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On a balmy afternoon along
the former Clinchfield Railroad near Elkhorn City, KY.,
finds this heavy southbound CSX coal drag crawling up a
stiff 1.5-percent ascent from Elkhorn City to Towers, before
slighting in severity the remaining 20 or so miles to Dante,
VA. The two
General Electric AC4400CW’s are in notch-8, while shoving
the heavy-laden train out of Pool Point Tunnel and into the
beautiful Breaks Interstate Park lying along the Kentucky
and Virginia border with its magnificent scenery and gorges,
as evident in this photo.
A keen eye can also note early signs of autumn
throughout the country, with a subtle change of color in the
trees. September 8th, 2013 |
