866 heads westbound through Fostoria in the golden evening light.

The Illinois Terminal and Conrail heritage units team up on a loaded coal train working west through rural Northern Indiana on a late August afternoon.

Heading into the siding at Nickel, A pair of NS Heritage units blast by my viewfinder just west of Valparaiso, Indiana.

Illinois Terminal heritage unit 1072 and Conrail 8098 leads a loaded coal 866 west a couple miles east of Claypool, Indiana.

Illinois Terminal heritage unit 1072 and Conrail 8098 leads loaded coal 866 west past the west end of Peabody after meeting two east bounds.

NS 866 (Portsmouth, OH - Indiana Harbor) holds in the Nickel siding in Valparaiso. The Illinois Terminal and Conrail heritage units have the honors on this sunny evening. Taken from the Route 49 o... (more)

866 departs the siding at West Knox, continuing its westbound journey with two of the Norfolk Southern's stunning heritage units.

Just west of Hibbert, Indiana, the Illinois Terminal and Conrail heritage units are easily making 50 MPH with their loaded coal train.

NS's Illinois Terminal heritage unit sits just east of Valparaiso with 866. The Conrail heritage unit trails.

After a wait for two eastbounds in the Peabody siding, NS heritage units Illinois Terminal 1072 leading and Conrail 8098 trailing works hard to get the loaded coal train 866 back up to speed.

The Conrail heritage unit heads up westbound coal loads as they temporarily wake up the sleepy little town of Miller City, OH leaving a trail of coal dust in its wake.

Westbound 866 leaves Payne in a cloud of coal dust as it chases the setting sun behind NS 8098, the Conrail heritage unit.

With Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage unit leading, a westbound coal train roars out of Leipsic after waiting for cross traffic at the CSX diamonds.