[2][3] The railroad serves a General Electric facility that provides a source of high value cargo for the line, shipping several gas and wind turbines via rail on an as needed basis.

[6] Annual carloads amounted to about 8,000 in 1988, which prompted CSX to sell the portion from Laurens to a point short of downtown Greenville to the Carolina Piedmont Railroad on November 5, 1990.

A key factor in the sale was the fact that the line could not support intermodal or automotive shipments on account of low clearances.

[8] The G&N was slated for abandonment, along with 3.2 miles (5.1 km) of track located at the end of the Carolina Piedmont near the Greenville Downtown Airport.

However, on May 28, 1999, the railroad reached an agreement with the Greenville County Economic Development Corporation (GCEDC) to purchase both sections in their entirety.

[10] Around the same time the railroad teamed with General Electric to upgrade rail infrastructure in order to accommodate heavy turbine loads originating from the Greenville facility.

The crew will then spend the rest of their day working local industries between Laurens and East Greenville, where they will run around their train to head south.

After working a few more industries on the way south, the crew will tie down the train at Cryovac in Simpsonville and taxi back to their Depot in Laurens.