December 12, 2018 – CSX hot intermodal, Q025-11 (Bedford Park, IL – Jacksonville, FL), carrying a lot of Christmas Presents and other cargo, makes its way upgrade toward the south end of Pembroke, after completing a crew change at Casky Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 23, 2018 – Indiana Railroad 3803 backs a set of empty hoppers into Berry Plastic at Bloomington, Indiana as it does a drop-off and pick-up from the plant. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #inrd #indianarailroad
November 3, 2018 – Illuminated by the early morning sun, CSX Q029 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) heads south on CSXs CE&D Subdivision at Sullivan, Indiana, under the old C&EI coaling tower that was built in 1941 to service steam locomotives. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 3145 leads loaded coal train N058 as it heads south across the Sulfur Creek Trestle at Springfield, Tennessee on its way south along the Henderson Subdivision with a DPU pushing from the rear. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 21, 2018 – A CN 5471 heads up the local as it makes its way through the north switch at CR Junction under Hinkleville Road, in West Paducah, Kentucky as it makes it’s daily rounds of the area. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #cnrailway
December 5, 2018 – CSX S026 (second Q026 on the same day) makes its way across the recently replaced bridge just north of Mortons Junction as CSXT 851 leads the way, with CSXT 3415 with the Georgia Railroad emblem acts as the DPU in the middle of the train, as it makes its way north on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 3, 2018 – It’s a quiet, late fall afternoon, as empty coal train CSX J801-03 slowly makes its way through the woods on the Pee Vee Spur, off CSXs Morganfield Branch at Madisonville, Ky, as it heads to Warrior Coal to pickup a load under stormy skies. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 21, 2018 – Arriving just over 3 hours late due to mechanical problems in Chicago, Amtrak 391, the Saluki, passes a northbound CN freight at the coaling towers in Carbondale, Illinois as the last light of the day fades from the sky on the Centrailia Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrains #cn #cnrailway
November 29, 2018 – LoRam Railgrinder 405 is surrounded with dust as it grinds just past the switch at the north end of the Dawson Springs, Siding, as it works south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway, at Dawson Springs, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #railgrinder #loram
November 21, 2018 – BNSF 6504 leads an empty coal train as it heads north across the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Paducah, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailroad
November 29, 2018 – LoRam Railgrinder 405 grinds the main as it heads south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway, approaching the hwy 62 overpass at Dawson Springs, Ky.
According to Wikipedia: A railgrinder (or rail grinder) is a maintenance of way vehicle or train used to restore the profile and remove irregularities from worn tracks to extend its life and to improve the ride of trains using the track. Rail grinders were developed to increase the lifespan of the tracks being serviced for rail corrugation. Rail grinding is a process that is done to stop the deformation due to use and friction on railroad tracks by removing deformations and corrosion.
Railroad tracks that experience continual use are more likely to experience corrugation and overall wear. Rail grinders are used to grind the tracks when rail corrugation is present, or before corrugation begins to form on the tracks. Major freight train tracks use rail grinders for track maintenance based the interval of tonnage, rather than time.
Transit systems and subways in major cities continue to use scheduled rail grinding processes to combat the corrugation common to heavily used tracks. Rail-grinding equipment may be mounted on a single self-propelled vehicle or on a dedicated rail-grinding train which, when used on an extensive network, may include crew quarters. The grinding wheels, of which there may be more than 100, are set at controlled angles to restore the track to its correct profile.
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November 24, 2018 – Amtrak 390, the Saluki, pulls north in the early morning sun as it begins its run to Chicago from Carbondale, Illinois on CN’s Centralia Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrainNovember 24, 2018 – Amtrak 390, the Saluki, pulls north in the early morning sun as it begins its run to Chicago from Carbondale, Illinois on CN’s Centralia Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrains #cnrailways #cnrailway
November 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Railroad 2302 and 2003 lead a loaded military train over the Flatrock River at Columbus, Indiana as it makes its way north to deliver its cargo to Camp Atterbury, Indiana.
Camp Atterbury, located in south-central Indiana, about 4 miles west of Edinburgh, Indiana, serves as a military and civilian training base under the auspices of the Indiana National Guard.
The Louisville and Indiana Railroad (reporting mark LIRC) is a Class III railroad that operates freight service between Indianapolis, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, with a major yard and maintenance shop in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
According to Wikipedia: The 106-mile line was purchased from Conrail in March 1994. Previous to Conrail, the line was owned by Penn Central, and before that, the Pennsylvania Railroad. It serves the cities of Franklin, Sellersburg, Seymour and Columbus, Indiana, and also serves the former Clark Maritime Center, now Port of Indiana, Jeffersonville. In Louisville, the LIRC interchanges with the Paducah and Louisville Railway, CSX Transportation and the Indiana Rail Road, former Canadian Pacific Railway (via trackage rights over CSX’s former Monon line). Traffic from them mostly is potash. In Indianapolis, the line interchanges with CSX Transportation at Avon Yard approximately 7 miles west of the Circle City.
November 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Honoring our Veterans units, 3001 and 3002, pull south toward their yard at Columbus, Indiana with a small load of freight. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #LIrailway #louisvilleandindianarailwayNovember 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Honoring our Veterans units, 3001 and 3002, pull south toward their yard at Columbus, Indiana with a small load of freight. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #LIrailway #louisvilleandindianarailway
November 23, 2018 – The Indiana Railroad 3803 leads a short freight (The Bloomington Turn) with INRD 31687 caboose bringing up the rear as it heads across the Tulip Trestle at Solsberry, Indiana.
According to Wikipedia: The Tulip Viaduct is a 2,295-foot long railroad bridge (also known as the Greene County Viaduct or Tulip Trestle, and officially designated Bridge X76-6) in Greene County, Indiana, that spans Richland Creek between Solsberry and Tulip. According to Richard Simmons and Francis Haywood Parker, authors of Railroads of Indiana, it is “easily the state’s most spectacular railroad bridge”. The bridge was built in 1905 and 1906 by the Indianapolis Southern Railway and successor Indianapolis Southern Railroad, which became part of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1911. It is now part of the IndianapolisNewton, Illinois, line of the Indiana Rail Road. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #inrd #indianarailroad
November 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Honoring our Veterans units, 3001 and 3002, pull south toward their yard at Columbus, Indiana with a small load of freight. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #LIrailway #louisvilleandindianarailway
November 21, 2018 – CN 5471 heads up the Fulton local as it prepares to pass the signal, just down from the Coleman Road crossing in West Paducah, Kentucky as it makes it’s daily rounds of the Paducah area. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #cnrailway
November 22, 2018 – Day 388 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Happy Thanksgiving – Today’s BW portrait is an informal one of my nephew Damion as he and his cousins worked on coloring Turkeys at my niece Tracy’s home on Thanksgiving.
November 21, 2018 – Arriving just over 3 hours late due to mechanical problems in Chicago, Amtrak 391, the Saluki, meets a northbound CN freight at the coaling towers in Carbondale, Illinois as the last light of the day fades from the sky on the Centrailia Subdivision. #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrains #cn#cnrailway
November 21, 2018 – Day 387 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Tabatha – Today’s BW portrait is a pet portrait of my cat Tabatha in her favorite place, the footstool of my recliner.