September 22, 2019 - CSX W032-17, with CSXT 4062 a SD40-3 leading, meets a northbound Q581 at Sherwood, Tennessee, as it heads north on the Chattanooga Subdivision with a load of MOW equipment.

CSX W032-17, with CSXT 4062 a SD40-3 leading…

September 22, 2019 – CSX W032-17, with CSXT 4062 a SD40-3 leading, meets a northbound Q581 at Sherwood, Tennessee, as it heads north on the Chattanooga Subdivision with a load of MOW equipment.

September 20, 2019 - CSX empty coal train E303 heads across the liftbridge at Bridgeport, Alabama as it heads north over the Tennessee River on the Chattanooga Subdivision. From what I can find on the web, "The original span was a swing type drawbridge constructed in 1852 by the Nashville & Chattanooga RR. That structure was replaced in 1890 by another swing type by successor line Louisville & Nashville. Current span was completed in 1981. The central lift section was taken from another bridge that had been abandoned on an L&N line at Danville, TN. It was dismantled, shipped to this site, and reassembled in place."

CSX empty coal train E303 heads across the liftbridge…

September 20, 2019 – CSX empty coal train E303 heads across the liftbridge at Bridgeport, Alabama as it heads north over the Tennessee River on the Chattanooga Subdivision. From what I can find on the web, “The original span was a swing type drawbridge constructed in 1852 by the Nashville & Chattanooga RR. That structure was replaced in 1890 by another swing type by successor line Louisville & Nashville. Current span was completed in 1981. The central lift section was taken from another bridge that had been abandoned on an L&N line at Danville, TN. It was dismantled, shipped to this site, and reassembled in place.”

September 22, 2019 - CSX W032-17, with CSXT 4062 a SD40-3 leading, passes the depot at Stevenson, Alabama as it heads north on the Chattanooga Subdivision with a load of MOW equipment.

According to Wikipedia: The Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel are a historic train station and hotel in Stevenson, Alabama. They were built circa 1872 as a joint project of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, whose lines converged in Stevenson. When the Memphis & Charleston was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1898, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (who had taken over the N&C in 1880) took sole control of the depot and operated it until 1976. 

It was converted into a history museum in 1982. Both buildings are brick with gable roofs and Italianate details. The depot has a central, second-story tower that was added in 1887. The three-story hotel had a lobby, dining room, and kitchen on the first floor and eight large guest rooms on the upper floors. The buildings were listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1975 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

The building is now operated as the Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum and features area railroad and Civil War artifacts

CSX W032-17, with CSXT 4062 a SD40-3 leading…

September 22, 2019 – CSX W032-17, with CSXT 4062 a SD40-3 leading, passes the depot at Stevenson, Alabama as it heads north on the Chattanooga Subdivision with a load of MOW equipment.

According to Wikipedia: The Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel are a historic train station and hotel in Stevenson, Alabama. They were built circa 1872 as a joint project of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, whose lines converged in Stevenson. When the Memphis & Charleston was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1898, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (who had taken over the N&C in 1880) took sole control of the depot and operated it until 1976.

It was converted into a history museum in 1982. Both buildings are brick with gable roofs and Italianate details. The depot has a central, second-story tower that was added in 1887. The three-story hotel had a lobby, dining room, and kitchen on the first floor and eight large guest rooms on the upper floors. The buildings were listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1975 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

The building is now operated as the Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum and features area railroad and Civil War artifacts

August 19, 2019 - CSX intermodal Q026-18 rounds the curve as they head north through Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 3409 leading the way.

CSX intermodal Q026-18 rounds the curve…

August 19, 2019 – CSX intermodal Q026-18 rounds the curve as they head north through Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 3409 leading the way.

August 17, 2019 - CSXT 972 leads a load of 75 coal cars on J800-16 as they round the curve coming out of Providence, Ky on the Morganfield Branch. This one of the last trains to pickup a load of coal from Dotki Mine in Clay, Ky since it ceased operations on August 14th, 2019. 

The mine has been in operation since 1969 and I'm told that about 2-3 more trains will pickup there with supposedly the last train out of the mine on Thursday, 22nd of August, 2019. Any remaining coal will leave by truck. I expect, though I've not been told, that the trains that used to get coal from Dotki, will now get it from Warrior Coal in Nebo, Ky, which means increased traffic on the Paducah and Louisville line perhaps. We shall see...

CSXT 972 leads a load of 75 coal cars on J800-16…

August 17, 2019 – CSXT 972 leads a load of 75 coal cars on J800-16 as they round the curve coming out of Providence, Ky on the Morganfield Branch. This one of the last trains to pickup a load of coal from Dotki Mine in Clay, Ky since it ceased operations on August 14th, 2019.

WEB-07.24.19 CSX Q583 NB on Monroe Sub under NS SB Line at Catawba, SC

CSXT 3184 leads Q583, under the NS SB Line…

July 24, 2019 – CSXT 3184 leads Q583, under the NS SB Line at Catawba, South Carolina as it heads north on the Monroe Subdivision. I missed a over and under shot by about 5 minutes with an unusual afternoon P83 move on the NS line, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.

WEB-07.06.19 CSX Q028-06 NB at South Latham 2, Hopkinsville, Ky

CSX Q028-06 passes through the signals…

July 6, 2019 – CSX Q028-06 passes through the signals at the north end of Latham Siding at Hopkinsville, Kentucky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.

WEB-07.09.19 CSX SB Grain, Center Street, Madisonville, Ky

CSXT 3091 and 3088 lead a loaded grain train…

July 9, 2019 – CSXT 3091 and 3088 lead a loaded grain train through the Center Street crossing in downtown Madisonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision, on a beautiful summer afternoon.

WEB-07.10.19 CSX W222-10 NB at Mortons Junction, Mortons Gap, Ky

CSXT 226 leads CSX W222-10…

July 10, 2019 – CSXT 226 leads CSX W222-10 as it splits the signals at Mortons Junction as it pulls north on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky.