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  1. Bassham

    Coal Piers and Pier Cars

    I am interested in the operations of coal piers and the pier cars (a.k .a. transfer cars) that transferred coal from train to ship during the steam era. I am particularly interested in the Norfolk & Western Railway Lambert's Point operations prior to 1954. I have researched the Norfolk and...
    • Bassham
    • Thread
    • coal coal hoppers coal pier cars coal piers coal transfer cars lambert's point norfolk and western railway sewell's point
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    • Forum: Freight Railroads
  2. Edmonds, WA

    Edmonds, WA

    • Romet
    • Media item
    • beach bnsf 4133 9-44cw coal cp 9829 ac4400cw ferry ferry terminal hopper ns 1014 sd70ace open hopper unit train
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  3. BNSF 6216

    BNSF 6216

    Westbound coal train at Avery, WA
    • Youngwarrior
    • Media item
    • avery bnsf coal train
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  4. Narrow gauge coal train C155.

    Narrow gauge coal train C155.

    Narrow gauge coal train C155 departing EVP yard bound to EKE yard.
    • pedrop
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    • bb40-9w brazil coal dash 9 efvm ge vale
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  5. FCA coal train in EVP.

    FCA coal train in EVP.

    Coal train with a trio of GT26 departuring EVP bound to EPM. February 12, 2014
    • pedrop
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    • brazil coal fca gt26 narrow gauge
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  6. Empty coal C217.

    Empty coal C217.

    Empty coal C217 at Km 623 in Vespasiano MG Brazil.
    • pedrop
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    • bb40-9wm brazil coal dash 9 ge vli
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  7. Coal train C655 in EVP

    Coal train C655 in EVP

    Coal train C655 in EVP yard.
    • pedrop
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    • bb40-9w brazil c coal evp vale vli
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  8. TIVES - Terminal Intermodal Vespasiano.

    TIVES - Terminal Intermodal Vespasiano.

    Unloading coal in the TIVES facility.
    • pedrop
    • Media item
    • brazil coal ge tives
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  9. Train O661 in the coal terminal.

    Train O661 in the coal terminal.

    Train O661 switching gondolas in the TIVES coal terminal.
    • pedrop
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    • c44mi coal evp mrs tives
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  10. Unloading coal

    Unloading coal

    Unloading coal in the Unimetal facility in Vespadiano, MG Brazil.
    • pedrop
    • Media item
    • coal mrs tives unimetal
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  11. Westbound Coal

    Westbound Coal

    Passing the grain elevator at Tokio, WA
    • Youngwarrior
    • Media item
    • bnsf coal grain elevator tokio train
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  12. Westbound Coal Train

    Westbound Coal Train

    Passing Sprague Lake west of Sprague, WA
    • Youngwarrior
    • Media item
    • bnsf coal lake water
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  13. Westbound Coal Train

    Westbound Coal Train

    Passing Sprague Lake west of Sprague, WA.
    • Youngwarrior
    • Media item
    • bnsf coal lake water
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  14. Westbound Coal Train

    Westbound Coal Train

    Between Maryhill and Wishram, WA.
    • Youngwarrior
    • Media item
    • bnsf coal train
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  15. east_bay_alex

    Rainy Day at Pinole

    A rainy day at Pinole made for some great shots of train on the Cal-P. Included are many Amtrak California trains, a new Siemens SC-44 Charger, EB Coal Empties, and WB Double-stacks. Enjoy! Please leave feedback for improvements or stuff I'm doing well. I apologize for the wind noise...
  16. Fostoria AC44CWs

    Fostoria AC44CWs

    • Romet
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    • 127 3203 552 823 ac44cw coal csx csxt es44ac-h es44ah grain yn2 yn3
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: CSX
  17. J

    Union Pacific Coal Passes Through Kirkwood, MO at Dusk

    After attending National Train Day in St. Louis, MO, I went to the suburb of Kirkwood for some train watching! Here is a Union Pacific Coal consist moving westward at dusk: Kirkwood - Union Pacific Coal
  18. J

    BNSF Intermodal Passes BNSF Coal at Dusk in Memphis

    A BNSF Intermodal heading out of the Memphis Intermodal Yard passes a BNSF Coal headed into the yard at dusk.
  19. J

    UP 844 Steam Locomotive with UP Coal Passing

    Summer 2011 - Here is a UP Coal Train passing the UP 844 Steam Locomotive as it was parked near Downtown St. Louis on its cross-country tour that year. It's great to be part of the group! And, thank you for viewing my video. UP Coal with UP 844
  20. Union Pacific Empty Coal Drag in Momence, IL

    Union Pacific Empty Coal Drag in Momence, IL

    A few UP engines pull an empty coal drag across County Highway 2 outside of Momence, IL.
    • UltraJoosh
    • Media item
    • coal country empty farmland pacific train union
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Union Pacific



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