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I haven't chased this train yet, but I do have a few photos of the Lexington end.
RJ Corman pulls a Sand Train from Louisville to Lexington, Kentucky, three to six days a week. Each train is 15 to 30 gondolas.
The train is loaded at Nugent Sand, on the Ohio River:
Nugent Sand, Google...
This facility is on the CSX in Georgia. The track itself is the remnant of the Atlanta and West Point mainline connection to the Georgia Railroad's Hulsey Yard.
The Bing Bird's Eye view is here. With it, you can easily see that there is plenty of room for an entire unit train of sand. While...