, framed by Spanish moss swinging from a Live Oak tree. Unfortunately, these rails fell silent November 25, 2003 when the SC Public Railways ceased operations on this line.

Port Royal SW1001 hauls empty cement hoppers from the CSX interchange at Yemassee, SC enroute to Port Royal, SC.

ETRY 214, an SW7R, leads the last westbound run out of Elizabethton as it rolls toward Johnson City, TN.

The final run from Elizabethton is now complete and the ET crew is switching the day's inbound cut of cars in the CSX yard at Johnson City.

The last ETRY run from Elizabethton to Johnson City is about to get underway.

Carolina Southern's ex CN F9's can frequently be found in road service, offering modern railfans an opportunity to photograph lashups of days gone by.

Another classic locomotive on the Carolina Southern roster is this ex Southern Railway high nose GP30, seen here at the company's shops in Chadbourn, NC.

Framed by a classic South Carolina scene of Live Oak trees and Spanish Moss, Waccamaw Coast Line GP18 943 leads a train east from Mullins, SC to Chadbourn, NC.

L&C Extra 90 east struggles up the steep grade at Knox, SC with a cut of loaded grain.

L&C train 14 clears in the yard at Richburg, SC for the arrival of Extra 90 east.

After the Extra 90 east has spotted Circle S, SW1200 98 gets some needed attention for a malfunctioning sander. The power will head back west to Knox to pick up another cut of loads for Circle S.

Extra 90 east spots the train at Circle S Farms near Bascomville, SC.

The tough grade at Richburg proves too much for the Extra 90 east. With a little help from #14, the train makes the grade and treats the photographer to a 7 endcab lashup. With the arrival of larger power in the form of GP38-2's in 2003, scenes like this will be seldom, if ever, repeated.

Georgia Northeastern GP35 372 at Tate, GA. This unit was wrecked in a runaway accident and has since left the roster. It was sold to the Hartwell RR as a parts source.

Jefferson Warrior SW1500 54 shoves hard on a cut of coal hoppers at Sloss Industries in N. Birmingham, AL.