Another southbound loaded train draped around one of the valley's many curves at this picturesque spot found at the end of Roses Branch Road. N170 is a Myra, KY to Taft, FL coal train.
With the wind carrying the sound upstream, we could hear these 2 AC's lugging their drag up the previously peaceful valley long before they were anywhere near our location.
A big AC60 is hard at work lugging coal up the remote Toe River valley.