An eastbound coal train rolls through the small community of Del Rio, TN along the French Broad River Valley.

Belmont coal loads arrive into Asheville with an H2 BNSF leading the way.

NS 750 heads toward Salisbury, seen here having just crossed over Barber Junction. Second out is a patched former Southern Pacific unit.

NS 750 waits for a crew to make the run to Plant Allen in Belmont.

Darkness is closing in and the clouds are intensifying over the mountains of West Virginia as loaded coal train 750 struggles around the bend at Vulcan.

Darkness is closing in and the clouds are intensifying over the mountains of West Virginia as loaded coal train 750 struggles around the bend at Vulcan. Smoke can be seen pouring out of the Dash 9... (more)

750 breaks the silence in Old Fort during a major east coast rainstorm on this cool November night.

This loaded coal train is seen here preparing to run the south leg of the wye in Salisbury, and then proceeding north in reverse to tie down in the Old Yard where a new crew will take it south to ... (more)

This loaded coal train is seen here waiting for a signal to run the south leg of the wye in Salisbury, and then proceeding north in reverse to tie down in the Old Yard where a new crew will take i... (more)

SD70ACe`s from two different owners pass as a loaded coal train at left backs into the Old Yard at Spencer NC

Running on trackage rights, loaded coal train NS 750 spans the massive Clinchfield Copper Creek Viaduct in Speers Ferry, Virginia with three GE's doing the honors. This train loaded this morning, ... (more)

Belmont coal loads snake through the S curve at Craggy as the approach Asheville along the river line.

After waiting at Haydock for Amtrak 74, loaded Belmont Coal Train #750 blasts off with a old SD60 leading a pair of brand new AC GEVOs.

The sights, sounds, and smells of a loaded coal train descending through the Old Fort Loops are a remarkable combination. The engineer of eastbound 750 ever so slowly guides his train around High ... (more)