Eastern Kentucky Coal

SKU: DVD-PNX-COAL
(3 customer reviews)

$24.95

Coal is king in Appalachia! The region’s railroads toil with great determination to haul the “black diamonds” out of the hills.

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Producer

Pentrex

Run Time

1 hour 15 minutes

Narration

Yes

Shrink Wrap

Yes, Brand New

Technical Details

No Region Code, NTSC

Coal is king in Appalachia! The region’s railroads toil with great determination to haul the “black diamonds” out of the hills. Pentrex visits some of the most inaccessible country east of the Mississippi to share with you the rugged beauty and majesty of this unique landscape. Witness seemingly unending parades of coal trains on CSX’s Louisville & Nashville and Chesapeake & Ohio lines, as well as Norfolk Southern rails into eastern Kentucky. The coal fields have traditionally been the final scene of action for aging locomotives. The venerable U30Cs of CSX seen here are on the verge of retirement. You’ll be surprised to find Santa Fe in Kentucky as leased General Electric C30-7s, some still in their “Kodachrome” paint schemes, work the coal fields in droves!

Two trains meet and are photographed through the obstacle at the only mainline switchback in the United States, Hagan’s Switchback. Beautiful color graphics explain how trains negotiate the complex trackwork at this locale. Tunnels, high trestles and helpers on heavy coal trains add to the interest on this fascinating visit to the coal fields of eastern Kentucky.

3 reviews for Eastern Kentucky Coal

  1. Jeremy C. Schultz

    The former Chesapeake and Ohio lines are the most fascinating part of this video… Well worth the watch for ANY railfan who loves witnessing big freight trains move through rugged terrain.

  2. CR6377

    This program shows how mostly CSX, and NS move coal throughout the state of Kentucky. Back before all of the CSX Mergers in the 80s and 90s. There were a lot of different lines running through the state. Now just CSX running through. Seeing some Santa Fe paint including Kodachrome paint too as they were leasing these engines from GE. CSX was just about to start getting some new widecab power. Many paint schemes prior to CSX paint is seen too. See Hagans Switchback in detail is covered too. And U Boats from U18Bs to U30Cs are seen as well, they were not going to be around too much longer with the new power ready to show up. A good program covering the lines of KY.

  3. Lloyd

    Eastern Kentucky is rugged country, and for railroads…. very challenging. This is a great video showing how hard the CSX & NS works to move coal. The scenery is awesome. Lots of trestles & tunnels to be seen. And some visitors to the region as Santa Fe units make an appearance. Well done.

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