Loads of ballast scurry north behind both an EMD Dash 3 and a Dash 2 locomotive, as A007 rolls through Pyne, GA with the lead engine blowing out smoke while it picks up speed.
Sitting at rest in Pyne's siding, CSXT engine #2477 waits for its next job with a train of welded rail, bending with the contour of its sharp curved tracks.
In an environment composed of steel, rocks and behemoth trains rolling pass only inches away, an example of the amazing power of nature and life can be seen. While waiting on a northbound train t... (more)
With grades to tackle on its trip north, CSXT No. 3242 and No. 96 uncouple from 110 loads of coal to rendezvous with 3 more GEs at the northend of Pyne. The X788-09 trio of power should be enough... (more)
This unusual coal drag slowly makes its way north while meeting a couple trains on the journey. One crew radios, "aren't you lucky, I haven't seen a northbound loaded coal train in a long ti... (more)
