Empty grain train, 55E with the CofG heritage unit steps off "home rails" of the Albany District at Rutland Junction and onto the Loop in Macon, Georgia. 55E's South End crew will be on duty within the hour, before it's departure for Atlanta the outbound crew will see 276 depart ahead and a 46Z.
Coal and steel don't go bad. This album features long, slow, heavy freight trains; drag freights, slop freights, dead freights, etc. Trains with lots of power, and lots of different cargo slogging along behind.