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» Unknown » Miley, South Carolina, USA (more..) » July 07, 2007 |
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Vintage GP9s lay over one day in Miley, South Carolina. By this point, there was one customer on line, a coal fired pwoer plant in Cassady. When that plant laid off coal in 2012 (and then eventually shut down) that left a railroad without any customers. The state of South Carolina stepped in before the line was abandoned to preserve the rails and the power went to a leasor company. This locomotive and the 686 eventually would up on the Naugatuck Railroad and were repainted into beautiful N&W-inspired liveries. |
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