March 10, 2015 – Union Pacific 4367

03.10.15 CSX empty grain with UP Power approaching White City Holdout, Mortons Gap, Ky

March 10, 2015 – Union Pacific 4367 heads up a empty CSX grain train as it heads north at MP 269 approaching White City holdout on the Earlington Cutoff at Mortons Gap, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

March 12, 2015 – CSX Q645-10

03.12.15 CSX Q645-10, ex CNW at Crofton Cut, Crofton, Ky

March 12, 2015 – CSX Q645-10, headed up by UP 6716 (Ex. Chicago & North Western Railway Operation Lifesaver Engine) passes through Crofton Cut, north of Crofton, Ky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at dusk.

March 18, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s NDN1

03.18.15 NS NDN1 Headed to Ethnol Plant at West Franklin, In

March 18, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s NDN1 heads in with a loaded coal train for the “Sitran Dock” at West Franklin or Mount Vernon, Indiana, depending on whose map you’re looking at. The dock is a subsidiary of M-Class mining that also owns Savtrans (the 12 miles of rail between McCleansboro, Indiana and Sugar Camp mine). Once unloaded at the dock the coal is transferred by conveyor to their state-of-the-art barge loading facility nearby.

March 18, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s NDN1

03.18.15 NS NDN1 Headed up the grade at West Franklin, In

March 18, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s NDN1 heads up the SIGECO lead at Mt. Vernon, Indiana with a load of coal for the “Sitran Dock,” a subsidiary of M-Class mining that also owns Savtrans (the 12 miles of rail between McCleansboro and Sugar Camp mine). Once unloaded at the dock the coal is transferred by conveyor to their state-of-the-art barge loading facility nearby.

March 9, 2015 – CSX Q026

03.09.15 CSX Q026 NB at Pembroke, Ky

March 9, 2015 – CSX Q026 heads north on the Henderson Subdivision just outside of Pembroke, Ky with engine 3098 in the lead.

March 16, 2015 – CSX Q588

03.16.15 CSX Q588 NB at Madisonville, Ky

March 16, 2015 – CSX Q588 heads through Madisonville, Ky as it approaches the North Main Street overpass, on it’s way north on the Henderson Subdivision with engine 4001 in the lead.

March 9, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s 70MAC 4522

03.09.15 PAL 4522 backing on Peevee Spur, Madisonville, Ky

March 9, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s 70MAC 4522 backs a loaded coal train back down CSX’s Peevee Spur of the Morganfield Branch in Madisonville, Ky to the Warrior Wye. They do this occasionally when there’s heavy congestion on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision, which on this day there had been a work curfew that had trains backed up in sidings between Crofton, Ky and Evansville, In.

March 14, 2015 – CSX engine #4

03.14.15 CSX N255-06 at Nortonville, Ky

March 14, 2015 – CSX engine #4 leads loaded coal train N255-06 south on the Henderson Subdivision past the “S” curve leading to the north end of the Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky. Crews are working on repairing the hillside at this point which has been slowly slipping it’s way toward the tracks due to being saturated with water from the recent snow melt and rain. Behind #4 is CSX 4564 and Florida East Coast 718.

March 14, 2015 – CSX loaded coal train N255-06

03.14.15 CSX N255-06 at South Romney, Ky

March 14, 2015 – CSX loaded coal train N255-06 heads south on the Henderson Subdivision just past Romney approaching Mannington, Ky with Florida East Coast engine 718 bringing up the rear of the consist, with CSX engines 4564 and 4 leading the way.

March 11, 2015 – CSX Q597

03.11.15 CSX Q597 at South Rankin, Ky

March 11, 2015 – CSX Q597, with BNSF power, sits in the fog on the main at the south end of the siding at Rankin, Ky as it waits for a northbound train to pass it in the siding, on the Henderson Subdivision.

March 12, 2015 – CSX Q645-10

03.12.15 CSX Q645-10, ex CNW at Kelly, Ky

March 12, 2015 – CSX Q645-10, headed up by UP 6716 (Ex. Chicago & North Western Railway Operation Lifesaver Engine) heads south at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.