Distributed power/Virginian line

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Another distributed power, 217 or so car, coal train just went east by Ellett at 5:55pm.
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On Apr 12, 2024, at 4:50 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


Tim,
The empties return N&W to Lynchburg, SOU Lynchburg to Riverton Junction, then N&W Riverton Junction to Hagerstown.
Mason

On 04/12/2024 12:53 PM EDT NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:



From conversations I've had with N&W officials, I'd say they are.  Come from the Bailey mine near the PA/WV border.  Apparently the empties are being routed back via the Shenandoah Valley.

Tim Hensley

On Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 01:28:27 PM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:



In the past week, I have noticed a change in several (but not all)  coal trains eastbound through Ellett, about 25 miles west of Roanoke.



Several of these coal trains have been 200 plus cars with 2 engines on the front and two engines about mid-train.  I wonder if these longer trains are related to the Port of Baltimore closure (just speculation on my part).  There continue to also be some “conventional” coal trains on this line of about 110 cars and 2 engines up front.  Total coal trains on this line average about four per day with an additional three or so grain, tank, and general freight trains, all eastbound but an occasional hopper train or two westbound.

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