Although CSX power is frequently seen on NS rails between Big Stone Gap, Va. and Frisco, Tenn. via NS trackage rights, it's unusual to see CSX power on the ex-Interstate Railroad's mine runs. On a dreary, drizzly, foggy fall day, CSX power, part of a J77 pusher set, leads empties on NS U47 mine run at Cane Patch on the ex-IRR's Pardee Branch. The empties are destined for loading at Cumberland River Coal's loadout at Whitfield, located about a mile south of Pardee. Once loaded, U47 will be leading the loads upgrade to Norton, Va.
Looking back down memory lane at the last generation of GE spartan cab which includes the six axles C series and four axles B series throughout the various of Class 1 Railroads in North America throughout the years.
