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Anyone know The Train ID ? What are those Gondola's Carrying ?

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The coal ash train. Here on the Charlotte Sub, it's W250/W251. If it's going towards Charlotte, it's W250, coal ash empties from Sanford, NC to the closed Riverbend station in Mt. Holly (On the Terrell Sub). They run it around on the duke siding, and send the loads back to Sanford as W251.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/17 15:16 by kilonovember4.

kilonovember4 Wrote:
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> The coal ash train. Here on the Charlotte Sub,
> it's W250/W251. If it's going towards Charlotte,
> it's W250, coal ash empties from Sanford, NC to
> the closed Riverbend station in Mt. Holly (On the
> Terrell Sub). They run it around on the duke
> siding, and send the loads back to Sanford as
> W251.

What do u mean closed riverbend Station ? What state is Mt.Holly in ?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/17 15:32 by UP844.

UP844 Wrote:
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> What do u mean closed riverbend Safion ? What
> state is Mt.Holly in ?
>
> Posted from iPhone

Sorry, let me clarify.
Since I'm up here on the CSX Charlotte Subdivision, I see a lot of coal ash trains go up the closed plant.
Riverbend was a coal fired power plant in Mt. Holly, NC (Gaston county). They have been running these coal ash trains up there to help with the clean up for about a year now.
Hope that clears everything up.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/17 15:33 by kilonovember4.

Yes it does, thanks for all of the info

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