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Atta Boy Mr. Stack MAXIMUM STARS.

I see you've got ACI & CNX in your SLO-PORT - both most excellent choices. I particularly like CNX - they shut down a mine in West Virginia a couple of years back to upgrade it for much higher capacity to supply coal to Duke Power for a new Power Plant which has a Clean Coal technology that is BOFFO - they use relatively high-sulfur coal and clean it up to meet environmental standards.

CNX recently raised it's dividend to demonstrate Management's confidence in a Bright future for Appalachian Coal.

TheEastern Coal industry DID bite the bullet on production to reduce suopply and raise prices. The Strategy is now paying off.

With the dollar weakening, Eastern coal is a bargain & exports will sky-rocket.

Coal moves by train & ship. I recently wrote a series of blogs about the coal-hauling railraods - Norfolk Southern (NSC) & CSX (CSX).
Check 'em out and consider buying a railraod ( Burlington Northern (BNI) & Union Pacific (UNP) come to mind for Western Coal )

Good Hunting !

Don L. Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )
Hampton, Va ( & just about a mile from the CSX railroad tracks & coal loading Piers in Newport News, VA )

Good will hunting , I knew you would get lots of applause my that wild and crazy Viking Warrior.
Both of you better wear glasses when playing around in the coal bin.
VW has something about the trains how else can you move that dusty smelly stuff.
Remember when passing through Chi town we have our own
coal mine ! BUT it is in the museum
What a country alots of ways to make a buck.
Well I am going to toast up a nice smoked porter to your success !!!!
Cheers, DuffBeer

Sorry I did not Salute you General Stack ---- you do have some rank
ribbons ,medals and honor by your name !!!!!
I hope your uniform does not rip from all the weight -- sir
Airman 1st class,DuffBeer ( I am in flight school)

Yo Thucydiddes,

Aren't you the guy who lives in a clay jar and goes around with a Shining
Lamp, Looking for an HONEST MAN ? & saying stuff like :

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.-Thucydides

Well, your lamp has a DED ( Dark Emitting Diode ) to have dug up a Bloated Sot like
the Daffy Duffy-Meister.

Duffy was in the Air FARCE - he was called an AIR Man, which is like some kinda
Comic Book Super Hero - He didn'tt attain the stature of CAPTAIN AMERICA; His
Rank RANK was Buck Civilian - as he was BUCKING for a Dis-Charge
( Section 8 ? Article 15 ? ) he's learning to fly a de-BEER'S Puddle-Jumper so he
can get over a Beer Pond without getting " his Feet WET "

For Chrismas he's gonna get a lump of COAL but no Switcning - I'd give him a GOOD
Spankin' myself - but I know he'd LIKE that.

Good Hunting for an HONEST man. Everybody's got something to HIDE,
except me & my, uh , Monkey, John Lennon
Stay away from Duffer Beer, too. - N.B. ( Nota Bane )

My name Ferk has it's ROOTS in the word "FERKIN" ' which means " a
bucket or container - a clay pot" There are many PrewPubs in Great
Britain named FERKIN 'N FERMENTER. Check it out in your dicionary
or in Duffer's case - Pictionary.

Speaking of COAL & COAL TRAINS -'

Some of my Blogs on the subject :

Nov 27 - Tuesday Weld
Nov 23 - TL #7 - Trucks, Trains, ..............
Oct 27 - SL #7 -Cheshire Cats .....CSX = Chessie
I go into a whole SPIEL about COAL.
I might Rant & Rave - But Duff - He VOGUES;
He VOGUED right out the AirFarce.

Oct 25 - SL #6 - Train REX - NSC the King of the Railroad.-

Check 'em for yourself,
While I check Duffer out of the Sherriff's Custodial
Care - He's in the DRUNK TANK for urginating
in PubliQue - whaatever that is !

As for Coal Trains & Chicago - I could Hobo there sitting
on a Norfolk Southern Coal Gondola in about 2 days

Are you related to Robert Stack - the
actor - famed for his role as Elliot
Ness on the TV Series "The Untouchables"?
Stack was a competitive Rifle Marksman,too.
Maybe a,a, aaahh, HUNTER ?

