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Shrouded in Fog
A potent morning fog has risen from the Kentucky River, shrouding the small river town of Ford in an ominous blue specter. Twin SA searchlights punch into the near-unnavigable cloud, but the once prominent artery of the L&N empire has fallen silent, lending little hope to the possibility of a train. In the modern era, a couple daily scheduled freights, a run-through RJC, and the odd coal, ethanol, or phosphate train are all that glide on the iron rails of the CC Subdivision.
The L&N network through 21st-century Kentucky has become the brandished white flag of the Bituminous Coal industry in the United States. The idled coal tipples dot the Western Appalachian Mountains, feed into dormant branch lines, which in turn flow into mothballed corridors and quiet main lines. The CV, EK, and others...reduced to a trickle from a ravaging river
Yet, the CC survives, for now; a dependable back door to the South for CSX traffic out of the Great Lakes...but time is ticking, and each new day lacks the promise this once bustling region once held
Ford, KY
March 21st, 2021
Shrouded in Fog
A potent morning fog has risen from the Kentucky River, shrouding the small river town of Ford in an ominous blue specter. Twin SA searchlights punch into the near-unnavigable cloud, but the once prominent artery of the L&N empire has fallen silent, lending little hope to the possibility of a train. In the modern era, a couple daily scheduled freights, a run-through RJC, and the odd coal, ethanol, or phosphate train are all that glide on the iron rails of the CC Subdivision.
The L&N network through 21st-century Kentucky has become the brandished white flag of the Bituminous Coal industry in the United States. The idled coal tipples dot the Western Appalachian Mountains, feed into dormant branch lines, which in turn flow into mothballed corridors and quiet main lines. The CV, EK, and others...reduced to a trickle from a ravaging river
Yet, the CC survives, for now; a dependable back door to the South for CSX traffic out of the Great Lakes...but time is ticking, and each new day lacks the promise this once bustling region once held
Ford, KY
March 21st, 2021