N. C. Foster had a passion for railway trains, giving pet names to some of the locomotives he owned.  Two of those engines are pictured above, "Willie" on the left and "Gracie May" on the right, shown awaiting their destiny on a railway siding at the end of the Foster train era.  Some Greenwood area residents long remembered "Willie" from the late 1800's and early 1900's.  They would call upon "Big Bill" Foster, asking him to hitch "Willie" up to a freight car and haul several fans to watch an out-of-town baseball game on a Sunday afternoon.  Following the enjoyable afternoon of entertainment, the fans climbed back into the freight car and "Big Bill" controlled the throttle as "Willie" would chug along on the rails, delivering the fans safely back to Greenwood.

Railroad History of The Greenwood Line.