How is nuclear waste transported? Look no further than this train led by a pair of AC4400CW's.
After the CSX work gang clears the scene at Cottage Grove, Indiana, an unusual train approaches from the west. It is a long string of empty covered gondolas that are used to carry contaminated soil. The power is a pair of GE C44-9W's of SP and UP heritage. After clearing the switch for the interchange track, the CSX crew fires up the GP40 that was sitting on the siding on the C&O. They move the loco and the tank cars from the C&O siding onto the connecting track, and then back it up onto the C&O mainline to make way for the nuclear train. Until 1986, Amtrak's CARDINAL utilized this connecting track to reach the B&O and Cincinnati after the line was abandoned south of Fernald. Fernald is where the nuclear train is headed. The train slowly backs up the connecting track and prepares for the run south on the C&O. Talk about getting lucky at Cottage Grove!
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