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The stacker for the new Kellioka mine for BNR is seen being built and put in place in Cloverlick, Ky.

One such treasure within TTI's facility is CSX 5812, or rather formerly CSX 5812. This thing was originally built for Seaboard in the 80's, later receiving the YN1 paint scheme under CSX ownership, where it operated on the CSX system up until the late 2000's, where it was sold along with several of its sisters to TTI, who never updated that old YN1 paint scheme. This was my first time seeing a YN1 in person and I must say it was quite neat to witness. From this angle, it looks more like Stealth scheme than anything, which YN1 was more or less just that, despite the yellow ends. 5812 has definitely seen better days, as well as 5808 behind it, which is in YN2. Nonetheless, it is a treasure tucked away in a deadline in Paris, Ky, alongside the rails it once called home.

CSX 7905 is seen, briefly stopped alongside L&N era signals at north Corbin.

The Transkentucky Transportation Railroad, or TTI, is a 50ish mile rail line that was purchased from the L&N in 1979. The main goal was to be a coal hauler, something in which it did for other private companies like Southeast Coal for years. Nowadays, it is mostly occasional translating operations for a few customers and is hard to catch in action. Their primary facility stands here at Paris, Ky, where the hub of the railroad exists. It is now technically owned by the Midwest & Bluegrass Railroad, though still retains the TTI name and subsequental paint schemes.

This particular day fins trains for NRG, Lynch 3 and Balkan in the yard at Corbin, plus a set of stored tubs from out of Loyall, all while there are trains at both Resource and Balkan on the CV.

A lone TTI B36-7 is seen at the roundhouse in their small yard in Paris, Ky. We had to be in Winchester for a dentist consultation in prep for my wisdom teeth removal and had ventured up to Paris to shoot the oncoming M842-17 a few hours before my appointment. I had been wanting to check out the TTI facilities anyways, and that we did after 842 had cleared.

R236 is seen loading an SCWX train at Typo on the EK Subdivision in the early morning sunrise. Todays consist sport CSX 1900, the Seaboard Airlines heritage unit, the second time of which it has loaded a train here. Typo is still keeping up the pace in this day and age, holding its own amidst changing times in the coalfields.

The new mine going back into Cave Spur is in the process of being faced up high above the ridge in Cloverlick, Ky. I'm told that this mine is expected to be operational by June, with crews working 16 hours a day to get it ready.

CSX 1900 is on point of R237 with a freshly loaded train from Typo. The crew will arrive a little after 7 and await their pusher to arrive from Hazard, operating as H107. At 7:40, the train will job brief and depart, enroute to Martin.

A view from the drone depicts Jeff, Ky, in the late evening as were on standby for R237 to depart Edjouet.

A look at the Corbin yard in April of 2025. An array of cars are seen across the landscape.

The old US Steel complex near the East Yard in Corbin, Ky, still stands in 2025.

The old US Steel complex alongside the East Yard in Corbin still stands in 2025 more than 30 years after it was idled by Arch in 1991. Raw coal from both Lynch 1 and Lynch 2 would be brought here, dumped, washed, and reloaded for transport to the steel mills in Gary, Indiana, with the refuse being scattered across the landscape off to the right. That landscape is made up of Lynch and Cloverlick folks.

CSX 4568 is seen in the yard at Corbin, serving as the DPU on M541.

CSX 4568 is seen in the yard in Corbin Ky, as the DPU on M541. We have bene trying to catch this thing ever since it was first released in 2022, yet now, over 3 years later, was the first time. Despite a singular run on the Big Sandy in 2022 and a run down the CC/KD paired with 4720 earlier this year, it hasn't really been to our area. Nonetheless, it was neat to finally see it in person.

A large variety of different hoppers and reporting marks are scattered in the storage area amidst the old US Steel complex in Corbin, Ky. Among the names are ICXX, HPTX and SCWX.

The power of R236 winds away from the Typo loadout as it loads a 115 car SCWX train in the early morning sunshine.

A trio of B36-7's make up TTI's deadline in Paris, Ky, sporting an array of paint schemes, including a rare YN1, YN2, and a black/red TTI scheme from the distant past. These things are around 50 years old now, thus their placement here, acting as candidates for spare parts when needed for other B36's still serving the railroads roster.

Job 46 builds their outbound train at New Brighton with the MNNR's recently repainted former Southern Pacific B36-7.

CSX Q340-24 northbound at Springdale, Ohio on April 24, 2001