Talked with a buddy who runs the Big Sandy and he told me last night that there will be no more Russell crews running to Shelby,but Shelby crews will run coal trains only to Russell. All manifest will stop.
And the Pea Vine Brandy shutdown in the mid 90's due to the horrendous ice storm we had here. Delmas Conely made an offer to buy the Pea Vine shortly after the NS closed it but the NS wouldn't take him up on the offer.
A short line operates the southern end of it right now.The NS still maintains it to emergency level usage . But they also keep the brush and weeds clear because of the fiber optic lines that run to Cincinnati that's owned by telecommunication companies.
CSX at Russell has been taking quiet a few punches lately with the up-coming loss of the trash trains that run 1-2 times a day to the landfill out the old Lexington Division,and now this loss of the Big Sandy Division traffic.
