Oddball engines being used as helpers on NS coal train 746. 2 GP38-2's and a SD40E doing the honors.

The NS 1067 sits in Norfolk Southern's South Yard in Roanoke. The ACe was added to the front of the 746 as the trailing unit a few minutes after this picture was taken and headed south to Belews C... (more)

As the light fades quickly and the clouds begin to dump rain over the beautiful mountains of West Virginia, the Nickel Plate Road heritage unit sails across the Coopers viaduct trestle, shoving on... (more)

On a gloomy fall afternoon a pair of new SD70ACe's grind up the Elkhorn Grade with eastbound Belews Creek Coal Train 746 and past a N&W CPL on the Pocahontas District.

The NS 1067 Reading with the 1071 Jersey Central trailing lead the 746 south past the Payne Yard.

In a light rain shower, the NS 8101 Central of Georgia pushes the NS 746 south past the Pine Hall Brickyard.

As 8116 leaned into the curve about 25 feet away from the Stave Mill Rd. grade crossing, a Franklin County Sheriff's Office police car sped across the tracks and made it by only a few feet. This t... (more)

Former Ex UP SD90MAC 7293 and SD80MAC 7214 lead the 746 south through Mayodan.

In a light rain shower, the NS 8101 Central of Georgia pushes the NS 746 south over the Mayo River Trestle.

Former Ex UP SD90MAC 7293 and SD80MAC 7214 lead the 746 south over US 220 through the Price community.

On a sunny and clear National Train Day 2015, the rest of the train is still pulling out of the yard as 1036 clears the crossing by milepost 6.7 leading NS 746 southbound towards Belews Creek, NC

Pulling under the former Norfolk and Western Coaling Tower at Farm, a pair of ACe's pull eastbound 746 out of the middle track after receiving their pushers for the trip to Bluefield over the Elkh... (more)

In a light rain shower, the NS 8101 Central of Georgia pushes the NS 746 south through Rocky Mount.

The Savannah & Atlanta heritage unit leads Eastbound coal train 746 through Stonecoal. He will stop about a half of a mile ahead at the place known to the railroad as "Bandaid", off of r... (more)