Abandoned Railroad & Abandoned Locomotive Isolated On Abandoned Coal Mine Branch In West Virginia!

[@thomasmackowiak]

Thank you for documenting this now unusable coal spur, Jay Tooth. If you had not documented this coal spur no one would have known it existed. Thank you for what you are doing to preserve the current and the past of railroading. I really enjoy seeing the videos you produce!

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it thomas!

[@georgettedebuhr2660]

She's better off in a museum. Poor old girl😔

[@xizang3815]

They'll melt her down in China and turn her into new shipping containers.

[@musclecarmitch908]

I love that old EMD GP30, it breaks my heart to think they would scrap it! That's my all time favorite locomotive! I love the styling GM put into them. L&N used to run alot of them through my hometown when I was growing up, I guess thats why I like them so much! Great video! Thanks for sharing Jawtooth!

[@DTD110865]

I mentioned this on another thread, but I see a somewhat crooked attempt to add a new reporting mark over the old logo. Perhaps if we're lucky, some railroad museum will hire a trucker with a low-boy and a crane to lift it up and tow it away to their yard.

[@renardohunter8602]

Wish we could save it!

[@jeffrumbach150]

I see in bone valley in polk County they us those G P 30 as slugs for dual power pulling those heavy trains to port of Tampa for round trips back to the mines

[@richarddelgado8913]

It's always hard to see old rails and spurs getting pulled up and them becoming history. Thank you for the historic video. As always quite an awesome video!

[@kevinjohnson4532]

Thanks for the tour of abandoned mines in West Virginia. Unfortunately it's an all to common site nowadays. Thanks for going that extra mile instead of sitting in your car and shooting video. Keep up the good work

[@ut000bs]

That GP30 was built as SOU 2598 in October, 1963. Awesome video. I had a friend from up that way years ago and we rode our bikes up there from Knoxville. We went up through North Matewan to get to the house. Lots of _good_ people up that way then. I'd live there right now. Awesome video as always, Brian. You have spoiled us a little lately but you can spoil us some more, I think. 😉🚂

[@robertscharlow]

I love this abandoned RR stuff, JT. What a find. And with a dang loco on the line! Amazing.

[@xizang3815]

Probably not abandoned. Most likely still owned by an investor or two, with liens owed to a bank somewhere. This "abandoned" RR stuff is assets on a ledger to the finance folks.

[@jeffreysmith206]

What a great find Brian ! Great video , this has been a great trip . Your video from yesterday and finding the old boxcar was great too A lot of railroad history in WV !

[@celioleitao7303]

Glad you're preserving it on video, who knows when the rest of the track will be taken out.

[@RHJ3]

Great Video! That is a neat spot for sure. Ancient GP30 high hood left to rot and a coal mine behind it. Too bad its closed. The CPL lit up with no tracks is eerie for sure. And speaking of the Erie back in the mid 1990's I was west of Hornell NY on the ex Erie Mainline and there were massive washouts and Conrail didn't care, they just left it. I remember a spot where the tracks were washed out for a couple hundred feet dangling in the air over the water near an old Erie signal still illuminated with obviously no trains. Too bad I wasn't shooting photographs yet. Thanks Jaw Tooth for bringing back that memory.

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Wow interesting find of that Locomotive!

[@JawTooth]

It sure is! It shows up on Google Maps also

[@ruthpeoples9700]

I watch your videos almost every day. Thank you for saving these excerpts for history...

[@rockercover]

The rail marked as “do not take”, might be left there as a storage spot when needed elsewhere. After seeing some recent train derailments, might be handy to have ready-made rail ready to place , when needed.

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Makes sense.

[@SarahsAtticOfTreasures]

What a wonderful location and a great piece of history. Just left there. Buildings and engine. Awesome, Brian.

[@yrunaked4]

So sad to see this, I have a Dvd with trains serving this mine, I think it was a Pentrex production but I could be mistaken. Glad you are preserving this on video. I guess you cant exactly call this one live action, more like dead action but its a awesome video JT, thanks so much for sharing. Cheers Rob

[@legotrainfan460119]

As soon as he mentioned the golf course at Alma, I immediately placed the location with the Pentrex production "Along the Pocahontas District".

[@ryandixon6428]

I heard some of the railroad companies layoff as well. What cause the coal company to shutdown ?

[@yrunaked4]

@@ryandixon6428 that would be gubment manipulation and the election in fection 🙄

[@renardohunter8602]

That picture probably shows another set of tracks running around the warehouse past the engine and those tracks would have gone under a taller building that does not exist anymore. The taller building that does not exist was probably the load out building. where are the railroad ties are stacked up is probably where that second set of tracks ran.

