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On the Rathole Division
Action on Norfolk Southern's Busy Main Line
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© 1999 Steve Barry steve@daylightimages.com
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We follow Norfolk Southern GP38AC 4131 and its train northward from King's Mountain and catch it at McKinney.
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Below Somerset, Kentucky, not far from the Tennessee state line, we hed into the mountains west of Tateville where three massive cuts are located. At the middle cut we see a northbound behind NS Dash 9-40CW 9391. The second track was installed in 1999 to eliminate one of the biggest bottelnecks on the entire Rathole.
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From the same bridge we look the other direction and see a southbound train of steel slabs in gondolas heading our direction with Dash9-44CW 9008 leading.
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Changing lenses, we see the train just before in passes under our highway overpass perch. This perspective shows just how massive this cut is.
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We move one bridge south and pick up a southbound double-stack train with NS GP50 7052 on the point.
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