On a sunny May 4, 2020, ethanol train 64D creeps by Pomona Yard in Greensboro, NC as it prepares for a crew change.

A BNSF Gevo leads 64D under the cantilever at Columbia Coal.

NS 64D pulls a unit ethanol train through heavy snow on its way to Selma, NC.

A standard cab SD70 locomotive leads Norfolk Southern ethanol train 64D out of Pomona Yard and towards the H-line in Greensboro, NC on December 21, 2017. Once on the H-line, the train will continu... (more)

A loaded unit ethanol train passes through Raleigh shortly after sunrise. It's a rare opportunity to catch eastbound freights in daylight through this territory.

With a UP SD70M leading the way, 64D passes through Nolan with ethanol loads.

Having just ran around their train on a clear, cold January night, the Utility Man brings the conductor to the head end of the train, being lead by a very dirty CP Beaver.

With a pair of Union Pacific widecabs on the point, 64D departs Portsmouth and passes through Sciotoville on a nice August afternoon.

Silhouetting the N&W CPL's at Chattaroy, NS 64D breaks the silence as it barrels down the former N&W mainline at at 1:13 AM on May 27, 2015.

Following an evening of severe thunderstorms, fog has settled into the coalfields of southwestern West Virginia as eastbound NS 64D illuminates the interlocking at Panco, eastbound on the N&W main... (more)

Eastbound ethanol loads exit Hatfield Tunnel, the only spot on the Pokey mainline that goes into Kentucky, although very briefly.

Ethanol train 64D comes East through Matewan.

As heavy snow limits visibility, an eastbound ethanol train slices through the N&W CPL's at Ingleside during one of the region's most prominent and severe winter storm systems of recent history.

NS 64D charges upgrade through the community of Northfork, W.Va., with a Canadian visitor on the point of the Northern Virginia bound ethanol train.

Three EMD's shove hard on the rear of a loaded crude oil train fighting upgrade towards a crew change in Bluefield. Even 369.5 miles west of Norfolk, we're still deep in the heart of N&W country.