8/28/17
by News Department on 08/28/17Coal to Ukraine...
Reading & Northern Railroad is participating in a huge move of coal to the Ukraine that was announced by President Donald Trump’s administration officials on July 31.
Xcoal Energy & Resources made the deal to ship 700,000 tons of coal for energy production to Ukraine by the end of the year, replacing Russian origin coal at existing thermal power plants. Half of that tonnage will be made up of Pennsylvania anthracite shipped from mines served by Reading & Northern Railroad.
Reading Anthracite Coal of Pottsville has handled the acquisition of the 350,000 tons of anthracite.
In order to build the 100-plus car unit trains that Norfolk Southern will pick up at Reading and deliver to CNX Terminal in Baltimore, Maryland, Reading & Northern will serve as many as six different loading points.
Reading & Northern will be supplying all of the coal cars used to handle the anthracite.
