A pair of pumpkin orange Macs lead an empty Scherer coal train past one of the many photo opportunities around the Nickajack Lake area.
Scherer coal loads cross over the Paint Rock River and through a rock cut on their way east through the hills of northeast Alabama.
NS 734 rolls out of the siding at North Conley with a great looking pair of executive SD70MAC's. Over the radio we heard that today was the engineer of this trains last day, have a good retirement... (more)
The DPU of a loaded Scherer train passes by the site of Camp Nickajack.
A loaded Scherer train passes by the site of Camp Nickajack.
Loaded Scherer coal train 738 heads south past the farm fields of Oostanaula.
Two BNSF GEVO's grind upgrade through Stockbridge with another load of coal for Plant Scherer in perfect morning light.
eastbound Scherer coal loads
738 approaches the CSX junction in Decatur with a serious-looking BNSF 'Ace on the point.
Montana may be well known as 'Big Sky Country' but even Alabama has its moments...
A Powder River coal train heads Southbound out of Cohutta and onward to Juliette, GA.
A new-image GEVO and a BN SD70MAC lead 738 through Oostanaula on Norfolk Southern's Atlanta North District
The DP helper on a southbound loaded coal train passes a farm field at Oostanaula