Black Horses duo idles at Port Reading Yard on a nice sunny afternoon.
The morning fog has yet to completely lift off the West Slope as eastbound mixed freight 12G enters the slide fence protected cut at Cassandra.
NS 11V works west on the Fort Wayne Line at Beloit, Ohio.
It's 5:56 am as NS Train 792 holds Track 2 under a full moon light as the fog moves in at Oakdale, The crew change at Oakdale, TN was moved to Burnside, KY a few weeks later after this shot.
The 272 heads south as it passes the Stoneville CP.
Eastbound at mp 116 signals with manifest train.
Westbound in late afternoon with two BNSF engines on train.
Eastbound between Louisville and Danville.
The sun finally popped out toward the end of the day, just in time to witness an NS ES40DC leading some BNSF units back home...
NS 7557 rolls out of Williamson Yard with some black gold under the watchful eye of Massey Coal's CEO's residence perched on the mountain.
An ES44DC splits an interesting set of N&W signals at Sprigg Bottom.
Coal is King on the Pocahontas, as another unit train prepares to depart from Williamson.
One of NS's many undecorated units powers 21M on the Pittsburgh Line.