Brian--- CSX had a very long unit train of brand new empty coal hoppers dead heading north on the A&WP sub this afternoon with 3 operating AC units.. They had been sent south in batches several months ago.
WASHINGTON — U.S. freight rail traffic saw a 5.2-percent rise in traffic last week over the same period in 2016, the Association of American Railroads reports. The uptick in traffic was due in part to increased shipments of minerals, coal, and...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/06/22-aar-minerals-coal-and-chemicals-on-the-rise-in-latest-aar-report
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
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