[@thomaswilt4194]

Great video JT. Lots of modeling inspiration here with the close-ups of the buildings and track. Highly appreciated.

[@1960gambit]

There were a bunch of signal lights that stayed on for years after the bankruptcy on the Penn Central line that became the bike trail in Loveland, Ohio. There was one in particular by Nisbet Lumber in Loveland that was on from 1974 to the time they pulled the rails around 1980.

[@JawTooth]

I remember the one in front of Arrowhead Apartments being on

[@alcopower5710]

That signal still being lit was just cool. Loved that high nose as well. Thanks for sharing JT👍

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching

[@colin5296]

Great start for a little museum there. Loco looks in great shape.Never seen a signal shinin on a lifted track ,great shot .

[@adrianspeeder]

How would that be a great start? Shot electrical, hole in the block, and way better running things available.

[@JawTooth]

@asteinmann Thanks for that link. That is very interesting. It hasn't run in awhile

[@cody8217]

@@adrianspeeder because a wrecked engine in a locomotive isn't an automatic death sentence.

[@jameslingard148]

@asteinmann From that picture. It looks like the rail in front and back of that engine was pulled even before 2015. Interesting to know where in the Pacific Northwest that engine was going to.

[@dmorgan28]

Sad story seeing places like this shut down. Thanks Jawtooth 👍👍👍❤️

[@ROBERTSCOIN]

Having sat idle at Massey Energy's Sprouse Creek loadout for several years, the former Southern hi-hood now sports new reporting marks on the cab, and (according to security personnel on site) has been receiving repairs to be prepared for sale and transport to the Pacific Northwest. But for tonight, the unit rests at the dormant loadout just east of Sprigg, on the former Alma Branch, waiting for it's next assignment.

[@andrewscolari5724]

Nice to know that that engine is going to continue to run on a new line and not be scrapped

[@redhed9776]

would make a good yard unit...but with new units running over 7500HP according my SIL engineer, she cant compete on the main line.

[@KeyStonedState]

They've been saying that since 2016!

[@danjohnson8170]

The fresh tanks of torch fuel sitting next to it tell a different story.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

@@danjohnson8170 I would agree. Looks like they're getting ready to cut her up. Too bad, too. A bunch of museums would love to have that rig. Even if just for static display.

[@animaloverload7465]

You can see this on Google maps too and the track is still in place. Great footage of a great train. Well done.

[@JawTooth]

Google also shows the track still in place on the branch on the east side of Matewan. It is gone also. I had planned on filming that one and got bummed out when I saw the tracks gone

[@paulbergen9114]

Truly sad as this place was hopping back in 2001. At that time besides their own mine many trucks drove here from smaller mines to have their coal processed. The NS division supt had a large map of all coal mines in the area circa 1966 and it was mind-blowing and even more interesting was that numerous lines were left in place. He stated there was exploration or some mines were not played out and rather than haggle with regulatory agencies or adjacent landowners just leave it in place. I remember there was a signal in Waukesha WI in the middle of a newly paved parking lot with a lit but marooned red signal that guarded the former CNW Xing across the SOO main and it stayed there almost a year. Chessie is trying to sniff out where the people food is hidden.

[@ronhelman3985]

Great video Jawtooth, it's sad to see these old places shut down, some of these lines were thriving places and eventually they will just be memories.

[@Daddymouse-ny9cz]

Sad to see that light still on to protect an empty path.....Thanks for the vid Son.

[@kennethmaynard5046]

Hello Jaw Tooth I know of an area of West Virginia from Norfolk Western days in the 1920-1935. NW built a bypass of their old line from Nagutuck WV to Kenova WV it ran thur Lenore, Dingess, Dunlow, Genoa, Wayne then Kenova. There are spurs at Wayne and Nagatuck to serve the coal mines at the time till East Lynn and Nagatuck mines closed. Between those points the state was able to pave those miles in between some of the bridges are still in use and two tunnels connect Dingess and Lenore one car can use the tunnel headlights on to warn oncoming traffic

[@bobgallo2178]

So sad that nobody moved that loco before the track was lifted. Good post Brian.

[@koda4398]

Probably been sitting there 20 years prior to this video.

[@clearlycaribbeanreb7176]

Awesome video! The coal fields of Appalachia is my favorite type of railroading.

