Coal is still king here as NS U49, running down the old Interstate Railroad Stonega Branch, passes a coal truck making a late afternoon run towards the mine at Wentz.
Running the former Interstate Railroad's Stonega Branch, NS U49 is bringing 105 loads from Wentz to Norton. On the way, they will set off 70 in Andover Yard. Flying in the opposite direction is an... (more)
NS U49, with engineer Danny Fisher and conductor Harold Yearwood, took over an empty hopper train at Westmoreland's idled transloader and slowly rolls through Appalachia destined for loading at Pa... (more)
Mine run U49 pauses during the loading process at Cumberland River's Pardee operations on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Roaring Fork Branch. In earlier years, this location was referred to as Whitf... (more)