NS Scherer coal train 750 is tied down on the main at CP Rockdale directly above the coastline outbound tunnel waiting for a recrew. Overhead a severe thunderstorm brews overhead. The storm would ... (more)
A loaded Belmont coal train coasts southbound through Kannapolis passing the old Amtrak station with a ES40DC and a C40-9W in charge. ES40DC's #'s 7553 and 7605 are on the rear in DPU mode.
750 crawls uphill at Five Row with 4 GEVO's in notch 8.
A NS SD60, another NS SD60 ex-Conrail, and a NS C40-8 brings in a load coal train with a brand new set of hoppers.
NS 750 Hauls a heavy load of coal over the CSX /NS interchange tracks at Frisco. Note the conductor's foot on the cab winsheild. Nikon D80.
After uncoupling from its train, the power for NS 750 scampers past the steep connection to the old Piedmont & Northern which climbs out of the north end of the Gastonia trench. The power will ru... (more)
FORD VS. ....ok there were no GM products to be had this morning, so it'll have to be Ford vs. GE. Three units lead a 14,000 ton coal drag to the siding at Gastonia.
NS 750 has just left CSX trackage and is about to switchback over to the NS mainline Eastbound.
NS 9147 leads a trackage rights coal train back onto home rails at Frisco via the Southbound connection track.
NS 750 puts a coal drag together as it passes under the yard bridge. The drag will soon turn east at Iaeger and head to Bluefield with a fresh crew just dropped off by the van in the distance.
A busy coal yard on the Pokey, NS 750 puts a coal drag together before heading east toward the Elkhorn Grade. Traffic has picked up at Auville with new mines opening further south on the branches ... (more)
UP wings carry Belmont Coal Train 750 south into the single track at Haydock.
A veteran GE C39-8, a class of units that is thinning on the NS roster, leads Belmont Coal Train 750 south from Salisbury at Horah Street.
Eastbound coal train 750 gingerly approaches town as it reaches the bottom of the grade off the Old Fort Loops.
