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Pickens Railway Co.
(part of Carolina
Rails)
locomotive roster
relevant information
notes
402 Cedar Rock Street
P.O. Box 216
Pickens, SC 29671
Reporting Marks: PICK
Radio frequency: 161.280
Location of engine houses: Pickens and Anderson, SC
The following links, except for the Pickens column, will
take you to other web sites in a new window. If this feature isn't working,
try right clicking and hitting "Open in new window." The original owner
retains copyright. Most of the pictures comes from Dean Heacock's huge
and inclusive site, CSX
Photo Archives.
| # | Model | New | HP | Notes |
| 9500 | U18B | 1974 | 1800 | built as Seaboard Coast Line #386, to Seaboard System #1984, to CSX, same number, to CSX #9500, originally had Bloomberg trucks as built, retrofitted with FB2 trucks by CSX, first CSX unit to be painted into orange MOW scheme, in regular service |
| 9501 | U18B | 1974 | 1800 | built as Seaboard Coast Line #379, to Seaboard System #1977, to CSX, same number, to CSX #9501, used for parts, |
| 9502 | U18B | 1973 | 1800 | built as Seaboard Coast Line #320, to Seaboard System #1918, to CSX, same number, to CSX #9502, in regular service, inexplicably spotted by Kevin Foy of Carolina Rails at Georgetown Steel at Georgetown, SC Sept. 2002 |
| 9503 | U18B | 1973 | 1800 | built as Seaboard Coast Line #251, to Seaboard System #1889, to CSX, same number, to CSX #9503, used for parts |
| 9504 | U18B | 1974 | 1800 | built as Seaboard Coast Line #328, to Seaboard System #1926, to CSX, same number, to CSX #9504, in regular service |
| 9506 | U18B | 1974 | 1800 | built as Seaboard Coast Line #349, to Seaboard System #1947, to CSX, same number, to CSX #9506, in regular service |
| 9507 | U18B | 1974 | 1800 | built as Seaboard Coast Line #351, to Seaboard System #1949, to CSX, same number, to CSX #9507, used for parts |
| 9508 | U18B | 1974 | 1800 | built as Seaboard Coast Line #334, to Seaboard System #1932, to CSX, same number, to CSX #9508, in regular service |
This roster was prepared by me, Joe Hinson, with most of the information coming from Larry Smoak of Carolina Rails. Thanks, Larry! He adds, "The U18B's are 54 feet 8 inches long. They have a V8 7FDL8 engine." They also like puppies and long walks on the beach.
Pickens operates freight service from a Norfolk Southern connection at Easely, South Carolina to Pickens, 9.9 miles and from Belton to Honea Path, 16 miles. Rail is 85 to 100 pound on the Pickens line and 85 pound on the Belton to Honea Path line. Traffic is transportation equipment, lumber, cotton, paper and fertilizer.
The company was chattered on May 10, 1892 to build a 19 mile line from Easley to Olenoy Gap by way of Pickens. The line was opened to Pickens in 1898. Passenger service ceased in 1928. The Belton to Honea Path line -- part of the old Blue Ridge Railway -- was leased to the Pickens Railroad as a part of Norfolk Southern's Thoroughbred Shortline Program on April 11, 1990. Additionally, PICK now operates CSX trackage in Anderson, some 28.5 miles. Pickens handles some about 5000 carloadings on the entire system.
Emergent Group and its predecessor, National Railway Utilization Corporation, has controlled the railroad since 1973.
Sources:
Pickens
Railway Company
American Shortline Railway Guide by Edward
A. Lewis
CSX
Photo Archives
Carolina
Rails (Larry Smoak, John in Augusta, Ga. where trains still run down
the middle of the street, Craig Zheni and Russell Underwood)
Comments, corrections, additional information, photographs of above units and whereto send the checks may be sent to me at my e-mail.
Carolina
Rails
Carolina
Shortline Railway Guide
Shortlines
of the Carolinas
