May 8, 2020 – RJ Corman’s empty sand train Z543-07 heads north with GMTX 9059 (SD60) leading as it passes through the area of Louisville, Kentucky known as Butchertown. It was returning to Nugent Sand Company for another load of sand for Lexington, Ky and a variety of central Kentucky customers. Normally this train runs during the early morning darkness, but lately it has been making daylight runs on Fridays. The Nugent Sand Co. takes a million tons of sand out of the Ohio River each year. Some 400,000 to 600,000 tons of that has been moved by R.J. Corman into the Lexington and surrounding markets each year since the two companies partnered in 2005. GMTX 9059 was originally built in 1986 as an EMD lease/demo unit and most recently It was running on the New York and Susquehanna & Western Railway (NYSW), Headquartered in Cooperstown, New York, where it was painted in their scheme. It was leased to them by GMTX and is now it is being run on RJC after NYSW decided it did not meet NYSW standards. RJC has a contract with GMTX to do testing and maintenance on their locomotives and are doing so with this unit currently.

RJ Corman’s empty sand train Z543-07 at Louisville, Ky

May 8, 2020 – RJ Corman’s empty sand train Z543-07 heads north with GMTX 9059 (SD60) leading as it passes through the area of Louisville, Kentucky known as Butchertown. It was returning to Nugent Sand Company for another load of sand for Lexington, Ky and a variety of central Kentucky customers. Normally this train runs during the early morning darkness, but lately it has been making daylight runs on Fridays.

The Nugent Sand Co. takes a million tons of sand out of the Ohio River each year. Some 400,000 to 600,000 tons of that has been moved by R.J. Corman into the Lexington and surrounding markets each year since the two companies partnered in 2005.

GMTX 9059 was originally built in 1986 as an EMD lease/demo unit and most recently It was running on the New York and Susquehanna & Western Railway (NYSW), Headquartered in Cooperstown, New York, where it was painted in their scheme. It was leased to them by GMTX and is now it is being run on RJC after NYSW decided it did not meet NYSW standards. RJC has a contract with GMTX to do testing and maintenance on their locomotives and are doing so with this unit currently.