A CSX crew, having just dropped their train in the rail yard in Sumter, takes the power to park in another part ofac the yard.`
Built in the 1880s by the Manchester and Augusta Railroad, this depot in Pinewood, SC is the only railroad station still standing in Sumter County. The railroad soon became part of the Atlantic Co... (more)
CSX 7541 leads a freight train out of the rail yard in Sumter, South Carolina back in 2012. The locomotive was built new by General Electric for CSX in 1989. CSX sold it to Maine Central in 2017 a... (more)
US Air Force crew out of Shaw Air Force Base brings a short train to the interchange with CSX in Sumter, South Carolina back in 2012. I had been trying to get a shot of this train for six years an... (more)
I made this photograph of the Sumter, South Carolina CSX railroad yard in September 2012, just four months after CSX ES44AC #3035 was built. Meanwhile, a second crew is on board CSX #7541 prepared... (more)
A civilian crew is onboard USAF #1644 at the CSX interchange in Sumter, SC to pick up more jet fuel in 2012.
CSX 7541 is on the point of a freight train leaving the rail yard in Sumter, South Carolina in 2012. The locomotive was built by General Electric for CSX in 1989. CSX sold her to the Maine Central... (more)
The substantial brick station (which they painted white for some reason) at the north end of the yard gives an idea of the onetime importance of Sumter, SC to the ACL, which ran in five directions... (more)
USAF 1620 at Shaw AFB, Sumter, SC.
All three locos congegrate at the shed on Shaw Air Force Base. Taken with permission. I was told this was an 80 tonner.
Shaw AFB in Sumter, SC home of the 20th fighter wing is one of the last Air Force bases to have it's own operational railroad. This unit here is in storage for backup use. The main power for Sha... (more)
RS4TCs 1276 and 1249 prepare to pick up a sting of DODX tank cars from the CSX interchange track