76M pulls hard upgrade away from the Catawba River.

A light early April snowfall coats the higher elevations and the loaded hoppers as NS coal train 76M rolls through Tito, Va.

NS 76M prepares to stop at Fulton Street in Salisbury.

An eastbound freight descends the famous Southern Railway loops between Ridgecrest and Old Fort NC

An eastbound NS mixed freight traverse`s the famous Loops between Ridgecrest and Old Fort NC

An eastbound NS mixed freight traverse`s the famous Loops between Ridgecrest and Old Fort NC

NS 76M heads east through downtown Conover.

A battered and tired SD60 leads 76M Eastbound at the eastern yard limits of Barber Junction. The sun managed to poke through the clouds right as the train came into view.

Norfolk Southern loaded coal train 76M arrives in Columbia, SC with coal for Branchville, SC.

A storm clouds roll in, NS 76M sits tied down in the "Old Yard" awaiting a crew to take the train into South Carolina.

NS Coal Train 76M roars South through Green, GA. With the VGN Heritage Unit on the point

Roaring West through the small town of Tasso, TN. Is NS Coal Train 76M with the VGN Heritage Unit on the point

Roaring South through Five Springs, GA. Is Norfolk Southern Coal Train 76M with the VGN Heritage unit on thee point

Its just after midnight on the morning of June 6th as the Nickel Plate heritage unit passes through the small hamlet of Old Fort NC at the bottom of the famous loops between Old Fort and Ridgecres... (more)

A beautiful sunrise reveals a silent scene at the south end of Norfolk Southern's Old Spencer Yard. Local power awaits its next assignment while a loaded coal train sits crewless with the Nickel P... (more)