December 5, 2016 – CSX P923-05, with CSXT 490 and 5211 leading, make their way up the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana at sunset, pulling the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey “Blue” Circus Train, as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision.
November 28, 2016 – A empty Evansville Western Railway coal train pulls into the loop at Warrior Coal in Nebo, Ky to pickup a load of coal, with units EVWR 6001, NRE 4231, 2776 and EVWR 6002 as power.
November 25, 2016 – CSX loaded grain train, G124-25 passes through the Red River cut as it makes its way south at Adams, Tennessee on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 763 on point.
November 25, 2016 – CSX’s Casky inspection crews inspect southbound loaded ethanol train CSX K429-24 at the south end of Casky Inspection Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky, before it continues its trip south on the Henderson Subdivision.
November 22, 2016 – Street Lunch Crowd, Louisville, Ky
November 22, 2016 – Louisville & Indiana Railroad’s 2006 sits on the Main Street overpass in downtown Louisville, Ky as it handles a work train as crews work on track improvements. The Louisville & Indiana Railroad was formed in March 1994 to acquire 106 miles of rail line between Indianapolis and Louisville. LIRC connects with CSX, INRD, NS and PAL railroads. The line serves numerous major companies and an efficient inland port facility. Since formation, L&I has added a number of new industries to its lines.
November 16, 2016 – Huron and Eastern Railway 2026 (GP38-3) brings up the rear of the power lashup on CSX L688 as it passes the south end of the siding at Slaughters, Ky with a 11,500ft train, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating 384 miles of track in The Thumb and Flint/Tri-Cities area of the lower peninsula of Michigan.
November 12, 2016 – Indiana Railroad’s newly painted “In Honor of Our Veterans” engine 4005 (SD40-2), sits at the north end of CSX’s Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana. The unit was freshly painted at the National Railway Equipment Co. shops in Mt. Vernon, Illinois and is waiting to move on north along CSX’s CE&D Subdivision for delivery to the Indiana Railroad.
October 18, 2016 – The nose of Norfolk and Western Railway steam locomotive 611 makes for a nice portrait as it sits idle at Spencer, North Carolina. As luck would have it on my recent road trip there I arrived after their last weekend of running and couldn’t stick around for their return trip home. There’ll be other times!
October 5, 2016 – Vermont Railway 432 sits idle at Rutland, VT.
October 29, 2016 – After taking a bath in Duncan Lake a Eagle perches on top of a log to dry off at Land Between the Lakes, Ky.
October 29, 2016 – A Quick shot from today’s pictures at Duncan Lake in Land Between the Lakes, Ky of Eagles. This was from a sequence from the last Eagle of the day before we lost the sunlight. I’ll edit and post more over the next few days.
October 27, 2016 – CSX Rail Train, W021-26 drops rail at the south end of Romney siding as it works its way north towards Nortonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. CSX is preparing to double track from the crossing on the south end of Romney Siding to the north end of Nortonville siding. They will also double track from the south end of Sebree, Ky to the north end of Robards, Ky. Tracks at both locations will become main 1 and 2. I was told yesterday that construction should be getting underway in the next few months.
October 24, 2016 – After appearing to have gone into emergency CSX Q645-23 stopped just short of running into a semi, stuck on the tracks at Adams, Tennessee, as it was heading south on the Henderson Subdivision.
October 19, 2016 – Great Smoky Mountain’s steam engine 1702 heads into the outskirts of Bryson City, NC.
October 19, 2016 – Great Smoky Mountain’s steam engine 1702 approaches the Double Bridge Road crossing outside Whittier, NC as it makes the return trip to Bryson City, NC.
October 17, 2016 – A N.C. Department of Transportation’s Rail Division Passenger train, which runs between Raleigh and Charlotte, NC, heads along next to the Norfolk Southern yard as it heads for the Amtrak Station in downtown Charlotte.
October 8, 2016 – The Fireman and Engineer on Strasburg Railroad’s engine 475, watch the tracks behind as they back around their passenger train in the station at Strasburg as they prepare for another run to Paradise, Pennsylvania. Steam Locomotive 475 is a former Norfolk & Western Railway M class 4-8-0 steam locomotive. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1906 as part of the N&W’s first order of class M numbered 450–499. It is the only known 4-8-0 operating in North America.
October 9, 2016 – The fireman climbs aboard Baldwin Locomotive Works, #26, at Steamtown National Historic Site, as he prepares his passenger train for another run at Scranton, PA.
October 9, 2016 – Steamtown, National Historic Site’s Baldwin Locomotive Works, #26, passes a Delaware-Lackawanna local as it starts it’s passenger run at Scranton, PA.
October 8, 2016 – Strassburg Railroad’s Baldwin 4-8-0 heads back to Ronks, Pa and the station with it’s passenger train the return leg of it’s trip to the station after making a stop at Abney Park.