June 1, 2017 – CSX rail train C024-01 makes its way south along the Morganfield Branch after dropping rail in Providence, Ky.
CSX rail train C024-01 on the Morganfield Branch, Nebo, Ky
CSX N050, a loaded coal train southbound, with UP Power, at Sebree, Ky
May 29, 2017 – Loaded coal train, CSX N050, with UP Power, makes its way along the siding, past a Herzog Rock train sitting on the main, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Sebree, Ky.
Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville engine 3801 at Calvert City, Ky
May 30, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville engine 3801 (GP38-2) picks up a set of tank cars from the siding at Calvert City, Ky.
CSX C024-01 rail train departs Providence, Ky
June 1, 2017 – CSX C024-01, with CSXT 7919 as power, pulls a rail train slowly through the curve in downtown Providence, Ky as it drops a section of rail along the CSX’s Morganfield Branch before heading back north to Madisonville, Ky.
Paducah and Louisville Railways #1998, University of Kentucky Wildcats engine at Paducah, Ky
May 30, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railways #1998, University of Kentucky Wildcats engine (GP38-2), heads up a set of light engines returning to the yard after working a local job in Paducah, Ky.
CSX intermodal Q026-31 with “Spirit of West Springfield” and L&N Logo engine at Madisonville, Ky
June 1, 2017 – CSX intermodal Q026-31 makes its way past the south end of Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky with CSXT Safety Engine 3099 “Spirit of West Springfield” and CSXT323, L&N Logo engine, as they head north on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSX C024-01 rail train at Providence, Ky
June 1, 2017 – CSX C024-01, with CSXT 7919 as power, pulls a rail train slowly through the curve in downtown Providence, Ky as it drops a section of rail along the CSX’s Morganfield Branch before heading back north to Madisonville, Ky.
The sun begins to set over CN’s P&I Subdivision at Paducah, Ky
May 30, 2017 – The sun begins to set over CN’s P&I (Paducah and Illinois) Subdivision as the rails glow looking west from the Central Avenue Crossing in Paducah, Ky.
BNSF 8564 sits as the DPU on the end of a loaded coal train at CN-PAL Junction
May 30, 2017 – BNSF 8564 sits as the DPU on the end of a loaded coal train as it sits in the siding at CN-PAL Junction in Paducah, Ky. The two facing lights are restricting signals into the yard limits. Top head will display a flashing head when lined straight through and the bottom head will display a flashing red when lined into the sidings.
A loaded BNSF coal train arrives at Calvert City, Ky
May 30, 2017 – The bugs of the night are drawn to the headlights of a loaded BNSF coal train as it arrives late in the evening light at the loadout in Calvert City, Ky with engine 5900 leading the way.
BNSF coal train at Calvert City, Ky
May 30, 2017 – I spent a good part of my birthday trackside yesterday roaming around between Calvert City and Paducah, Ky! This shot is of a BNSF coal train as it finishes unloading at Calvert City, Ky with engines 5980, 9228 and it’s DPU was 9175.
Herzog Ballast Train CSX W086-24 at Robards, Ky
May 29, 2017 – The conductor on CSX loaded grain train, G108-28 watches and counts the remaining full cars on Hertzog Ballast Train CSX W086-24 as it drops Ballast through the south end of Robards, Ky, on it’s way north on the Henderson Subdivision.
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“Lehigh Valley” Heritage Unit 8104 at Yankeetown, Indiana
May 16, 2017 – For something a bit different I used my 14mm full frame lens to capture Norfolk Southern’s “Lehigh Valley” Heritage Unit 8104 as it sat on the tail end of loaded coal train NS D436, that was tied down in the Red Brush Siding, on the Yankeetown Branch at Yankeetown, Indiana.
CSX Q645 pulls into the north end of CSX’s Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana
May 16, 2017 – CSX Q645 pulls into the north end of CSX’s Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana, past a waiting Q124 to go north on the CE&D Subdivision.
CSX empty coal train at Alliance Coal Loop, Princeton, Indiana
May 13, 2017 – A CSX empty coal train with CSXT 3187 leading, prepares to start loading it’s train at Alliance Coal in Princeton, Indiana.
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A CSX local illuminates the tracks as it works into the night at Tipp City, Ohio
May 12, 2017 – The headlights of a CSX local illuminates the tracks as it works into the night at Tipp City, Ohio as it makes a pickup from one of the the local industries there on CSX’s Toledo Subdivision (former B&O Toledo Subdivision).
Nada Tunnel, Red River Gorge, Ky
May 22, 2017 – Spending a few days in the Red River Gorge, looking for waterfalls, I found an unlikely one at the Nada Tunnel where the Big Woods, Red River & Lombard Railroad company’s 25-ton and a 35-ton Climax locomotives used to haul logs from the Red River valley through the tunnel to a saw mill 15 miles to the west in Clay City, Ky.
Nada Tunnel is a historic 900-foot tunnel along Kentucky Route 77 in Powell County, Kentucky. The presently paved tunnel has often been described as the “Gateway to Red River Gorge” for the shortcut it provides motorists to the Red River Gorge canyons of the Daniel Boone National Forest.
Built for the Dana Lumber Company between 1910 and 1911, Nada Tunnel was named after Nada, Kentucky, then a logging town about 10 miles past the tunnel’s entrance. Solid limestone was blasted with dynamite and dug out with steam machinery and hand tools, with two teams working from each side of the ridge.
The tunnel’s original dimensions were 12 by 12 feet, but when the first train load of logs became stuck and had to be blasted free, the tunnel’s height was increased to 13 feet. Narrow gauge steam locomotives of the Big Woods, Red River & Lombard Railroad regularly hauled timber extracted from the vast forests of the Red River Valley through the tunnel, to a sawmill 15 miles away in Clay City.
Once the forests had been cleared, the timber companies pulled out of the area. The railroad tracks were removed and a dirt road was laid in the unlit tunnel to accommodate horse and pedestrian traffic. Nada Tunnel has since been paved to carry a single lane of road traffic and is used by many to enter the Red River Gorge area.
Creation Falls, Red River Gorge, Ky
May 22, 2017 – My sister and I just got back from a trip to Red River Gorge in Eastern Kentucky. One of the many trails we walked was the Rock Bridge Loop Trail (207) and about halfway in is Creation Falls, considered by many to be one of the nicest falls in the Gorge and by far the nicest we photographed. This was a fact finding trip for the future and this is one spot we plan to come back to and spend more time at!
a CSX crew worked on building a train at Patio Yard in Winchester, Ky
May 23,2017 – It was a mild, sunny afternoon as a CSX crew worked on building a train at Patio Yard in Winchester, Ky on CSX’s CC Subdivision (Cincinnati-Corbin), a scene that is repeated many times a day across the world as railroads move goods and commodities.