NS Coal Drag 74W heads South through Fort Payne, AL. With the CNJ Heritage Locomotive

A pair of 74W's sit just outside Alabama Power's E.C. Gaston power plant in Wilsonville, Alabama as the Wilton-Talladega turn job A84 eases by with a pair of former Southern Railway SD40-2's.

After making its decent of the 2.8% grade of Duncan Hill the NS Southern heritage unit leads coal loads onto the New Albany floodwall as it nears Louisville.

Traveling down the former second district of the CNO&TP the NS Southern heritage unit lead coal loads south by Kings Mountain.

Norfolk Southern Coal Train 74W makes their way Southbound as they roar through Springville, AL. With the CNJ Heritage Unit on the point. NS 74W is bound for the Gaston Steam Plant in Wilsonville,... (more)

Norfolk Southern Coal Train 74W makes their way Southbound as they roar through Fort Payne, AL. As a big T-Storm is seen in the background. NS 74W is bound for the Gaston Steam Plant in Wilsonvill... (more)

Train 74W eases past the pond behind Williams Orchid in Argo, Alabama with the Jersey Central heritage unit in charge. Getting this train in sunlight was a real challenge as summertime thunderstor... (more)

Train 74W has just came off of the AGS North and is the outbound and inbound engineers are having a job briefing about to the DPU power on the other end of the train so the outbound crew can take ... (more)