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Taken by Mrs. Sandpatch with her cell phone at Seneca, SC is a train on an NS branchline. We were taking an evening walk and couldn't believe our good fortune. This was a nighttime train and was only recently changed to run in daylight. The 7127 is a 30 year old GP-60, as is the second unit.

Caught the same train a bit further along its route, but a cloud appeared and wiped out my lighting. CSX crosses the NS's yard leads just ahead and in a nod to 19th Century railroading, CSX must come to a stop before crossing NS. I presume they look both ways before proceeding. :D

Passed through Columbia, SC today and detoured through town to see what was moving on the railroad. Typical summer temperatures in the 90s with high humidity kept my visit short, but caught CSX F768 at Tryon Street. CSX and NS share a short piece of joint trackage here as the lines converge to...

My new VW GTI during yesterday's road trip.

Also found these two very neat and notable cars. A Suzuki Cappuccino (produced from 1991 to 1998 in Japan for their domestic market and for several EU countries): A Fiat 500e all-electric car sold only in California and Oregon:

Just a handful of VW snapshots from this morning's Cars & Coffee meet. Sandpatch's VW GTI: Another VW GTI: Two VW GTI Rs:

Some shots from our neighborhood car show. My GTI was feeling inadequate next to the C5 (?) Corvette. :eek:

Not sure if I posted this one before. From 10/06/2019, Carolina Piedmont 2007 (former SOU GP-38 2740) rests with stablemates at Laurens, SC. The CPDR operates about 35 miles of line from Laurens to Greenville, SC formerly owned by the ACL.

The D5100 soldiers on. Canadian Pacific westbound at Duplianville, WI interlocking.

A great question. We'd planned on it, but my wife has yet to retire (despite my pleas!) and the driving would have consumed too many days. Would have been nice to have it, as we had to rent a car when there. Next time for sure. Speaking of graffiti, I also caught this nice...

Visited with family in WI this past week and was able to stop by the CP (former Milwaukee Road) / CN (former Soo) junction at Duplainville. It's a busy spot.

Wife and I attended a car show yesterday. I'm amazed at the skills possessed by some owners!

Taken by my college student kid in Knoxville with a cell phone. I thought it turned out pretty neat.

Also found the former Piedmont & Northern depot in Greer, SC under renovation. The P&N favored stucco walls and tile roofs on their structures and fortunately a few of them remain.

Had some time on Saturday afternoon to check out Norfolk Southern's mainline between Greenville, SC and Spartanburg, SC. I'd never seen much of this portion of the line. Caught a few shots and found some locations worth revisiting. Taylors, SC: Wellford, SC:

Local pool, finally open. The curving bullnosed brick caught my eye here.

A small footbridge crossing a creek in our neighborhood.

Stopped at Fairforest, SC just missing seeing a train, but a look at the signals indicated more action was to come. In fact, three more moves followed in twenty minutes. :) A westbound stacker: On his heels, a westbound light engine move: and an eastbound stacker:

I didn't want to post this shot in the Birds In Flight thread, because he was just sitting there trackside like I was. :)

Two shots taken yesterday, the first at Clemson, SC of NS 265 with the Virginian heritage unit lending a hand and the second near Jarrett, GA on the Tugaloo River bridge at the GA/SC state line. I tried in vain for this shot many times in the late '80s, and finally hit paydirt yesterday after a...