One of West Virginia's newest coal mines, Leer mine owned by Arch coal company, is seen loading 109 loads of black gold bound for the Piers of Indiana Harbor.
“For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue." - President James A. Garfield
Empty hoppers on their way back to the mines roll west out of the Baltimore & Ohio's yard at Grafton, WV, on a summer afternoon, behind an F7/SD9/GP9 lashup.