Posted by steve on 6/18/2012, 2:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Empty Stone Train"
Regular stone, as in asphalt or concrete is being railed more often these days. They want trucks off the road. Here in Pittsburgh, we are getting barge stone from Kentucky and Morgantown.
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: Engines 6350 and 1502 returning to
: Akron from Kent. Carrying 3 Boxcars
: and 1 Tankcar and a long string of
: empty stone hoppers. W&LE usally
: runs a stone train to Shelley
: Materials in Kent. Alway powered
: with six-axle engines, it runs north
: one day loaded and comes back the
: next day empty. The stone comes from
: either Carey or Copley.
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