Abandoned SWs

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:29 am

At a coal mine in Kentucky in 2006:

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?m ... 6_1246.jpg
http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?m ... 7_1249.jpg

Captions do not say where. Odd exhaust in the latter photo.

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6487

Might these be ex-Illinois Central units? Anyone know?

Les

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:23 pm

Yes, I believe these are IC units. They are at a coal operation in Western Kentucky that is now isolated from live rail due to the abandonment of part of the former IC line in Kentucky.

Last I heard, at least one is operational, and sometimes a local NRHS chapter is invited out to run the locomotive on the mine trackage. Of course, this is only what I've heard, it could be wrong.