Paducah and Louisville 35th Anniversary units lead the afternoon local as the back into the south end of CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky on January 5th, 2024, to conduct interchange work.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1640, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville 2101 leads the daily local as they work on dropping off a string of 9 old locomotives at CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky on October 8th, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision. All the units went south a few days later via CSX. Not sure where they were delivered to. Unfortunately, I never got a good shot where I could identify all the locomotives.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 150.
Norfolk Southern 4117 casts a long shadow on the Green River in this top-down view, as it pulls a loaded coal train across the drawbridge at Rockport, Kentucky as it heads north on the Paducah and Louisville Railway on November 23d, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/400, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville Railway’s Salute the Troops locomotive sits in the fall forest just south of Dawson Springs, Kentucky as it prepares to start the return trip to West Yard in Madisonville, during an Operation Lifesaver event I was invited to join on October 25th, 2023. It was a great experience to ride on their Bluegrass State I and II along with the other officials and emergency responders.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Nikon 10-24 @ 17mm, f/4.2, 1/500, ISO 64.
This week we see trains between Abee, IN and Amqui, TN! We catch the Evansville Western Local returning to Mt. Vernon, IN after working at CSX Howell Yard in Evansville, IN. Then we head south catching rail train W016 at Mortons Gap, Ky, again at Hanson, Ky where they met M513, then I018 at Trenton, Ky, M648 at Ridgetop, TN and lastly I025 at Amqui, TN! Enjoy and please Like! Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, we find Paducah and Louisville Railway 2021 and 1986, their 35th Anniversary units, leading the afternoon local at as they head north from West Yard in Madisonville, Ky on September 20th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 11mm, f/5.6, 1/850, ISO 400.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we find Paducah and Louisville Railway 8507 leading the afternoon local at Richland, Kentucky as it returns south to Princeton, Ky after working Central City and Madisonville, Ky on September 12th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/75, ISO 400.
Digital Photo Art – Paducah and Louisville Railway 3803 and UK Wildcats 1998 lead a northbound rail train northbound at Claxton, Kentucky, on February 24th, 2015.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, Nikon 70-300 @ 125mm, f/6.3, 1/2500, ISO 250.
A Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) loaded coal train heads down the Warrior Coal Loop lead with a newly acquired Union Pacific SD70M 4125 as the trailing unit at Madisonville, Ky on August 13th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 180.
Digital Photo Art – The Paducah and Louisville Railway signal at Richland, Kentucky glows green for a southbound train as a lightning bolt strikes at the vanishing point of the tracks and lights up the sky, as a storm rolls into the area on July 13th, 2011.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, Nikon 18mm, f/2.8, 30 seconds, ISO 200.
In this week’s edited video, we catch a variety of interesting moves on the CSX Henderson Subdivision and the Paducah and Louisville Railway, including a couple high/wide moves and one of CSX’s new Heritage Units, The Chessie System! Enjoy and please Like Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
Newly painted and refurbished Canadian Pacific 5798 sits tied down in the Paducah and Louisville Railway Yard in Louisville, Kentucky on April 15th, 2023. The markings under the cab window are SD40-2 DRF-30. Not sure where it was rebuilt and what was done to it however, with the recent merger between the CP and KCS, the road name on this newly painted unit is now incorrect!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/3200 sec, ISO 280.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of Paducah and Louisville 3812 leading a lash-up of power as they head out of the coal loop at Calvert City Terminal, after dropping off a load of coal on May 8th, 2023.
According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The 270-mile line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August 1986.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24mm @10mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 200.
A loaded BNSF loaded coal train passes the siding at Dawson Springs, Kentucky as it heads south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway from Warrior coal mine loop at Madisonville, Ky on May 1st, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 130.
A string of Paducah and Louisville locomotives, with one Evansville Western Railway unit, pulls a long string of empty coal cars out of the loop at the Calvert City Terminal as they prepare to head south to Paducah, Kentucky on May 8th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
Canadian National Fulton to Paducah local (FUPD) passes through CN’s P&I Junction as they head toward the Paducah and Louisville Railway yards at Paducah, Kentucky to perform their daily interchange work, with ex-GTW 6226 leading the way on May 8th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 110.
A string of Paducah and Louisville locomotives, with one Evansville Western Railway unit, pulls a long string of empty coal cars out of the loop at the Calvert City Terminal as they prepare to head south to Paducah, Kentucky on May 8th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
Canadian National Fulton to Paducah local (FUPD) rounds the curve coming into CN’s P&I Junction as they head toward the Paducah and Louisville Railway yards at Paducah, Kentucky to perform their daily interchange work, with ex-GTW 6226 leading the way on May 8th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 170.
Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Kentucky (2012) and University of Louisville (2013) locomotives head up the southbound Louisville Gas and Electric coal train, as the train sets empty on the Main at West Yards at Madisonville, Ky on April 16th, 2023. Here lately they haven’t been loading this train on the weekend, so it sat here till Monday morning, when a fresh crew showed up to move it to the Warrior Coal loop for loading.
These two engines were specially painted to honor each school’s NCAA basketball wins.
According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway (reporting mark PAL) is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The 270-mile (430 km) line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August 1986. The 223-mile (359 km) main route runs between Paducah and Louisville with branch lines from Paducah to Kevil and Mayfield, Kentucky, and another from Cecilia to Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The PAL interchanges with Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Canadian National (CN), formerly Illinois Central Railroad, in Paducah. In Madisonville, the line interchanges with CSX Transportation (CSXT).
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 110.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 3809 prepares to depart the north end of the yard at Paducah, Ky, bound for Calvert City, Ky for work in the industrial park on April 21st, 2023.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 240mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 1250.
Canadian National 9611 leads the daily Futon to Paducah local, northbound on the Paducah and Louisville Railway’s (PAL) Maxon Subdivision as they work their way to the PAL yard in Paducah, Ky on April 21st, 2023, to conduct their interchange work.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 800.