CSX freight trains are moving once again through the North Carolina mountains.
Helene damaged or destroyed nearly 60 miles of track one year ago.
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Before then, the rails carried about 14 million tons of freight a year.
The first coal train rolled into Tennessee on Thursday from Spruce Pine, official said.
The Charlotte Observer reported some tracks still remain shut down.
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