Louisville Main Coal Train?

Started by amzopff, July 24, 2010, 09:10:50 PM

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amzopff

Caught a west bound empty coal train through Lawrenceburg last night.  3 Dash 9-40CW's on the head end and 2 ES40DC on the rear pushing.  Cars were a mix, but primarily had HYWX and HBWX reporting marks.  I believe these belong to Georgia Power. 

Anyone know the origin and destination of the coal and the frequency per week?

Thanks


E.M. Bell

These have been running a couple of times a week since March. They load off the old AW&W in Indiana , and go to a GA power plant. From what I have observed, there are only a couple of dedicated trains making the rotation with mostly the same equipment.

The move seems to be almost always at night through this area, and I have yet to shoot one. Its nice to see coal on the LS again though. I can remember back in the 80's when it was a pretty common thing. 
E.M. Bell, KD4JSL
Salvisa, KY

      

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