Hub City Pics

ICG Trailer...unknown location....Jan/1985...Possibly in Fresno, CA

A local freight passes under the signal bridge in Arcadia, SC.

This trac-hoe operater performs a gutsy move to get his machine inside a NS MOW hopper car.

A NS C40-9W leads a double-stack train through the turnout at Hayne Yard, April/1999

I think NS only had two of these...GP40X's...If so, got real lucky here....Hayne Yard, April/1999

A UP SD70 is part of a mixed consist sitting on the SPT-ASH line at Fairforest

A CSX business train rolls into Woodruff, SC...not sure of the date though

A former Conrail SD60 heads a train waiting for a southbound at Magnolia

Two NS mixed consist trains meet at the Amtrak station in Spartanburg

Union Pacific power runs through Spartanburg at Magnolia

All NS power approaching Magnolia

Another shot of all NS power at Magnolia

A CSX AC44CW takes a drink in the yard in Spartanburg, SC

A beautiful NS SD70M plays second fiddle to a BNSF run-through unit....what a shame!

A NS SD60 swithes a cut of cars onto the CSX spur in Spartanburg

Finished with the switching movement, this local is in "run 8" enroute to Hayne Yard

It was getting dark as I took this shot, but it sure looks crowded in there!

A NS mixed freight "Proceeds" as it approaches Hayne Yard in Spartanburg, SC

A "Pig" train rolls towards Charlotte, NC and points north against a Carolina dusk sky

An empty CSX coal train eases through the CSX yard in Spartanburg, SC

A NS double stack train passes into the darkness in Spartanburg, SC

Someone elected to give CSX a hint on this boxy looking EMD unit...what does the "e" mean?

Three NS engines are lashed up and being used to switch cars in Hayne Yard in Spartanburg, SC

A NS intermodal train rolls north past the namesake of the Spartanburg Amtrak station

A run-through BNSF C44-9W leads a NS "pig" train out of Spartanburg, SC to points north.

Most of the NS decal is missing on this, sure to be well worn, SD40 heading for Hayne Yard in Spartanburg, SC

A UP SD70M leads an empty coal drag through the CSX yard in Spartanburg, SC with the luxurious Marriott Hotel in the background

A better look at a UP SD70M leading a coal drag through Spartanburg, SC

Someday the old Conrail paint scheme will be a rare find. Here an SD70 leads a mixed freight into Spartanburg, SC

An "undecorated" C40-9W and former Conrail SD60I lead a Norfolk Southern intermodal out of Spartanburg, SC

A NS intermodal train takes the "high green" and proceeds towards Charlotte, NC from Spartanburg

A CSX loaded coal drag pulls into the yard in Spartanburg with 5 units on the head end.

A CEFX SD40-2 is part of the locomotive consist leading a CSX coal drag in Spartanburg, SC

A CSX coal drag sits over the bridge that lettered in the namesake of the Wofford Terriers in Spartanburg, SC

Two loaded southbound CSX coal drags await their turn to leave the Spartanburg yard as a northbound empty rolls by on the far side.

Note the two different trucks on these two CSX CW44AC locomotives. Any loco buffs out there ready to explain? Radial?

A NS Dash 9 faces the new Spartanburg Marriott and the legendary Baber Rhyne Drug Store

A NS autorack train leaves Hayne Jct. headed north

UP reefer built 10/05 sits in the CSX yard in Spartanburg

Another shot of a NS manifest train as it approaches Hayne Jct.

A NS manifest train approaches Hayne Jct. from the south

A member of the oncoming crew walks out to meet NS train 213 at Greenville, SC

I read where these units are getting pretty scarce. Glad I caught 2 together!

NS Operation Lifesaver unit is on train 219 as it changes crews in Greenville, SC

An EMD demonstrator leads NS frieght north through Spartanburg.

SD70M-2 in Spartanburg

An EMD SD70M-2 passes through Spartanburg with the new Marriott in the background

Train 213 rolls through Gaffney, SC with a SD70M-2. Look at those huge radiators!

Another shot of this new power in Gaffney, SC

A new SD70M-2 passes under the signal bridge in Gaffney, SC