After 7 hours of waiting and stalling near Abilene, we were finally able to get this monster 16,400ft, 322 car NS 823 at Patrick Henry on the Altavista District. Leading is an SD70IAC along with an ES44AC. Mid DPU’s were a D9W and a new 4400 series C6M. They lost the C6M and was a lead cause of the the train stalling. To my knowledge, this was the longest MTY hopper train to ever come out of Norfolk. The train was split in Roanoke before making the attempt on the Christiansburg grade. CP Patrick Henry - NS Altavista District 9/15/21