[@darianw1749]

Wow, amazing history! Just kind of a ghostly/eerie vibe to it. That distant signal still being active was just something else too, just showing old times😌

[@JawTooth]

I totally agree!

[@WALDRONDD699]

Hey Jaw this is a rare GP-30 , EMD GP30 was a 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) four-axle B-B diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July, 1961 and November, 1963, The GP30 was also the only 30 Series locomotive in production, as there was no SD30 ever produced. 908 were built. The GP30 was also available in a B unit, which was purchased solely by Union Pacific. My railroad thru here was C & E I RR and they had 3 of them

[@thomasmccaskill5197]

Wow GP30 High Hood probably a ex Southern loco hope some museum comes and saves her

[@creeperkillere]

yup.

[@adrianspeeder]

Why? High hood 30s are the dumbest lookin' things ever.

[@ut000bs]

That GP30 was built as SOU 2598 in October, 1963.

[@WeMustRebell]

@@adrianspeeder Wrong. GP30s are fantastic in high or low hood configuration.

[@Dennis-vh8tz]

The GP30 was one of the last locomotives available with a high hood, and it's a rare combination. Problem is: who is willing to pay to recover and preserve it? Have any high hood GP30's been preserved?

[@georgiasunbelt]

Whenever you see this…a lot of jobs and family livelihoods were lost 😞….that trickles down to mom&pop shops, eateries, etc being closed and small towns dying 😞😞….good work capturing this Jaw Tooth

[@tobylou8]

That engine has been sitting there by itself since at least 2009 according to ggl maps!

[@gravelydon7072]

And I would guess it was dead before that. Note it has no ditch lights. Reporting are are for American Refining ( Amerimex Rail ). I would have thought they would have moved the loco before pulling the rails but it may have truck damage.

[@hernanpatricioorellanaalar3473]

😮👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Great discovery!! Bravo!! Thank you very much Mr. Jaw Tooth!

[@granny4190]

Shoestring posted a video where he was adjacent to a golf course and had an encounter with a flying golf ball. Reminded me when you checked out the tag. Half thought it might be his. Great video as always, Jaw Tooth!

[@Domino10112]

I love abandoned railroads!!! They're like great monuments to come and see.

[@timofeegraaay8165]

Excellent find. My mother’s side of the family were all coal miners/workers in WV. None of us followed into that because it was a hard and dangerous line of work and quite frankly we all wanted out of West Virginia. We love the state, we are forever Mountaineers but it is a hard life a we all wanted to explore other opportunities that just are not available in the state. It still makes me feel sad to see this but I lived it and coal is dirty and will kill everything eventually with Mercury and many other poisonous ☠️ things that result from mining, including arsenic and even nitrogen oxides. We have had Parkinson’s, lung disease and Alzheimer’s in the family that stayed longest. I wish coal could make a comeback but really in all honesty the answer is to get other industry and jobs back into Appalachia because the people will work hard and are much smarter than the stereotypes of us hillbillies. I have degrees from two very highly regarded universities and all my brothers have at least Bachelor’s degrees but we were Blessed and very lucky. So many just don’t get the chance. We were very fortunate. Love those mountains though, still in my blood. That yellow signal still on is an absolutely classic find, no tracks but the signal is on….maybe only in Bloody Mingo county.

[@bendavis6722]

my father was raised during the great depredation in the state of Colorado he worked in the moffet tunnel near Denver Colorado sorry for any misspells or mistakes in spelling oops wrong chat my bad sorry about that.

[@koda4398]

If anybody wants to know JMG Global is the company that removed the track from sprouse creek to the load out in red jacket. They also removed track from the load out in glen alum.

[@RequiemDream]

I love that kind of videos 🙂 Greetings from Switzerland 🙂

[@jurgenkuhlmann9194]

Sadly, this mining district in the US has met the same fate as in the UK (Wales) and Germany (Rhein - Ruhr district). The last coal pit in Germany (Zeche "Prosper Haniel" near Bottrop) was closed as late as 2018! As about that abandoned red engine: problem is that large parts of it have been taken off and disappeared somewhere, maybe for scrap, so chances are very little that someone might rebuild it. 8:00: Thank you for that close - up on a piece of rail as it pretty clearly shows how the rails are fastened (actually: nailed!) to the sleepers. Really different over here in Germany; what we have here are screw-in tapped bolts for the base plate (4 of them, the sleepers are accordingly pre - drilled) plus two clamps and two bolts for holding down the rails. This works for wooden sleepers. If concrete sleepers are used, the fastening mechanism is different. Quite interesting here are reports about the construction of the new ICE high - speed train lines.

