Inbound. Unusually led by two yn2 adorned locomotives, this Wateree-bound coal train approaches Lady Street in The Ditch in Columbia.

Bringing up the Rear. C740 crosses over the Columbia Canal as it passes through town on its way to the Wateree Generating Station.

Preparing for Colder Temps. C740 arrives into Columbia with a load of coal and crosses over the decidedly less angry Broad River that is nevertheless still carrying a lot of runoff from No... (more)

CSX coal train C740 enters the double track at Elizabeth

CSX coal train C740 rolls south on the K&A behind a freshly rebuilt SD70MAC and two AC4400CW's.

CSX coal train C740 climbs through Emerson

CSX coal train C740 (Balkan to Wateree, SC) digs into the grade at Rydal, GA passing one of the many 'See Rock City' barns littered across north Georgia and southern Tennessee.

Throwback Lashup! A flareside SD70MAC and two yn2 units lead a long coal train across the Broad River.

Appy coal from Balkan Mine scoots south through north Georgia bound for Wateree, SC. The fresh 70MAC & YN2 AC44's looked nice!

A very short C740 local heads south toward Armona, passing the signal at I.C. King Park. This GP30 road slug/GP40-2 mother set usually stays around the Knoxville area, and often serves as yard pow... (more)

Northbound CSX local C740 pops out of the Black Oak Ridge Tunnel at Dossett, TN after the quick run up from Knoxville. The Knoxville-Dossett local operates a couple of times a week to switch a lum... (more)

The Dossett local heads back to Knoxville light, with the GP30-body slug leading the way.

The C740 local from Knoxville is pulling back out onto the CSX Cow Creek Branch after spotting empties at a lumber yard on a rainy Sunday morning at Dossett, TN. The classic lines of the GP30 body... (more)