Why the 'Green Train' Ran

This article gives an account of the Shamrock Coal Oneida and Western unit coal train, colloquially known as the “green train.” The train, which carried coal from central Appalachia prior to the 1960s, ran two routes through eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, western North Carolina and South Carolina, and regions of Georgia and Virginia. It also served the metropolitan areas of Atlanta and Knoxville. Due to problems in the coal market, owners had a slow period in the 1960s and 1970s, although the Interstate Commerce Commission gave its approval to a 22 percent increase in coal rates in 1979. This still left some unsatisfied until the ultimate deregulation of the coal industry in 1980 with the Staggers Act. The line was shut down due to its sale to CSX in 1987.

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• Authors:
  • Flanary, Ron
• Publication Date: 2007-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 48-55
• Serial:
  • Trains
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0041-0934
  • Serial URL: http://trainsmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Freight trains; History; Unit trains
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; History; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042999
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2007 1:19PM