[@GrnArrow092]

I knew I recognized the font style of the locomotive's numbers and that got me curious of this locomotives origins. It turns out that AMRX #2598 is an EMD GP30 locomotive. It was originally built for the Southern Railroad as SOU #2598 in October of 1963. Sad to see this locomotive sitting here abandoned.

[@mississippisteeler95]

TVRM would be a cool home for it

[@vernonmatthews181]

Thanks for sharing the loco's early years.😎👌👍

[@Docdug]

You find the coolest stuff! Thanks for posting! Cheers Doc

[@jetmelt]

Super cool location! Great find!

[@brianjansen3513]

Saw a couple of pictures online of that place when it wasn't torn up yet. Pretty cool.

[@craigfazekas3923]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that gets nostalgic when I see this kinda stuff.... 🚬😎

[@josephleveille2480]

Jawtooth thanks for the video very interesting seeing this abandon line I appreciate your work

[@chesterraybon3442]

Talking about off the beating path. You're way out there today. Sad to see everything going away. Great video, take care. 😎👍👌

[@silverbells24]

Nice video Jawtooth loved the live action stuff you filmed that old locomotive was amazing that you saw

[@ocsrc]

East Terminal Railway should come get it. Contact them. See if they can get in touch with the owner

[@jamesnegus83]

I thought the very same thing

[@beeble2003]

@@jamesnegus83 Why did you think that? The guy who runs that channel has clearly stated on multiple occasions that he intends to use trackmobiles or possibly a small industrial switcher such as a GE 50 tonner. Why would he be interested in a non-working road locomotive that makes no sense at all for his business?

[@easydoesit8857]

I think he would be interested in the truck assemblies because they have roller bearings.

[@beeble2003]

@@easydoesit8857 The trucks of any locomotive built in the last 70 years have roller bearings...

[@rachelolvera9435]

Good morning Jaw Tooth. Have a blessed Sunday , you and your family.

[@hanksundermeyer529]

Jaw Tooth, that piece of coalmine siding you visited was once the “mainline” around the mountain following the stream until a tunnel was bored through the mountain. The signal is of N&W origin, fixed approach aspect. It should have two amber lights lit on the 45-degree UQ diagonal.

[@wallstreetpilot5615]

great video - thanks for capturing and sharing, JT!

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching

[@IchimokuCloud]

It would be fantastic to see some of these historic facilities preserved in some way. Its the history of WV.

[@edmaphet6]

They did the same thing to TTI 245 in Lake City TN. Pulled the rails in front and behind the engine and since then it's been torn apart and the only thing worth having on it is the Bell that still has P&LE paint on it and I think that the number was 2808. THANKS for the post.

[@joshsadventures1776]

That coal mine seems like a perfect place for our buddies over at TheProperPeople I bet would love to explore it!

[@SuperBroncosguy]

True railroad buff. Thanks! My grandpa retired from Rock Island line in Iowa.

[@JawTooth]

Very cool!

[@petebachelder1131]

That's fascinating, would love to know the story behind all this. I hope they don't scrap that engine, someone need to launch a rescue mission, looks like a Geep. Yes the yellow light showed up on the signal light, that's wicked cool, can't believe they still have it hooked to power. This was a neat find !! 👏 Bravo !! Great video !!!! 👍 👍

[@chrisryan5339]

Sad to see dead railways. Great video cheers. Chris from rainy England.

[@msnpassjan2004]

That is quite the find Jawtooth !

[@robertmoir5695]

Thank you for sharing this video John Alan Smith

[@ed777tx-edward8]

Hi Brian: it seems like it wouldn’t take too much effort to rescue the locomotive if it were salvageable. However I think,as you indicated they will probably scrap it where it sits. Great video thanks for posting.

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Sad d Old is gone

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Gt video JT

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Still Sad they Forget d Past n Ireland it's D Same im getting old i know Sla'inte

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

hi Ohio?

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Do you know how expensive heavy haulers are !

[@加藤清隆-c7u]

I was moved . You report railroad is longest train and abandon railroad all live American railroad .Thank you.

[@corey294]

Another very cool Jawtooth production! Thanks Jawtooth! The coal power plants are disappearing for cleaner power! The coal plant in Sheboygan WI will be decommissioned by the end of the year. Union Pacific will lose a major customer once it closes! Would love to catch some video of the swapping of coal cars while the trains still run!

