A freight yard is to the east of the line here, used for coal trains.

Harry, wake up, my boy, the coal train is coming.

Prior to the replacement only grain rather than coal trains could cross the bridge.

Even so, the cutoff would especially benefit heavy coal trains coming from western Kentucky.

On 16 November 1911, the first coal train left the mine.

The last coal train ran on 30 July 1966.

In July a man was killed after his car struck an empty coal train at a level rail crossing.

Mostly used for heavy coal trains, they later found other uses as well.

They were used for general shunting and marshaling coal trains.

On the flat track next to the Ruhr only one or two horses were needed for the coal train.