It loads coal from Gibson County Coal, which is an underground mine that produces low-sulfur coal. [gem]
An overland conveyor from the mine comes in on the right and up to a storage silo.
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| Street View, Sep 2022 |
In this view the loading tower was skunked by a train.
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| Street View, Jun 2012 |
NS/Southern goes across the south side of the loop and CSX/L&N/C&EI is on the east side.
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| Satellite |
The concrete silo at the loop is just surge storage. The bulk of the storage is back at the mine.
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| Satellite |
And it looks like coal is trucked in to be loaded on trains.
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| Satellite |
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| Rick L Whitehead posted Princton,Indiana Loading Coal N.S 7663 ES 40-DC 12-18-2017 |
Update: I think this is the same facility.
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| Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Historical Society shared This is on the north edge of Princeton on the Evansville line. Both CSX and NS trains can access the loop. IndianaRails photo Evansville Western Railway, EVWR 2103 Rebuilt EMD GP40-3 loading a coal train at Alliance Coal Loop in Princeton, Indiana on February 9, 2019. Eli Noble Their has been more and more of those up there. IndianaRails Eli Noble I think there running about once a week maybe twice a week. Jim Pearson Very nice Ryan! Good use of leading lines! |
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| Frank Keller Photography posted Evansville & Western 4501 is loading coal at the Alliance Coal Loop in Princeton, IN 8.5.18. This was a very unique operation as I recall both CSX and perhaps even NS loaded trains here. |
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| SteelRails posted CSX Transportation CSXT 914 GE ES44AC-H convertible was the DPU power for a coal train at Alliance Coal Loop in Princeton when the mine failed to move the coal loading chute off to the side. It dragged from one end to the other on 914 ripping off the cover over the cooling fan and the roof of the locomotive cab. The photo was taken in Princeton, Indiana on October 18, 2022 a week after the accident. https://steelrails.pixels.com/featured/csxt-914-ge-es44ac-h-steelrails-photography.html Leonard Wheland: SteelRails Do you know what rail line runs N&S pass that loading facility? I'm thinking it's the old L&N (now CSX) that runs from North of Vincennes through Evansville towards Nashville. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Leonard's comment The NS route was the Southern. The L&N route was originally the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. The L&N got the east part when Missouri Pacific got the west part of the C&EI. 1959 Princeton Quad @ 1:24,000 |
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| SteelRails posted https://steelrails.pixels.com/featured/1-csxt-914-ge-es44ac-h-steelrails-photography.html |
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| SteelRails posted https://steelrails.pixels.com/featured/2-csxt-914-ge-es44ac-h-steelrails-photography.html Jonathan Lafferty: It's gonna have to Huntington shops to get fixed. |
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| SteelRails posted CSX Transportation CSXT 914 GE ES44AC-H convertible was the DPU power for a coal train at Alliance Coal Loop in Princeton when the mine failed to move the coal loading chute off to the side. It dragged from one end to the other on 914 ripping off the cover over the cooling fan and the roof of the locomotive cab. The photo was taken in Princeton, Indiana on October 18, 2022 a week after the accident. https://steelrails.pixels.com/featured/csxt-914-ge-es44ac-h-steelrails-photography.html Leonard Wheland: SteelRails Do you know what rail line runs N&S pass that loading facility? I'm thinking it's the old L&N (now CSX) that runs from North of Vincennes through Evansville towards Nashville. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Leonard's comment The NS route was the Southern. The L&N route was originally the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. The L&N got the east part when Missouri Pacific got the west part of the C&EI. 1959 Princeton Quad @ 1:24,000 |
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| SteelRails posted https://steelrails.pixels.com/featured/1-csxt-914-ge-es44ac-h-steelrails-photography.html |
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| SteelRails posted https://steelrails.pixels.com/featured/2-csxt-914-ge-es44ac-h-steelrails-photography.html Jonathan Lafferty: It's gonna have to Huntington shops to get fixed. |
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