[@erict5234]

Alliant power has said they were gonna close down the edgewater plant for the last 10 yrs... same with com ed Waukegan plant... i will believe it's actually closing when we stop running trains!

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Locomotive must be total junk otherwise it wouldn't be left there

[@BOATNIAGARA]

The locomotive is stuck here! Nice video in a beautiful landscape !

[@msnpassjan2004]

7:56 Haha, just the other day Shoestring observed golf courses are frequently next to railroad tracks.

[@themanfromcabowabo1559]

Started life October, 1963 as Southern 2598, then SCCX 2598 and now AMRX 2598. It hasn’t moved an inch since prior to July 26, 2016. At that time it was owned by Consolidated Oil and Transportation Company Inc. and there were several tracks running to the East. I believe they comprised a small company yard about a mile long. The tracks that have been removed were there within the last year, possibly two but I doubt it

[@dennisb-trains23]

AMRX- American Refining/Amerimex Rail. I looked it up. This was probably left behind because it has friction bearing wheels. These are not allowed in class 1 tracks anymore and would take tons if crane time to convert to roller bearings.

[@terryboyer1342]

Dennis B -Trains Good eye and explanation!

[@dennisb-trains23]

@@terryboyer1342 thanks! I just recently learned that by watching another KZbin channel, East Terminal Railroad.

[@Cnw8701]

Pretty sure these are the standard Class 1 roller bearings. Look at the trucks. They look like your typical EMD Blomberg trucks.

[@ernestpassaro9663]

@@dennisb-trains23 I guess if it was worth saving they would have taken it before they pulled up all the rails

[@dennisb-trains23]

@@Cnw8701 could be. I couldn't get a good look at them.

[@renegadetenor]

The signal is spooky. I once saw one on in the middle of nowhere on the old Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension in Montana. About 14 years later.

[@mattalbrecht7471]

Doesn't have never make you wonder why they abandon things like that in place? Or get another locomotive in there to tow it off to a main line so it can be salvaged for scrap or for parts or for a museum or something?

[@mightyV444]

Yes, I was wondering about that when watching videos like the following one on the 'post 10' channel recently: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5e7nZqGja6pf6s

[@michaelmaston4702]

The rails were removed in front of and behind the loco. Only way to get her out now is with a tractor and heavy haul flatbed.

[@jeremypreece870]

Hello Mr Jaw Tooth, UK in the house again. This is a sad video and reminds me very much of my teenage years when we used to visit the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. Over time the railways disappeared bit bit. However, in the end there is a section that is now a preserved steam line. This one however has a real sense of dereliction about it and I am surprised that they just left the locomotive to rot. It could have been removed by rail even if it was going elsewhere to be scrapped.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Sad government HATES coal and coal miners. Thaks for the history lesson. JT.

[@godslove7708]

Whats sad is coal has killed more fine men digging it out of the ground.

[@howardclark9054]

long time viewer, first time writer. I have been enjoying your videos for a long time. I really enjoy it when you include the Google map overhead view where you are. Have you ever thought of pairing up with someone who has a drone on some of your outings? Would love to see this area overhead . Maybe a couple of hundred feet up? I have wanted to go to several of your locations with my drone just to explore it from above. I really do appreciate all of your hard work and effort you put into your videos. Hope you keep it going.

[@JawTooth]

One time I made a video in Fostoria Ohio with a drone. It came out pretty good. I would like to do some drone videos and maybe get a drone someday also

[@RailfanNetwork]

That was an incredible find. That still lit distant signal was great! Now that coal is the enemy again, places like W. Virginia are really going to suffer. It's a dirty shame. The vigilant pup!!

[@timidema6374]

Man they know how to tare up history. Said to see coal trains being disabled and wiped away from the books. Nice to see you documentary it and not forgotten from railfriends like you. Thank you my friend.

[@eugeneellison6479]

That makes me sad to see abandoned rail spurs and equipment

[@koda4398]

Right there in front of that golf course up in the hill I found a whole whole old telephone pole, still had the blue and white insulators on it, I got the whole pole, tons of golf balls on that hill as well.

[@JawTooth]

Awesome!

[@davidwilcox153]

This processing plant was the site of a pretty nasty strike in 1985.

[@derekhall2079]

Now you have us wanting more details. Some scabs got beat up ?

[@littlebitseaton2925]

Great find JT. Superb video

[@navigator902]

Wow, when they do derelict in West Virginia ... they don't fool around. Time for new technology, and get those trains back on the track.

