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.
CSX Q580 NB at McDonald Rd, Sebree, Ky
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.
CITIRAIL 1503 leads CSX Q587-01 south at Slaughters, Ky
July 1, 2017 – CITIRAIL 1503 leads CSX Q587-01 (Evansville, IN – Nashville, TN) as it makes its way through Slaughters, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
Paducah and Louisville Railway coal train departs Warrior Coal, Nebo, Ky
July 2, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railways 2107 leads a loaded coal train as it departs Warrior Coal, in Nebo, Ky, heading south on the PAL to the loadout in Calvert City, 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 loaded coal drag N050, with UP power, SB at Sebree, Ky
May 29, 2017 – CSX loaded coal drag N050, with UP power, heads south out of Sebree, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision bound for Duke Energy’s Crystal River Energy Complex via Fitzgerald, GA.
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.
Northbound CSX W837-21 Military train with Union Pacific 4060 leading…
June 24, 2017 – Northbound CSX W837-21 Military train with Union Pacific 4060 leading, sits in the siding at the north end of the siding at Nortonville, Ky, as it waits for hot intermodal Q028 to pass it heading north on the Henderson Subdivision.
PAL 3801 Working at Calvert City, Ky
May 30, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville engine, 3801 (GP38-2), prepares to couple up a set of tank cars from the siding at Calvert City, Ky, under the watchful eyes of the conductor.
Southbound CSX Autorack at Lebanon Junction, Ky
June 17, 2017 – A southbound CSX loaded autorack, with CSXT 9028 leading, passes under the old L&N coaling tower at Lebanon Junction, Ky as it heads south on the Mainline Subdivision.
NS empty coal train waits for signal at PAL’s West Yard in Madisonville, Ky
A PAL crew on a NS empty coal train waits at Paducah & Louisville’s West Yard in Madisonville, Ky for a signal to take the Warrior Coal lead to make a pick-up.
CSX loaded coal train SB at Henderson, Ky
May 29, 2017 – A loaded CSX coal train with CSXT 5346 leading, passes CSX local J724, at the Henderson Depot in Henderson, Ky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSX rail train tied down at Princeton, In
June 17, 2017 – Union Pacific 5359 heads up a CSX MOW rail train, as it sits tied down in the siding at the south end of Alliance siding in Princeton, Indiana at dusk on the CE&D subdivision.
Norfolk Southern climbs the grade at the east end of Huntingburg, Indiana
June 17, 2017 – Norfolk Southern 7226 pulls hard as it leads a manifest train up the grade at the east end of Huntingburg, Indiana on it’s way east on the NS Southern-East district.
CSXT 9028 heads up an autorack as it splits the signals at Lebanon Junction, Ky
June 17, 2017 – A southbound CSX loaded autorack, with CSXT 9028 leading, splits the signals at Lebanon Junction, Ky as it heads south on the Mainline Subdivision.
CSX hot intermodal Q028-15 northbound at Nortonville, Ky
June 15, 2017 – CSX hot intermodal Q028-15 makes its way north out of the north end of Romney at Nortonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. In the foreground you can see construction work for the new roadbed that will connect the sidings at Romney and Nortonville to create a two track main between the two points.
CSX N019-10 (Dotiki, KY-Bostwick, FL) rolls past closed Casky Inspection Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky
May 11, 2017 – CSX loaded coal train N019-10 (Dotiki, KY-Bostwick, FL) heads past the recently closed Casky Inspection Yard as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision to deliver it’s load to Seminole Electric’s Seminole Generating Station via Fitzgerald, GA
CSX Q515 at South end of Rankin, Ky
May 29, 2017 – A trio of Union Pacific units head up CSX Q515 as it waits for a northbound to take the siding at the south end of Rankin, Ky before heading continuing south on the Henderson Subdivision.
Paducah and Louisville Railway’s UK engine 1998 at Paducah, Ky
May 30, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 1998 (GP-38-2) University of Kentucky engine passes a GATX 3309 parked at the rear of the National Railway Equipment (VMV Paducahbuilt), as 1998 returns to the yard after working local industries in the Paducah, Ky area.