Lancaster, SC: How things have changed. In another Robert L. Harris photograph, we're on both the
northern (directional) and Southern (Railway) side of the depot in the early 60s. The retaining wall in the
right bottom of the picture seems to give this location away. The track in the immediate foreground
generally holds pellet cars and lumber cars today. The track that the pilot of the 70 tonner is on is gone
and probably went to a siding along the Southern track toward French Street. The buildings are all today.
Those are two L&C-marked covered hoppers in tow by the locomotive.

Robyn Watkins writes, "About that retaining wall, apparently it was part of a small coal yard that was in operation when the photo was taken. Do you see on the far right of the photo a portion of a coal hopper with
the peaked ends (Norfolk & Western?) parked on a coaling trestle that is parallel with the
Southern. Apparently this yard was served by the Southern and not the L&C, but the yard was located
on a strip of land that was wedged between the L&C and the Southern where the plastic pellet hoppers
are parked today.
 

Lancaster and Chester in the 1960s
The Blue Blazes: A Brief History of the Lancaster and Chester
Outlook: A Look Ahead for the Lancaster and Chester
An All-Time Diesel Roster of the L&C
Trainspotting on the L&C