Freight cars are once again rolling though the western North Carolina town of Spruce Pine after CSX Transportation crews reopened about 2 miles of its Clinchfield Railroad route north of Spruce Pine, gaining access to a local freight customer. CSX officials confirmed the line’s restoration in a video posted to LinkedIn on Saturday.
The railroad is now able to deliver and pull railcars from The Quartz Corp., a producer of high-purity quartz used in the semiconductor business. Its business was...