The evening sun shines on the S&A heritage unit as it leads loaded coal train 746 west as it passes under the PPL signal bridge at CP Fairhope.

The freshly fallen snow makes a nice contrast with the rich, black, Northern Appalachian Baily Mine coal on a cold winter morning at Belews Creek Steam Station.

Newly delivered ACe 1174 leads the NS 746 south through Martinsville.

The NS 1071 CNJ sits in the south end of the yard along with the NS 1071 Reading at Belews Creek. To the right, the empties of the NS 747 can be seen leaving.

New ACe 1126 leads the 746 by the Stoneville CP while heading south to Belews Creek Steam Station.

Eastbound coal loads from Pennsylvania parallel US 119 through Borderland, only a few miles away from Williamson.

New ACe 1126 leads the 746 across the NC state line at Price.

With my first catch of 2015, a SD70ACe leads a loaded coal drag down the grade hitting its dynamic brakes hard on its way south to Belews Creek, NC

The NS 1028, with a train of recently delivered hoppers, leads the NS 746 south through Price, NC

Old meets new... Idling near CP 'Gate', eastbound NS No. 746, led by brand new NS SD70ACe No. 1148 meets westbound NS 233 in downtown Williamson... Notice the abandoned building in the back... (more)

A standard cab SD70 leads loaded coal train 746 west through downtown Canton, Ohio. The train is pounding the diamond at CP Wandle where the NS Fort Wayne Line crosses the Wheeling & Lake Erie Cle... (more)

A detouring NS 746 trundles up the hill on the west side of Pataskala surrounded by central Ohio's first snowfall of the winter. NS has been detouring several coal trains over this former PRR Panh... (more)

The NS 1067 sits in Norfolk Southern's South Yard in Roanoke. The ACe was added to the front of the 746 as the trailing unit a few minutes after this picture was taken and headed south to Belews C... (more)

In a morning rain shower, the UP 5785 helps push the NS 746 to Belews Creek Steam Station.

The NS 8101 Central of Georgia pushes the NS 746 past one of the last remaining N&W CPL's on the Winston-Salem District, the Belews Creek Steam Station spur.