RailPictures.Net Photo: CSXT 7885 CSX Transportation (CSXT) GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW) at Wilhite, Alabama by John Higginson

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» CSX Transportation (CSXT) (more..)
» GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW) (more..)

» Wilhite Road
» Wilhite, Alabama, USA (more..)
» July 31, 2004

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» John Higginson (more..)
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7885 is on the rear of a southbound coal train, giving it a shove up Holmes Gap. The engine was just coupled on in Lacon and will return down the mountain after reaching the summit.

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