105 loads of coal for Terrell, NC swing into Penland on a rainy afternoon.

105 loads of coal for Terrell, NC slide downgrade at Ashford approaching the bottom of the mountain at North Cove.

The rear DPUs on N759 shove hard on the loaded coal train through Spruce Pine.

A loaded coal train for Plant Marshall, NC thunders out of the gorge at Poplar.

Southbound coal loads cross the Boone’s Creek bridge on a clear January afternoon