After sitting in
Hillsdale Yard for several days, the coal loads were finally moved out to the power plant.
Two GE AC4400's showed up to move the train. Here 8919 and another unit begin the process of re-assembling the train.
As the train gets put back together, the east-bound main will be clogged up for a while. Speaking of which, the fact that this coal is headed east is unusual; while most coal moves westward in this area, the routing for this coal takes it through Wheeling, W.Va., eastward to the power plant in southwestern Pennsylvania.
One of the leased coal gondolas in the train. These cars are
actually owned by the AP&W's car leasing subsidiary, Appalachian
Railcar Leasing. The
AHLX reporting marks are used for coal cars. The red panel shows the end with the rotary coupler, which allows the cars to be rotated and dumped without having to uncouple the cars.
After the coal
gons departed, in came these big Union Pacific reefers. These massive cars have a 64' interior that can hold the contents of up to four 53' trailers!
The string of reefers. They are used to ship produce and other fresh foods from California to the East Coast. The fact that they are sitting in the yard means that they are empties headed back west; east-bound reefers move in expedited fashion, frequently in Forwarder freights, and don't stop! The AP&W survives by moving freight faster than its
competitors, and is often rewarded with this kind of traffic.
Two GE AC4400's showed up to move the train. Here 8919 and another unit begin the process of re-assembling the train.
As the train gets put back together, the east-bound main will be clogged up for a while. Speaking of which, the fact that this coal is headed east is unusual; while most coal moves westward in this area, the routing for this coal takes it through Wheeling, W.Va., eastward to the power plant in southwestern Pennsylvania.
One of the leased coal gondolas in the train. These cars are actually owned by the AP&W's car leasing subsidiary, Appalachian Railcar Leasing. The AHLX reporting marks are used for coal cars. The red panel shows the end with the rotary coupler, which allows the cars to be rotated and dumped without having to uncouple the cars.
After the coal gons departed, in came these big Union Pacific reefers. These massive cars have a 64' interior that can hold the contents of up to four 53' trailers!
The string of reefers. They are used to ship produce and other fresh foods from California to the East Coast. The fact that they are sitting in the yard means that they are empties headed back west; east-bound reefers move in expedited fashion, frequently in Forwarder freights, and don't stop! The AP&W survives by moving freight faster than its competitors, and is often rewarded with this kind of traffic.
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