Tunnel Coal: NS 8167 leads a Baltimore bound loaded NS 650 coal train down the slide and out of the east end of the Gallitzin Tunnels on the west slope of the Pittsburgh line.

A Norfolk Southern coal train rolls past the Mapleton Signal Bridge.

A pair of SD40E pushers are in Run 8 as they shove a very slow moving eastbound coal drag through Lilly, Pa.

With 6400' of export coal, destined for the CONSOL Marine Terminal in Baltimore, 650 is south on track 1 of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.

The sun is beginning to set on another day along Norfolk Southern's busy Pittsburgh line as loaded coal train 650 departs South Fork, Pennsylvania behind an awesome consist of locomotives featurin... (more)

650 with export coal loads for the CONSOL Marine Terminal is south on the NS President St Branch approaching O'Donnell St. To the right a trackmobile sits idle at Cambridge Iron and Metal Company... (more)

In a busy East Baltimore scene, loaded coal train 650, arrives at the receiving yard at the CONSOL Marine Terminal. To the right in the background is Canton Railroad's Penn Mary Yard.

Rear helpers assist in braking a loaded coal train as it passes through the New Portage Tunnel with the front of the train already on the slide.

NS 650 is seen leaving South Fork,Pa. heading up the West Slope after backing off of the South Fork Secondary onto the mainline, The leader this day is NS' first SD60E 6900. It's still shiny afte... (more)

Helpers shove hard on the rear of NS 650 as it passes thru the cut between Portage & Cassandra

A pair of SD40-2 helpers shove hard on the rear of NS 650 at Carney's Crossing. At this point, the head end is approaching Cresson.

A loaded coal train for Baltimore heads through Middletown in the early morning. Because NS prefers to run trains on Amtrak in darkness, daylight trains on the Port Road and Royalton Branches are ... (more)