Blowing dust from the highway crossing, an RJ Corman crew brings NS power south from Oneida on the 42 mile TN RR winding thru the towering Cumberland Mountains. In about four miles they'll reach t... (more)

A CSX quality car, right. Most of these decrepit hoppers have to stop at the loadout while company employees patch and use shingles and plastic bags to clog the holes. Otherwise they'd be mty befo... (more)

With bad wheelsets stored to the side, a crew enlists a hoist and the Chaska helper engine on an autorack flat.

With the paint still wet and dripping, an ES44AH heads south by the signal at Oaks. Special thx to Laurel Anne for technical asst.

As a lazy needed rain falls, a caboose in Norton awaits service up one of the many coal branches.

A weather beaten old signal stands guard over the crossover at Oaks.

A sampling auger swings in the background as the first cut of 76G grinds down the grade.

Yes, it has a motor and it runs on the rails. Made by Johnson Industries and the first in the US, this auger sampler takes coal from each utility bound hopper as it passes by at Turley. Refer to 2... (more)

Idling and crawling on the left, 76G loads coal at Turley on a sweltering day. Power for the second cut is turned off on the siding.

With Corman vehicles below, their crew slowly idles leased NS power under the Baldwin prep plant loadout. Note the uniformity of the coal improving as each hopper is loaded. This was the first tim... (more)

At dawn with a heavy rain falling in front of the headlights, an RJ Corman crewmember looks back at the loadout to check on the status of loaded hoppers. A power outage an hour later would slow lo... (more)

With an R.J. Corman crew manning the motors, leased power slowly creeps forward while being loaded at the National Coal Baldwin washer. Remnants of Hurrican Fay soaked everyone present for the day... (more)

Under warranty and doing fine.

Showing the scars of time, an ex-Conrail unit does duty in the coalfields of Appalachia for NS.

Leaning into the curve at the remote village of Mohegan, pusher set J51 heads east to Farm to assist a coal drag up the Elkhorn Grade. This bridge will also undergo changes due to the Heartland Co... (more)