On 25 August 2022, Allegiance Coal Ltd’s New Elk team successfully completed the first loading of the second unit train, leased by New Elk Coal and set up and pulled by Union Pacific (UP) locomotives. UP subsequently crewed up the train and pulled out of the Jansen rail loading facility near Trinidad Friday morning.
As Allegiance has previously advised, the train cycle times between Jansen and Mobile have severely impacted the business, and the plan to commission the second set of rail cars and initiate the rail haulage contract with UP mitigates the associated risks.