Cumberland mine railroad
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The Cumberland Mine Railroad ia a private carrier
railroad operating at the Cumberland Mine near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
. The railroad is owned by Foundation Coal
and transports coal
to a barge
dock on the Monongahela River
. It is an isolated railroad, not connected to the North American railroad network. One EMD SD38-2 locomotive
is used to pull the coal trains.
The line was once owned by United States Steel, as most of the coal was used downriver in primary steelmaking.Locomotive 22 is painted in USS blue colors and is the only locomotive used on this route.
The line has 2 SD38-2 Locomotives and a fleet of leased and owned coal cars. Most trips are 37-39 coal cars with one or both locomotives. The track extends 17 miles from the river terminal to the preparation plant located about 2 miles west of Kirby.
In 2009 Foundation was purchased by Alpha Natural Resources
(NYSE: ANR).
Private carrier
A private carrier is a company that transports only their own goods. Usually the carrier's primary business is not transportation but rather something else. For example, the Wegmans grocery store chain owns and operates their own private fleet to deliver produce and goods to their stores...
railroad operating at the Cumberland Mine near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Waynesburg is a borough in and the county seat of Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 4,184 at the 2000 census....
. The railroad is owned by Foundation Coal
Foundation Coal
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. was a large American coal mining company. Until its July 31, 2009 merger with Alpha Natural Resources to form the third largest American coal company, the company was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FCL...
and transports coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
to a barge
Barge
A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...
dock on the Monongahela River
Monongahela River
The Monongahela River is a river on the Allegheny Plateau in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States...
. It is an isolated railroad, not connected to the North American railroad network. One EMD SD38-2 locomotive
Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...
is used to pull the coal trains.
The line was once owned by United States Steel, as most of the coal was used downriver in primary steelmaking.Locomotive 22 is painted in USS blue colors and is the only locomotive used on this route.
The line has 2 SD38-2 Locomotives and a fleet of leased and owned coal cars. Most trips are 37-39 coal cars with one or both locomotives. The track extends 17 miles from the river terminal to the preparation plant located about 2 miles west of Kirby.
In 2009 Foundation was purchased by Alpha Natural Resources
Alpha Natural Resources
Alpha Natural Resources is a large American producer of metallurgical and thermal coal. It also provides services relating to equipment repairs, road construction and logistics . It doesn't produce all of the coal it sells, some is purchased and resold. Alpha operates in Virginia, West Virginia,...
(NYSE: ANR).