Under warranty. Enough said.
How do you stop half a unit train worth of coal rolling downhill, roughly 6,000 tons? Close call?
Showing an oddity for coal loadouts, a new track is being constructed above the main for sampling. A machine will run the track taking coal samples out of six cars at a time once operational.
Showing the grit and grime of the coalfields, NS 77G loads the first half of a unit train while National Coal workers run a dozer on the stockpile to keep the loaders fed. Space is at a minimum in... (more)
134 rolling around the wye off the Asheville Dist. onto the Charlotte Dist. beginning the last short stretch to it's destination at Linwood YArd
The 9789 races ahead of a nasty storm.
A eastbound coal drag waits on helpers next to the old coaling tower at Farm, deep in the heart of the Appalachians.