PAL Switching at West Yard, Madisonville, Ky

July 19, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 2129 backs into West Yard at Madisonville, Ky as it works on building a southbound local, as a set of light engines waits on the main.

NS 7317 NB on Warrior Lead at Madisonville, Ky

July 5, 2017 – Norfolk Southern 7317 leads a loaded coal train down the Warrior Wye, approaching the Pleasantview Road overpass as it heads to the Paducah and Louisville Railway main to where it will continue north from Madisonville, Ky.

NS 8160 loaded coal at West Yard, Madisonville, Ky

July 19, 2017 – Norfolk Southern 8160 leads a loaded coal train off the Warrior Wye onto the Paducah and Louisville main heading north at Madisonville, Ky as a PAL local, with 2112 leading, waits to head north behind it.

CSX Q647 SB at Casky, Hopkinsville, Ky

July 13, 2017 – CSX Q647 with CSXT 65 leading, heads south past Casky Holdout at Hopkinsville, Ky as it passes CSX 7789 leading a mixed freight, on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q025 SB at Pembroke, Ky

July 13, 2017 – CSX Q025 passes the signals at the south end of Pembroke, Ky as it heads south with it’s hot intermodal train on the Henderson Subdivision as Q647 works a pickup in the Casky Yard in the distance at Hopkinsville, Ky.

CSX Q513-12 SB at Nortonville, Ky

July 13, 2017 – CSX Q513-12 passes through the cut leading up to the north end of Romney siding as it makes it’s way south on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky.

CSX Q647 SB at Earlington, Ky

July 13, 2017 – CSX Q647 with CSXT 65 leading, heads south through Earlington, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q512-12 NB at Nortonville, Ky

July 13, 2017 – CSX Q512-12 passes CSX construction crews as they pull out of the siding at the north end of Romney at Nortonville, Ky heading north on the Henderson Subdivision. The construction crews are continuing work on creating a two track main by joining the sidings at Romney and Nortonville.

CSX Q515 SB at McDonald Rd, Sebree, Ky

July 4, 2017 – CSX Q515 (Indianapolis, IN – Waycross, GA), with CSX 291 leading, approaches the McDonald Rd Crossing, north of Sebree, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q580 NB at McDonald Rd, Sebree, Ky

July 4, 2017 – CSX Q580 (Hamlet, NC – Evansville, IN), with Union Pacific 5111 and 7474 as power, approaches the McDonald Rd Crossing, north of Sebree, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.

NS 7317 NB off Warrior Wye at Madisonville, Ky

July 5, 2017 – Norfolk Southern 7317 leads a loaded coal train off the Warrior Wye, during a light rain, onto the Paducah and Louisville Railway main as it heads north at Madisonville, Ky.

CSX Q645 with Metra 180, SB at Madisonville, Ky

July 4, 2017 – Thanks to a heads up from Ryan Scott and others to the north, I caught Metra 180, Village of Bensenville, as the trailing unit on CSX Q645 as it headed south on the Henderson Subdivision through Madisonville, Ky.

CSX Q572-26 NB at N. Romney, Nortonville, Ky

June 28, 2017 – CSX Q572-26 snakes its way through the curve just north of Romney siding as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision past construction that will join the two sidings at Nortonville, Ky together and create a two track main.

CSX Q029 SB at South Romney, Nortonville, Ky

June 28, 2017 – CSX hot intermodal Q029 (Chicago, IL –
Atlanta, GA), with CSXT 3384 leading, heads south at the south end of Romney siding in Nortonville, Ky. At the right is the newly created roadbed that will the start of a new double track main, which will join Romney and Nortonville sidings together on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q028 northbound at Mortons Gap, Ky

June 24, 2017 – CSX Q028 heads across the bridge construction, just north of Mortons Junction, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky.