Joshua Dudinetz
Loads at Lancer
A fresh, glossy pair of rebuilt GEs slither their way north along the Levisa Fork River Valley at Lancer, Kentucky on the former C&O Big Sandy deep in the Appalachian foothills. Today’s “black diamonds” are from the McClure Mine, the only active coal loadout on the former Clinchfield territory to the south, and a busy one at that. An identical pair of rebuilt 7200 series CM44AHs were spliced into the middle of the train’s consist. I suspect the whole train may have been split in half somewhere up the line and the resulting two trains parted ways for different destinations.
The old Cabin Coal "Lancer" loadout makes a nice photo prop to the right, as I understand coal is still mined here but only leaves the property via truck.
Loads at Lancer
A fresh, glossy pair of rebuilt GEs slither their way north along the Levisa Fork River Valley at Lancer, Kentucky on the former C&O Big Sandy deep in the Appalachian foothills. Today’s “black diamonds” are from the McClure Mine, the only active coal loadout on the former Clinchfield territory to the south, and a busy one at that. An identical pair of rebuilt 7200 series CM44AHs were spliced into the middle of the train’s consist. I suspect the whole train may have been split in half somewhere up the line and the resulting two trains parted ways for different destinations.
The old Cabin Coal "Lancer" loadout makes a nice photo prop to the right, as I understand coal is still mined here but only leaves the property via truck.