A Norfolk Southern coal train travels westbound east of Riverside, Virginia, on October 24, 1990.

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A 60-car unit coal train of higher sulphur coal destined for the Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, Tennessee, loads at Red River Coal Company’s prep plant and loadout at Steer Branch/Dixiana, Virginia, on May 12, 2014. The Norfolk Southern crew fondly referred to this train as “Interstate Railroad U48.”

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The first cut of a 60-car unit coal train of higher sulphur coal destined for the Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, Tennessee, has finished loading at Red River Coal's prep plant and loadout at Steer Branch/Dixiana, Virginia. The locomotives are moving the loaded cars forward to the other end of the spur where they will double over the loads onto the rest of train and shove back to continue the loading process.

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With a coal truck passing in the background, Norfolk Southern C40-9W No. 9922 is about to cross a small wood trestle while loading a 105-car unit coal train at Alpha Natural Resources’ mine on NS’s former Interstate Stonega Branch at Wentz, Virginia, on May 12, 2014.

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Amtrak’s Auto Train heads over Neabsco Creek Bridge near Woodbridge, Virginia, on April 23, 1996. The train is powered by a pair of GE P40DC (Nos. 831 and 833) locomotives.

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