I'm an Under- Achiever nyself - SLO #322 - @ 10:06 $$ EWT
Eastern Wealth Time.

Don Lee Ferk ( aka VikingWarrior )

as fo' MO' SLO DUFFER-GUY :
READ 'EM & weep.
ToWit :

November 14, 2007
Raising the Roof: Norfolk Southern Begins Work on
Heartland Corridor Tunnels

ORFOLK, Va., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
...Heavy machinery grinds away brick, concrete and solid rock as a railroad tunnel near Cowan, Va.,
gets its roof raised to accommodate taller trains. This is the beginning of a three-year engineering
project to increase intermodal freight capacity by raising vertical clearances in 28 tunnels on a Norfolk Southern
rail line between the port of Hampton Roads, Va., and Chicago known as the Heartland Corridor.

DID SOMEBODY SAY chicago ???????????? - DLF

The first phase of the tunnel work began in October.

...When the project is completed in early 2010, containerized freight moving in double-stack trains will be able to
shave off about 200 miles and up to a day's transit time between the East Coast and the Midwest. Currently,
double- stack trains must take longer routes by way of Harrisburg, Pa., or Knoxville, Tenn.
The Heartland Corridor goes across Virginia, through southern West Virginia and north through Columbus, Ohio.

..."The Heartland Corridor is one of the most significant railroad engineering projects of modern times," said Tim
Drake, NS vice president engineering. "We're excited to get started. We're at the beginning of something big - a
true partnership that will benefit the nation's economy and create a competitive advantage for railroad shippers
and receivers, our public partners and our communities."

...Stack trains require a minimum vertical clearance of 20'9". The methods of increasing clearances vary from
lowering track to notching corners into an arched roof to digging out and installing a new roof. In one case, the
top of the tunnel may be removed altogether, turning the tunnel into a "cut," a process known as "daylighting."
Tunnel lengths range from 174 feet (the one to be daylighted at Big Four, W.Va.) to the Cowan Tunnel's 3,302 feet.

...In early 2008, work will have begun on three other tunnels in Virginia, near Eggleston and Pembroke, and eight
tunnels along 11 miles of track in southern West Virginia between Antler and Gordon. The remaining tunnels, all in
West Virginia (except for one in Kentucky), will be modified in two more phases, first proceeding eastward to
Coopers, W. Va., then westward. In addition, overhead clearances will be increased on seven railroad bridges,
three overhead bridges, three railway signals and three sets of overhead wires.

...Meanwhile, Norfolk Southern trains continue to run through the corridor, serving coal and other customers in the
region. Where practical, trains have been rerouted, permitting sections of track to be closed for 10 hours at a time,
five days a week, for the next three years. Norfolk Southern has formulated plans to minimize the impact of the
construction on coal customers. Accurate and timely information about service changes and delays will be communicated
throughout the construction period. Close communication and joint planning with customers on expected volumes
and changes in coal sourcing also will enhance efforts as the project progresses.

...Norfolk Southern, the states of Virginia, Ohio and West Virginia, and the federal government formed a public-private
partnership to fund the project, which also includes new intermodal terminals in Columbus, Ohio, Prichard, W.Va.,
and the Roanoke, Va., region. The federal government has authorized $95 million toward the $151 million cost
(estimated in 2005 dollars) of the tunnel clearances, and Virginia has authorized $22.35 million for terminal
construction and clearances for the four tunnels within the state. Earlier this year, West Virginia enacted new legislation
to provide funding for rail intermodal projects, which will first be applied to the development of the terminal in
Prichard. Ohio is contributing $836,355 for up to 95 percent of the costs of raising overhead obstruction clearances
within the state.

Public funding has been made available because of the public benefits of the project. Double-stack container service
will create economic development opportunities in those regions served by the corridor by providing economical access
to world markets. Improved intermodal capacity and service will divert freight from trucks off highways serving the corridor,
with associated savings in highway construction and maintenance costs and reduced exhaust emissions and fuel consumption.

Wrong agin' Duffer - so, So, SO Wrong !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!