Cumberland Mine Railroad

The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a private carrier mine railroad operating at the Cumberland Mine near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. The railroad is owned by Foundation Coal and transports coal to a barge dock on the Monongahela River. It is an isolated railroad, not connected to the North American railroad network. One EMD SD38-2 locomotive is used to pull the coal trains.

The line was once owned by United States Steel, as most of the coal was used downriver in primary steelmaking.Locomotive 22 is painted in USS blue colors and is the only locomotive used on this route.

The line has 2 SD38-2 Locomotives and a fleet of leased and owned coal cars. Most trips are 37-39 coal cars with one or both locomotives. The track extends 17 miles from the river terminal to the preparation plant located about 2 miles west of Kirby. In 2009 Foundation was purchased by Alpha Natural Resources(NYSE: ANR).

Railroads of Pennsylvania

Common carriers	ALLN AOR AVR BDRV BLE (CN) BPRR BVRY CP CHR CNYK CORY CSXT DL EBGR EEC ESPN EV GET JVRR KRL KJR LRWY LS LVR LVRB LVRR MIDH MKC MMID MSUB NBER NCIR NDCR NHRR NS NSHR NYSW OCTL PAM PN POHC PSCC PSWR RBMN RJCN RJCP SBR SH SLRS SRC SVRR SWP TCKR TMSS TYBR UCIR UMP URR WCOR WE WNYP YRC YSRR

Passenger carriers	ALLN AMTK DI EBT ECTM FCR JIP KJR LGSR MI NHRR NJTR OCTT PAT PATC PREX PTM RMP RTM SPAX SRC TIOC WCRL WKS

Private carriers	CSAO CUMB EASO PBL

Former carriers	ALY APRR BO CNJ CR DH DLW DV ERIE EL GBRY GETY KKRR LNE LV MCLR MCRR MGA MPA MTR NCR NKP NYC OCTR OHPA OW NW PLE PC PRR PSN PSR PWV RDG SBRR WM YKR Y&PB

See also: List of United States railroads by political division

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