Empty Scherer coal train, NS 739 stands in the siding at Jenkinsburg, Georgia for several hours due to a surface gang's curfew on NS's Atlanta South District. October 4, 2018

Another empty Scherer coal train uses the alternate route to get back to the Memphis gateway from the massive Georgia Power plant in Juliette, GA. Instead of traversing back north through the cong... (more)

The NS/BNSF combination of power at the front this train illustrates the cooperation that exists between these two railroad's in order to get coal from the mines in Wyoming to a customer in centra... (more)

Heading Westbound through a very tight Rock cut in Graysville, AL. Is Norfolk Southern Empty Coal Train 739 with BNSF SD70ACe #8526 on the point

Booking up the hill just north of the small town of Cohutta,GA NS 739 (Juliette,GA-Memphis,TN/BNSF) is rolling on the an advance approach to keep up the pace before the long empty coal bucket slow... (more)

Two Executive SD70MACs lead an empty NS coal train up the grade at Whiteside.

BNSF 5906 leads a northbound empty coal train through Austell, GA at sunset. This shot is difficult most of the year since the light is only on the north side of the tracks late in the afternoon o... (more)

Empty hopper train passes MP 196 on Norfolk Southern's line between Atlanta and Macon with a faded BNSF unit on the point.

A westbound empty Scherer coal train splits the contrasting signals at Greenbrier. The signal mast on the left was replaced a few years ago when the new siding at Irvington, just west of here, was... (more)

Empty Scherer train 739 runs north past the farm fields of Oostanaula.

A couple of visitors from out west make an appearance in Columbus, GA and pose for a shot while waiting for a fresh crew to take them towards Birmingham..