[@kiltman1961]

This locomotive has been sitting in that same spot since 2011. Last comment I saw on her, was she was awaiting repairs for a sale and move out west (2016). As you can see, that never happened. Locomotive was purchased in 1963 brand new by Southern Railway, with the high hood from the factory. She survived the Southern / Norfolk Western merger and was repainted into NS paint scheme in May 1988 (rare thing for an older loco). Sold to SCCX sometime before 2005 and was photographed at this same loader in 2005. Sad to see her rotting away like this. I see someone stole the bell off the front.

[@jamesedwards7241]

Loco more than probably abandoned due to the cost of having to move it by road because it cannot be towed out on rails due to the type of axle bearings it has being bushings rather than rollerbearings.

[@louiskats5116]

Goodday JT, Beautiful video & beautiful scenery. They would love that GP 30 here in Australia, we are still running older loco's than that on mainline duties. Cheers Louis 👍

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

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[@johnzeller1338]

It's sad to see that happening to some of our rail lines. I was just a young man when I watched the Old Putnam Division being pulling up from Brewster, N.Y. down to Baldwin Place and beyond. It's all been turned into bike trails now so any hope of the rails going back down are highly unlikely. Thanks JT you always have the best videos.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Diesel Loco "Abuse" !!! Lol

[@DanielPRails]

This was interesting and sad. The abandoned lines are always so intriguing. Thanks for sharing JT

[@daf827]

Fine video, JT. Feels ghostly, especially that lit signal. Always sad to see an abandoned line. Someone should preserve that GP30. The high hood version is rare.

[@briansaxby5357]

I guess that high hood G30 will be saved according to above comments

[@margiecooper6045]

Such a sad story JT. Thanks for sharing it.

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidmeek3104]

so sad to see a engine train engine sitting there in the only way they'll get it out now will be piece by piece and taking out all these drills but that's thanks to Obama many years ago he got rid of coal or at least you tried get rid of a coal-fired plants thanks Jaw tooth for bringing us another great video

[@terryboyer1342]

Picture of where our country is heading while China grows and prospers. Third world here we come!

[@Cnw8701]

Obama gave birth to more drilling and fraking. Coal is declining because of it.

[@billmorris2613]

Great video JT. Awesome find.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@Eddy63]

I was so hoping you'd get some shots inside that old High hood GP30 ... Oh well it was still an excellent video Son ...

[@JawTooth]

I was afraid to push it too much

[@andrefane5499]

Amazing videos jaw tooth keep up the good work

[@nedj10]

Someone should call Ron Pratt he can scoop that loco right up on to a flatbed and bring it to a new buyer.

[@mississippisteeler95]

That high hood definitely needs to be saved

[@pm8302]

I use to go to this former Massey owned mine with my dad when he was Superintendent over the Pocahontas Division. This mine use to ship out a lot of coal. I remember playing the little golf course down the road with my future wife and dad and my uncle would be the engineer on the job and he’d stop and say hello.

[@BlackMan614]

From the looks from Google Earth, the strip mine above the hill from the silo is fully reclaimed and it looks like a small-ish strip mine. Probably just played out. I can't determine the seam they were working - but it could be met coal. The price of met coal right now... every mine is opening back up which tells me this is truly played out here.

[@somedude-tr1mj]

Great videography and commentary as always.

[@JawTooth]

Much appreciated!

[@sthpac69]

When I see a scene like this I always wonder did the engineer stop the train there because the shift was over with intentions on coming back the next day or did the company shutter when he reported for work the next day, something happened hmmm.

[@scottleidenberger4007]

Wow awesome catch JT. I like the signal still in operation and no track. Turn that into a poster !

[@scottghall1]

That locomotive couldn't be moved on Class-1 railroads to be sold at auction because it has friction bearings. I saw another video (from ccrx2400 - Cumberland Mine Railroad) that explained about it and how the only other alternatives are by truck over the roads or by special lowboy flatcar or by an expensive bearing conversion or finally by a temporary truck swapout. The cranes required to lift these guys alone are hard to come by.

[@draff1662]

Sad to see history pass before our eyes. Thank you for documenting this.

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MrDan708]

Without knowing how many miles are on that engine, it's hard to know if it's usable. One recent president really had it in for the coal industry and pretty much killed it here in PA.

[@cody8217]

Miles have little to nothing to do with it. The biggest thing to look for are cracks in the frames.

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Basically you go by engine hours like a forklift or terminal tractor instead of miles

[@jasonk9779]

It's not all politics. Demand for coal world wide is simply declining, at least when it comes to generating power.