Seven Screaming EMDs. Kanawha River Railroad Coal Train on the Virginian Railway.

A dream for many fans of the Electro-Motive Division, or Diesel, whichever you may prefer, is to hear an EMD product thundering up a grade with a heavy train in tow. With a heavy coal train in tow and a quartet of locomotives on the rear. As seven, yes I said seven, screaming Electro-Motive locomotives with six of them being SD60s leased by WATCO from Norfolk Southern. Shot at various locations along the line from Deep Water to Robson to Ingram Branch, West Virginia. Kanawha River Railroad coal train KN38 rolls south with SD70ACu 7250 along the former Virginian Railway's Princeton - Deep Water mainline that was acquired by the WATCO Companies as part of the Kanawha River Railroad as their "V Line Subdivision."

[@railfankimble1403]

Awsome video the train sounds like it is going up the pocahontas division

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

It did eventually after it ran from Mullens to Gilbert to Wharnecliff.

[@sydspoak6754]

Absolutely LOVE the incredible sounds of those older girls WORKIN' HARD !!

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

The locomotive up front was rebuilt from a former UP SD9043MAC by NS that they had bought.

[@walterlangston4484]

This is a hard line to railfan not nanny trains but get lucky sometimes

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

Helps having their radio frequency in your scanner too as the defect detectors were moved over to their channel. Also, when a train leaves, they do call their dispatcher over the radio most of the time. Sometimes they will call the dispatcher via telephone. They use AAR 34 160.620 as their road channel.

[@Pocaconductor22]

You can't beat that power. Awesome catch bud.

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

No you cannot beat that power! Thanks Mr. Freeman!

[@greglaplante7593]

Love those powerful beast.

[@Chessie1985]

Awesome coal train Dennis!

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

Thanks!

[@bozodog428]

It never gets old!

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

Never does!

[@candymaticdodge5214]

The bridge over the Kanawha River was built in 1931, and gave "The Virginian" a second northern connection with the NYC's Dickinson Yard, at milepost 435 (from Norfolk). The first was slightly to the west @ VACO, with the C&O mainline, which crosses just below the VGN track concrete bridge (which you can see the top of, on this side of the river bridge, below the white sign, at the video beginning). There was once a "VGN Section House" on this side of the concrete, on the other side of the track. I used to walk from Page to Deepwater with my Grandpa, up the original "Deepwater RR" gradient (dodging FM Trainmasters & copperheads). This was a THRILL to see...THANKS!!!

[@carlagiselagallardo3825]

Hola

[@elvisbest3213]

pulling that grade with ease

[@peachtree67]

Love it.

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

Thank you!

[@shane7162]

😍😍&😍!!!

[@carlagiselagallardo3825]

Hola cómo estás soy Pauli

[@nshobo1027]

Great video.

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

Thanks Paul!

[@greglaplante7593]

Love coal trains

[@clevelandrailfan9776]

Nice

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

Thanks

[@elvisbest3213]

is that 1 and 1/2 % grade?

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

1.9% percent grade between Deepwater and Page according to the Norfolk Southern track charts for the line.

[@SteveO.1997]

Kinda wish the southern SD60s would've led the train. But still a fantastic catch

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

Take and get what ya can. This just happened to be the get what ya can.