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Thank you! My dad loves to watch local trains. He used to work on the railroad out of Shelby yard!

My buddy Nick Pack is a conductor out of Shelbianna. Back in the early 90’s there was a restaurant there at the yard called Track’s end. You could buy CSx Merch there I still have some old pocket knives and a hat I bought there years ago.

I love your vids, Micah. Not just the trains but the history and info you add. I especially like how you mentioned the C&O acquiring the WM, and B&O railroads. I grew up in Cumberland, MD when these railroads were in their heyday, and Cumberland was a major hub for them, and I have been a railfan ever since. In the 40's and 50's deep mining was a big source of revenue for the WM, and there's still a moderate amount of surface mining going on in Western Maryland, and neighboring SW Penna. I love trains, mining, and history .. you bring it all together in a great way. Thanks, man.

Awesome documentary Micah Me and James like of the history of Coal Mining in the Appalachian Mountains

Hi Micah. Great video! Thanks for sharing this with us and the history of the area

Thank GOD for Coal and Oil and America is Blessed to have Plenty of Both. Solar and Wind (Green New Scam) Generate Less than 1% of America’s Energy Needs. 🤪👎

Awesome Oil oil oil Train!!!🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️

If they didn't take the Lexington sub out they could have got the lumber mills fright.

Western Hemisphere not eastern

Thanks for another great video. I really enjoyed the way you displayed the locations, included the radio traffic and sped up the train movements in the appropriate places. Very nice!

Great job Micah!

Just a tip to help people.. I'm glad to see this in here just I first watched on a roku. On the roku the comments and description are usually hidden behind a few extra steps to get to it. Just clicking down down down etc.. Not that it's hard just most don't usually go thru it so you'll know. The title doesn't explain where you're at here so just saying that for some viewers they have no idea about the story behind why it was in that shape. To get people behind it the name of the site should be somewhere other than having to dig or Google to find it. So they'll get on board with keeping these going etc. Just passing along an experience is say more have dealt with so maybe info can be placed better. Thx

We live in the Western Hemisphere. That includes the Americas, and Europe and Africa west of the Greenwich Meridian (0º longitude). Cool video.

I so want to take one of those wide cabs like a Dash 8 or 9 and give it a drivetrain, steering in all axles, and put big ol mud tires on and have a mudding train. Call it CSXtreme. 😂

Do all the trains on this video move over the former Clinchfield? Back in the 80’s, I spent countless days between Marion, NC and Erwin, TN, but I’m completely clueless about how much the CRR is used in 2024. I’m aware that at least for a time, a section of the line was closed.

I've watched quite a few of The C&O Railfan's vids and often wondered about his lighting, and now I see. Thanks for another excellent production, Micah. Great camera work, and drone footage as always .. along with the manifest designations, and logistics info. I'll have to do some research on the Pikeville Cut-Through ... how you don't have thousands more subscribers is baffling .. Thanks again for the great content.

I knew a guy Taylor Fitzpatrick from eastern KY he owned two coal mines but his dad had owned a couple different coal companies but had got bought out by bigger companies years ago. He told me there wasn’t a lot of good coal left in eastern KY that could be mined effectively, that much of the good stuff had been mined over the years. He said there’s only small patches of good coal left in a few counties, but lots of coal still left in east ky it’s just poor quality coal or can’t be mined safely or effectively. He took my wife & I on his mines & I remember one was a deep mine in the Elkhorn something coal seam & other was a strip mine in 3 or 4 different coal seams Elkhorns a hazard 4 & amburgy. It was really interesting & neat to watch it all work we got lucky to get to see it bc he told us a couple years back he sold both mines in 2010 & hadn’t mined since. He said he really misses the mines & the coal business a great deal but the days of the small independent coal company are over.

We really enjoy the narration & history along with the older photos as well. Thanks, Charlie & Louise in Central Ohio

Awesome video buddy!! Nice lights BTW! 😉

Micah, you knocked another one out of the park...fantastic video. I couldn't find McVicker on Google Maps, but that's OK. I usually watch TH-cam videos on one of my iMac 27" 5K computers and your quality is superb. I watch on one iMac and follow on Google maps on the one next to it. I like to figure out where you are standing when you shot your footage. And, the bloopers addition is welcomed - I like to see behind the scene footage. Thanks and God Bless you my friend, Charlie in Central Ohio --- but soon to be Central Florida 😃

Great video as always Micah!

I spent a lifetime at Raceland Car shop as a a Carman welder. I don't believe there was an inch of that ground I haven't been. Stayed there until 2010 when CSX ended their operations with Progress Rail. I had to finish my last few years in Russell yard. I still miss the car shops they were certainly in my blood. Thank you so much for including it in your video!

Good vedio but your caption is where the coal came from,hows its mined,process and ship..this content is just taking vedio around the place no proper start and ending,what about if you show the first step like stripping then drillin and blasting g then extract and then carting then process plant i think this suits to your caption..just saying

Any recent updates???? I return to this now and again to check if anyone’s heard anything.

Excellent video my friends awesome like 👍🏻 Greeting from Argentina nuevo subcritor suscribete 😊

I have track inspected that branch for many years. It's the Merna Branch and the Creach Loadout. It's a steep branch.

I really enjoy this series of videos. I learn something new rach time. Thank you Micah.

CSX does a good job of painting the heritage locos

great capture how did the rail break?

Love the history lesson!

5:00 CSX New York Central Heritage unit Fresh Paint 5:51 ok So coal hopper and a 1970s long time ago. 6:37 CSX 911 unit 6:49 CSX brand new fresh Paint Locomotive Nice. 7:46 another Coal hoppers late early 90s. Wow you did amazing job Micah!!! 👏🏽👍🏽

Wow looks good Micah!!! 🤩👌🏽

Hi Micah! Great video! Thanks for sharing the history the coal operations ongoing

A very interesting, and informative, video, Micah. I love the history of the area you presented to us, along with the maps showing the routes, the loadouts, etc. Keep bringing us the chronicles and I'll keep tuning in. Thank you for the great content.

Really enjoyed. Good work

Good job on the historical data. In the late 60s thru mid-late70s, there was another single car loadout at the mouth of the creek operated by Hop Coal Co.

The satellite map with the line animation really helps complete the understanding an amazing video full of history and modern technology. You are definitely doing something fantastic here. Keep up the amazing work.

I wish I could be in your videos Mike.

They also load for Georgia Pacific and have loaded for Conrad Yelvington recently too

you should do a viedo on the elk in knottt county

Impressive! Very nicely done.

One of the best train videos I have seen lately Micah! Fantastic work you guys!

That steamer is more than likely a Buffalo Creek and Gauley loco. Elk River was actually the lumber company that used some of the same tracks. ER used geared locos.

Will the Spirit of Cumberland ever run again?

Hi Micah! Great video!

Very good video! Nice drone shots, scanner traffic, f/r train meet, coal loading, and nice captioning! Well done! I also learned that there are scales for trains. Did not know that. Thanks again!

Ty for the heads up .good ppl .may God bless you and your family