J57 shoves on the rear of 60 loads at Ammonte en route to the junction with the Pokey mainline at Auville. Once they reach Iaegar the train will be combo'd with 105 loads of Pardee coal and then ... (more)

Having just exited Bandy Tunnel, the front half of 80A begins the descent to Cedar Bluff. Most of the unit train is still ascending a near 1.5 percent grade and hasn't entered the portal yet.

Milepost on the Dry Fork freshly painted, with an old Southern gondola used for scrap metal and ties rusting away on a siding. Just to the north is Bandy Tunnel and then beginning of a long downhi... (more)