Clinch Valley,
Yes, SRNJ was always railfan friendly.
USRC took over the lease on, I believe, December 12, 2009. There is a complete press release on the Salem County website that you can read that explains the bulk of it.
USRC is leasing GP9 100 and GP10 102 for the time being, until they bring in additional power of their own.
To my knowledge only one, maybe two, SRNJ employees even applied to USRC and were hired. The rest stood put.
It is true that there are some court proceeding(s) going on, which would only be known by (and is only the business of) Joe's family, and there is no one that would know the specifics nor be able to professionally comment on them in these forums.
Jim