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CSX R202 begins loading its 75-car train with Greenbrier Smokeless Coal in Anjean, WV. This loadout only loads a handful of trains every year, so this train was tied down for 3 days before the mine had enough coal to load all 75 cars.
Lots to look at in this picture... in only 3 months the iconic "Superwood" plant in the back would be forever idled, the iconic smell never to waft over Duluth again. Although at the time I was incredulous that such a high profile and high dollar move was tasked to a pair of beaten and worn SD40's, now I'm glad it was! Traffic is backed up far down Railroad Street and won't clear for some time, as this massive load was moving at a snails pace. Although Port Terminal is a great place for unloading cargo, the route out presents a very sharp curve. If only there was a bridge that went right across the bay to Superior...
The mechanical loaders make short work of filling up 66006 at Cwmbargoed, the train will later work out as 6C94 15:45 Cwmbargoed Opencast Colliery to Margam Terminal Complex.
One of my favorite lakers, the steamer Wilfred Sykes, loads at CN Dock 6 as a hill job spots cars for dumping.
I loved the dark burgundy section of this tunnel. Being lucky enough to catch the light trail passing through the centre of the frame really adds to it too (and that red glow reflection on the poster!).
Moments prior I had been taking shots just before the tunnel. A couple of guys wandered past and stopped. My heart sank- they were going to engage us in conversation. I always feel so, so awkward as I really just want to take my photographs and be left alone. They were perfectly nice but there were loads of questions about what Michael and I were doing. Anxiety levels increased, embarrassment increased. Argh.
It was strange a couple of years ago as New Zealand was exporting all of it's logs to China and importing wood from other countries.
WOW there must of been a crazy heavy load in the back of this, surprised the poor car could carry all of that!
This is a hill near my house... when I was little, this hill had a bump about a third of the way down the slope. Every time my mom would load the car up with kids to drive us to the pool, in the summertime, she would go down this hill, and when the car would go over that smooth bump and then whoosh on down the hill, it would give us a little "roller coaster" feeling, which we called a "whoopsie!".
In later years they removed the bump in the hill, because kids were making their cars take flight by speeding over the bump... and wrecking their cars, and getting hurt. So, no more "whoopsie"!
I have always thought it was a beautiful spot. The park is on one side, and some farms which never gave way to the encroaching city are on the other side. Thus, the wooden fence.
So, Happy Fenced Friday, everyone!
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NS 7207 (ex-CR SD80MAC) has just finished loading NS C47, a 100+ car coal train at Amfire Mining Co. in Portage, PA and reverses under the coal tipple. Once put together, the train will head out onto the Pittsburgh Line and head to South Fork, PA.
Or Pumpkin Load depending on where you came from!
Back in the old days a Punkin Load was a single log load that was big enough to bring the trailer up to weight. This was back in the days of the big timber, back when old growth was still plentiful.
Definitely not something you would ever see today, everything coming out of the woods today is match sticks compared to the days of old!
Just an old photo that I cleaned up as best as I could considering the age!
Snow is falling as CN 4795 & CN 9523 are about to duck under the Bonaventure Expressway with grain loads for a nearby client.
My first look at the Dresser loading facility. Hopefully the next time I'm here, the sun will make an appearance.
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