Spring at Doc Olinger's Farm
CSX Eastman Coal Gas coal loads roll compass east, but railroad north, through the fields of Olinger, Virginia. These coal loads are the bread and butter of rail traffic on the far east end of the former Louisville and Nashville Railroad's sprawling Cumberland Valley subdivision and associated branch lines.
The C090 pictured here is shuffling the second half of a 90 car loaded train over to Kingsport for unloading later in the day. This segment of the CV main was hosting well over a dozen moves a day even into the mid 2000s. A precipitable drop soon followed and now the train count averages 2-4 a day, which incredibly, is up from the once a week traffic totals from a few years ago.
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Spring at Doc Olinger's Farm
CSX Eastman Coal Gas coal loads roll compass east, but railroad north, through the fields of Olinger, Virginia. These coal loads are the bread and butter of rail traffic on the far east end of the former Louisville and Nashville Railroad's sprawling Cumberland Valley subdivision and associated branch lines.
The C090 pictured here is shuffling the second half of a 90 car loaded train over to Kingsport for unloading later in the day. This segment of the CV main was hosting well over a dozen moves a day even into the mid 2000s. A precipitable drop soon followed and now the train count averages 2-4 a day, which incredibly, is up from the once a week traffic totals from a few years ago.
Thanks for looking!