A trio of C-Cs - including a Family Lines U30C, L&N SD35 and CN SD40 - heads through Hopkinsville on their way to a rendezvous with a coal train.
Not all of L&N's coal is on the east end. These empties are just north of the Tennessee line as they head back to the mines in west Kentucky for reloading.
As CJ prepared to abandon there was much wrangling about court orders etc. to keep the line open. The story goes that abandonment became a fait accompli when local farmers banded together and rip... (more)
CJ did manage to put together an alternate rail outlet for Ft Campbell. CJ would take the trains Gracy where the Cadiz would take over and forward the loads to P&L at Princeton. Most of this ro... (more)
With a complicated history, a short life and a quick demise this little outfit ran a poor man's dinner train to boost revenues. The ex-BN unit was never lettered as far as I know.
CSXT Northbound Freight Train Q592 at Hopkinsville, Ky. on CSXT'S Henderson Sub with a quartet of WC SD45'S for power with the lead unit 7525 in a special Operation Lifesaver Scheme
