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 Q645 pulls into the north end of CSX’s Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana
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.
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.
CSX W869-21 military train pulls north from Romney Siding, at Nortonville, Ky
April 26, 2017 – A northbound CSX W869-21 pulls away from the north end of Romney Siding, at Nortonville, Ky with a loaded military train, with CSXT 7683 leading and 735 trailing on the Henderson Subdivision.
Norfolk Southern’s “Lehigh Valley” Heritage Unit 8104 at Red Brush Siding, Yankeetown, IN
May 16, 2017 – With the sun heading for the horizon to the west, Norfolk Southern’s “Lehigh Valley” Heritage Unit 8104 sits on the end of loaded coal train NS D436 at Red Brush Siding, on the Yankeetown Branch at Yankeetown, Indiana.
CSX Q645 rounds a curve as it approaches Howell Yard, Evansville, Indiana
May 16, 2017 – As the last light of day fades from the sky CSX Q645 rounds the curve as it slowly makes it’s way toward the north end of Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana where it picked up fresh supplies before heading on south on the Henderson Subdivision.
Norfolk Southern’s “Lehigh Valley” Heritage Unit 8104 at Red Brush siding
May 16, 2017 – Norfolk Southern’s “Lehigh Valley” Heritage Unit 8104 sits on the end of loaded coal train NS D436 as it waits for a crew, at Red Brush Siding, on the Yankeetown Branch at Yankeetown, Indiana.
Norfolk Southern’s “Lehigh Valley” Heritage Unit 8104 at Yankeetown, Indiana
May 16, 2017 – Norfolk Southern’s “Lehigh Valley” Heritage Unit 8104 sits as the DPU on loaded coal train NS D436, tied down in the Red Brush Siding, on the Yankeetown Branch at Yankeetown, Indiana.
CSX J625 pulls across trident from Morganfield Branch at Madisonville, Ky
May 11, 2017 – CSX J625 pulls across trident from Morganfield Branch as CSXT 713 leads a loaded coal train into CSX’s Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.
Paducah and Louisville locomotives “Salute to our Troops” (2127) and “Salute to our Veterans” (2129)
May 14, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville locomotives “Salute to our Troops” (2127) and “Salute to our Veterans” (2129) led the local Sunday as it did interchange work with CSX at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky.
NS Yard, National Train Day, Princeton, Indiana
May 13, 2017 – A eerie quiet fell in amongst all these steel horses as they sat at the north end of the Norfolk Southern yard at Princeton, Indiana as the last light of dusk fell on National Train Day. I drove from Piqua, Ohio to Princeton, Indiana on this day looking for trains to catch and I saw three moving along the way, all in the distance. That’s the way it goes sometimes! I did catch another shot I’ll post later of a CSX coal train in the loop at Alliance Coal.
Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit 1071, “Jersey Central Lines” at Princeton, Indiana.
May 12, 2017 – Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit 1071, “Jersey Central Lines,” brings up the tail end of 71T as it finishes up loading it’s coal train at Alliance Coal in Princeton, Indiana.
CSX E013-11 pulls from the siding at the north end of Trenton, Ky
May 11, 2017 – CSX E013-11 pulls from the siding at the north end of Trenton, Ky, with Citirail 1521 leading, after waiting for southbound CSX Q515 to pass. From here it made another 8 miles or so before going into emergency due to a broken knuckle on one of the coal cars at middle Casky in Hopkinsville, Ky. With Casky yard now being closed it took awhile to get someone trackside to help the conductor with the repair before continuing it’s way north on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSX 573 heads up CSX Q648-17 at Patoka, IN on the CE&D Subdivision.
April 19, 2017 – Despite it being a hot muggy day, with way too many gnats buzzing around, we found a parade of north bounds making their way up CSX’s CE&D subdivision across the Patoka River box bridge at Patoka, Indiana. Here CSXT 573 heads up CSX Q648-17 (Waycross, GA – Chicago, IL) as it makes it’s way north on the CE&D Subdivision.
CSX Q586-8, with BNSF 5646 leading, at Slaughters, Ky
May 8, 2017 – CSX Q586-8, with BNSF 5646 leading, heads north out of the siding at Slaughters, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSX Q586-8 with BNSF power and Q515-08 with UP power meet at Slaughters, Ky
May 8, 2017 – A friend gave a heads-up about CSX 323, the engine with the L&N logo on it headed south, so I set out to see if I couldn’t catch it. Didn’t happen, but I did catch this meet between CSX Q586-8 with BNSF power and Q515-08 with UP power, at the north end of the sliding in Slaughters, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. It works that way sometimes, setting out to capture one thing and finding another!
CSX Q596-19 approaches the south end of the siding at Robards, Ky
April 19, 2017 – CSX Q596-19 approaches the south end of the siding at Robards, Ky as it heads north past new construction for a second track that will run connecting the sidings from Sebree and Robards, Ky into a two track main on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSX Q596 sits in the siding at the north end of Robards, Ky
April 19, 2017 – CSX Q596 sits in the siding at the north end of Robards, Ky as it waits for hot intermodal Q025-19 to pass, so they can continue their northbound move on the Henderson Subdivision.