NS coal train 73Z heads up the Oakdale Line behind a pair of BNSF units.

Coal train 73Z slows for a crew change as set of power makes a pick up.

Empty TVA Kingston coal train races under the I-40 bridge (seen in the background) and out of town toward Chattanooga for the return trip west.

Two late model motors power 73Z as it eases over the Emory River in a thick fog on a mission to point the train back west for its journey home.

With two late model motors on the front, 73Z pulls onto the K&O to facilitate turning their train back toward the west as leaving TVA Kingston.

BNSF power leads train 73Z across the bridge in Harriman.

The conductor on 179 rides the rear platform as it makes a pickup in the yard as BNSF power leads train 73Z past it.

After a grade crossing collision in downtown Huntsville (the driver went around the crossing gates; the rear of the vehicle was hit and no one was hurt), an empty TVA Plant Kingston train continue... (more)

An empty coal train returning to the Powder River Basin from TVA's Kingston Plant in Harriman, TN crosses the Tennessee River drawbridge, startling the pigeons which tend to congregate atop the br... (more)

A clean GEVO in DPU mode pushes a westbound empty TVA Plant Kingston train past one of Decatur's city parks. The swing set, along with the rest of the playground, is vacant on this chilly morning.

Twin BNSF GE's pull a train of coal empties down the 3rd District passing countless rural grade crossings like this one.

BNSF SD70MAC 8906 leans into the sweeping curve east of White Siding as it leads an empty coal train toward Memphis for interchange with the BNSF.