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@dcdriver:

Can you run open bay coal cars under electrical wires?

Yes, most definitely.

In fact, CSX does this every day. The Pope's Creek Secondary is used by CSX to deliver coal to the Chalk Point Generating Station and the Morgantown Generating Station.

The only access to the Pope's Creek Secondary is via the Northeast Corridor at Bowie. Most of these coal trains operate down the (electrified) Northeast Corridor from the Bowie Wye to the turnouts for the Landover Subdivision, where they continue to Benning Yard.

So these coal trains (using open-top hoppers) operate under wire from (Old) Bowie to just north of the Cheverly Metro station.

by Matt Johnson on Jul 17, 2012 12:39 pm • link • report

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