Up swing to high fuel costs.

[KYBOY]

Its hitting the coal buckets (coal trucks to you non-Kentucky folks) hard too.. Lots of coal haulers have gone out of business this last year. The cost of fuel is raising but coal aint keeping up. The little hauler cant make money at it anymore. Just your bigger owners.
Jayco, how far are you from the off loads up on 23?

[jayco]

KYBOY, I'm not sure which 'off load' place you're refering to.

I haven't been that way in a while, but I suppose they're still moving a lot of coal at Catlettsburg Ky, and that there is a lot of coal off loaded at the power plant in Louisa, Ky,....If you know where those places are.........

Catlettsburg is maybe 30 miles from me........Louisa, about 50 mi.

Any time I'm on highway 23........between Greenup and Ashland..........I see a lot of trains carrying coal.......probably from somewhere down your way!

[KYBOY]

Catlettsburg was the main one I was talking about. They just opened up a track here close to me that hadnt hauled coal in at least 20 years. A big plant reopened and I guess train is cheaper overall than trucks..