NS 776 rounds the curve approaching Lurich on a moonlit and very cold night.

Phoenixes of the Thoroughbred

Eastbound coal train NS 776 darts through the quiet town of Prichard, West Virginia, crossing over Elijah Creek with two of Norfolk Southern's newest re... (more)

Norfolk Southern 8102 leads 776 through the old PRR trestle spanning the Tuscarawas River in Massillon, Ohio.

Norfolk Southern 776 heads West on the Fort Wayne Line with the Pennsylvania heritage unit leading.

Running on former Pennsylvania Railroad track, the PRR heritage unit splits the PPL's at North Robinson in the last golden rays of sunlight.

On a balmy Summer afternoon, Norfolk Southern loaded coal train No. 776 pounds the diamond at CP Wandle in downtown Canton, Ohio with the Pennsy Heritage Unit leading the way on home rails.

Crossing the West Virginia/Virginia state line, the pushers on NS 776 are hard at work for the last few miles to Bluefield, passing the CPL's at the east end of Flat Top Yard.

NS 8104 prepares to slam across Bannon Diamond with NS 776 on a sunny October afternoon.

On Easter Sunday 2014, NS 776 with the Interstate heritage locomotive leading waits at Freshley Rd. for a crew to come on duty after the holiday.

Loaded 776 coal train from Pennsylvania splits the CPLs at Chattaroy with a veteran SD60 in charge today.

NS 1071 leading 776 at Cooke Rd.

With the Central Railroad of New Jersey heritage unit leading another fairly new ACe, eastbound coal bound for the Carolinas slow down passing the CPL's at Falls Branch for a 10 mile-per-hour slow... (more)

The Interstate heritage engine sits outlawed on coal train 776 just west of Alliance at MP 86.

A colorful consist on this northbound coal train as it awaits its new crew.

With sanders going and locomotives in notch-8, No. 776 tackles Elkhorn Grade in Switchback, W.Va., led by NS's Central of New Jersey heritage unit. The train weighing just over 15,000 tons is down... (more)