Bryan Clingerman:
NS U52 is 6 cars into the slow process of loading at Consol just south of Oakwood, VA.
Bryan Clingerman:
Now loaded, NS U52 rounds the cruve at CP Vansant with ex N&W CPLs still standing guard.
Bryan Clingerman:
Loaded coal train NS 820 ducks under the cantilever signal at Lester Fork in Hurley, VA, just a few miles south from Virginia/Kentucky border.
Bryan Clingerman:
NS 820 thunders west over the Knox Creek in Woodman, WV, with a train full of the finest and highest BPU coal in the Appalachia from Coranado's Buchanan number 1.
Bryan Clingerman:
Now loaded, NS U52 heads west from Consol with a train of loaded black diamonds seen here by the N&W CPL's at Anchor.
Bryan Clingerman:
NS U52 backs his second cut of empty coal cars under the loadout at Consol near Oakwood, VA
Bryan Clingerman:
After essentially wyeing the train at Suncoke, NS 1815 was tacked on the rear to lead U52 into Consol.
Bryan Clingerman:
NS U52 passing the old N&W CPL signals in Vansant, VA