The first cut of a 60-car Norfolk Southern unit coal train of higher sulphur coal destined for the Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, Tennessee, is finished loading at Red River Coal's prep plant and loadout at Steer Branch/Dixiana, Virginia. The locomotives have moved the loaded cars forward to the other end of the spur where they will double over the loads onto the rest of train and shove back to continue the loading process on May 12, 2014. The NS crew fondly referred to this train as “Interstate Railroad U48.”
