January 18, 2020 – At 1/2 mile away and a spotter watching my back the grade crossing, I caught this shot of Canadian National 5654 as it leads the way on CSX K445 nosing it’s way over the crest of the hill at the north end of Crofton, Ky, with my 600mm, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with a heavy ethanol train.
February 4, 2020 – CSXT 3381 looks strange enough with one eye out, but throw in 7 double deck passenger cars running behind the power on CSX Q501-03 on the Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Kentucky, makes it even stranger! Here we see Q026 sitting on the main as Q501 with it’s 10,460 ft freight pulling south through the siding in a meet as 501 pulls south with 7 ex-Michigan (MI-train) passenger cars bound for Lebanon, Tennessee. I’m told they’ll be used on the Music City Star Commuter line.
January 29, 2020 – Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) 4516 & 2012 head up a northbound loaded Louisville Gas & Electric Coal train as it pulls out of the siding at Pond River, at Madisonville, Ky. Behind it sits a PAL Local waits patiently for it to clear.
January 30, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) 9013 leads an empty coal train as it waits for a signal to enter the wye for the Indianapolis Subdivision mainline, after leaving the Hoosier Energy Merom Generating Station at Sullivan, Indiana.
January 30, 2020 – Canadian National (CN) A408, led by ex-Illinois Central 1005, makes it’s way through the yard, toward the Pike Avenue Overpass, as it prepares to do drop off and pickups at Effingham, Illinois before continuing it’s trip south on CN’s Champaign Subdivision. Behind IC 1005 was IC 1027, GECX 2037 demo unit headed for repaint to CN colors, CN 5780 and CN 3106.
January 30, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) 3803 and 3806 power Palestine Utility train 1 (PAUT-1), as it passes through granaries at Palestine, Illinois, on it’s way north back to INRD’s Palestine Yard, after doing its work at the Marathon Refinery in Robinson, Illinois on the INRD Indianapolis Subdivision.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles (249 km).
This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham. INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois.
INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC).
January 29, 2020 – Paducah & Louisville Railway 4516 and 2012 (UK engine) lead a loaded Louisville Gas and Electric Coal train through the cut approaching the KY-70 overpass at Bremen, Kentucky as they head north.
January 23, 2020 – CSX Q501 makes its way south through Sullivan, Indiana on the CSX CE&D Subdivision with MVPX 1298, an ex-Canadian Pacific Switcher as the trailing unit.
January 18, 2020 – Canadian National 5654 leads the way on CSX K445 as it prepares to pull upgrade at Ace, at Guthrie, Kentucky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with a loaded ethanol train.
January 26, 2020 – The Crew on CSX K815 (empty phosphate train) keeps a watchful eye, next to Canadian Pacific Heritage Unit 7011, as CSX autorack train Q217 passes it at Middle King south of Princeton, Indiana as it heads south on CSX’s CE&D Subdivision.
Canadian Pacific Railway No. 7011, is one of several recently released SD70ACu (Rebuilt by Progress Rail in Mayfield, Ky) units delivered in heritage paint with script lettering.
I along with 11 other railfans stood at the crossing on County Road 550 waiting for K815 to continue it’s move south, but after 6+ hours sitting in the siding watching other trains pass, it unfortunately didn’t continue it’s move before it got dark. In fact, last word we heard from the scanner was that the Danville, IL crew was waiting for a crew bus to take them off their train and that another K-train would hook into K815 and take it on to Evansville, Indiana.
Don’t know what the issue with the train was, but there was a lot of speculation and rumors of course, ranging from low priority to engine problems. Some days things just happen! I’m thankful for my 150-600mm lens which allowed me this shot from the road crossing as the train was probably 1/3 of a mile away. This shot was made @ 600mm on my full frame camera and then cropped in Adobe RAW. Many thanks to all the folks that kept us informed on the movement of this unit!
January 18, 2020 – Canadian National 5654 leads the way on CSX K445 as it pulls out of the siding at the south end of Kelly, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with a loaded ethanol train.
January 23, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) Veterans Unit 4005 sits tied down next to a loaded coal train at Hoosier Energy Merom Generating Station at Sullivan, Indiana along with INRD units 9009 & 9001, while waiting for their next crew.
The Merom Generating Station is a 2-Unit, 1080-MW rated coal-fired power plant located between Merom, Indiana and Sullivan, Indiana. It is owned by Hoosier Energy, a Touchstone Energy cooperative. The plant has been in operation since 1982.
It was announced by the company a few days ago that the plant will be shut down sometime in 2023, affecting the jobs of approximately 185 workers.
According to Indiana Public Media’s website: Hoosier Spokesperson Greg Seiter says the decision is in large part a cost savings move.
“We’re looking at potentially saving our members in excess of $700 million over the next two decades,” he says.
That’s in part because Hoosier Energy won’t be locked into coal, which is more expensive. It can diversify its mix, including using renewable energy sources like solar and wind power.
While it’s a few years off, if you plan to catch the INRD servicing this power plant with coal, you had better do it sooner than later!
January 23, 2020 – Indiana Railroad’s (INRD) 25th Anniversary locomotive 9025 leads the Hiawatha-Palestine turn HWPAT-23 as it crosses the CSX CE&D/INRD diamond at Sullivan, Indiana on it’s return trip north to the INRD Hiawatha Yard at Jasonville, Indiana.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles (249 km).
This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham. INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC).
January 18, 2020 – CSXT 3421 leads CSX Q025 as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision after crossing the diamond at Trident in Madisonville, Ky with its loaded stack train approaching the north Main overpass.
January 18, 2020 – Canadian National 5654 leads the way on CSX K445 as it pulls up the grade at north end of Crofton, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with a loaded ethanol train.
January 18, 2020 – CSX K628 makes for a nice reflection shot as it approaches the defect detector at Ace, just south of Guthrie, Kentucky, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 6468 leading a empty ethanol train.
January 18, 2020 – Canadian National Ethanol Train CSX K445 heads up the grade at Pembroke, Ky with CN 5654 leading the way as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
January 9, 2020 – CSXT 3096 leads loaded coal train N307 as it passes the signals at the RR location known as poorhouse, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky.
This location got it’s name from the L&N Railroad days when the Hopkins County Poorhouse stood near here.
According to the Kentucky Historic Institutions website: In 1910 there were more than 84 thousand paupe… See More
December 20, 2019 – RJ Corman’s Cumberland City local passes the TVA Cumberland power plant (coal delivered by barge) as it departs Cumberland City, Tennessee on its way back north on the Memphis Line, with RJC 3837 and 3801 leading, after completing its work in Cumberland City for the day.
January 15, 2020 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 2121 leads the yard job as it works on moving cars just past the CN crossover in the yard at Paducah, Ky on a foggy morning.
December 20, 2019 – RJ Corman’s Cumberland City turn local exits the bridge over the Cumberland River as it makes it’s return trip northbound on the Memphis Line at Clarksville, Tennessee with RJC 3801 and 3837 leading with their long noses forward elephant style for their return trip to Guthrie, KY.
It is a Swing through truss bridge and was constructed in 1891 by the Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Company for the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway. It is still an operating bridge on the river and sees at most two trains a day, but most days only one. Trains head to Cumberland City, TN (SB) usually around 9:30am CST and return north on average about 2:30-3:30pm CST.