Eastman Loads at Natural Tunnel
CSX AC4400 262 rolls Eastman Coal Loads thru Natural Tunnel, VA, as seen from Lovers Leap. The lead YN2 AC4400 is a rescue engine for the C090 train after their lead engine died coming uphill in East Stone Gap up the line from here. They were catching the last bit of useable light in the tunnel portal before the afternoon shadows covered the tracks. The train shortly will roll through Glenita, Speers Ferry, climb the hill into the siding at Watkins, and eventually roll around the ridge into Yuma, VA, before crossing the TN state line into Kingsport. These C090 trains ferry 45 coal loads a few times a week between Eastern Kentucky mines and Eastman Chemical's Coal Gas plant in Kingsport.
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Eastman Loads at Natural Tunnel
CSX AC4400 262 rolls Eastman Coal Loads thru Natural Tunnel, VA, as seen from Lovers Leap. The lead YN2 AC4400 is a rescue engine for the C090 train after their lead engine died coming uphill in East Stone Gap up the line from here. They were catching the last bit of useable light in the tunnel portal before the afternoon shadows covered the tracks. The train shortly will roll through Glenita, Speers Ferry, climb the hill into the siding at Watkins, and eventually roll around the ridge into Yuma, VA, before crossing the TN state line into Kingsport. These C090 trains ferry 45 coal loads a few times a week between Eastern Kentucky mines and Eastman Chemical's Coal Gas plant in Kingsport.
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