April 21, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s UK engine 2012 and U of L engine 2013, both 70MACs, pull into West Yard at Madisonville, Ky with stormy skies looming overhead.
April 21, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s UK engine 2012 and U of L engine 2013
April 22, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville military train
April 22, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville military train approaches the signals at Pond River siding as it heads north from Madisonville, Ky.
2015 White Plains, Ky Civil War Festival
April 25, 2015 – Spent the afternoon shooting photos at this year’s White Plains, Ky Civil War Festival and these are a selection of my favorites from today’s shoot. The square photos were all shot with my iPhone 5s using the Hipstamatic App, with the Tinto 1884 Lens and D-Type film.
April 23, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville at Barkley Dam, Ky
April 23, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville engines 4522, 4503, 2107 and 2106 lead a empty coal train north across Barkley Dam at Kuttawa, Ky.
April 24, 2015 – CSX intermodal Q028 northbound at Mortons Gap, Ky
April 24, 2015 – CSX intermodal Q028 approaches the defect detector at Mortons Gap, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
April 22, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s 4516 at MP 131
April 22, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s 4516 leads a loaded LG coal train past MP 131, approaching the crossing at Hwy 181, as it heads north toward Central City, Ky and onto Louisville as the warm glow of the setting sun filters through the sky.
April 22, 2015 – Northbound P&L Coal train at Central City, Ky
April 22, 2015 – A northbound Paducah and Louisville Railroad loaded coal train, with engine 4516 in the lead, passes a local in the siding at South Central City, Ky as it heads toward Louisville, Ky.
April 22, 2015 – CSX T101 heads south at Madisonville, KY
April 22, 2015 – CSX loaded coal train T101 pulls up the grade out of Atkinson Yards as it heads south under the North Main Street overpass, on the Henderson Subdivision, at Madisonville, Ky. Long lens and a bit of heat dispersion gives the wavy look on the rails, but they’re not really that bad.
April 23, 2015 – P&L loaded coal at Kentucky Dam
April 23, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s 2125, 4511 and U of L 3801 head across the Tennessee River bridge at Kentucky Dam as it heads south at Kuttawa, Ky with a loaded coal train.
April 22, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville engine 2111 leads a military train
April 22, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville engine 2111 leads a military train past loaded coal train 4516 at Cimarron Mine, which followed it north toward Louisville at Madisonville, Ky.
April 22, 2015 – P&L 4516 at Central City, Ky
April 22, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railroad’s 70MAC 4516 leads a loaded coal train north at Central City, Ky.
April 21, 2015 – P&L leasing Natchez Railway unit
April 21, 2015 – A northbound Paducah and Louisville Railway light engine move arrives at West Yard in a light rain with lease unit Natchez Railway engine 2602 trailing behind PAL 3807, heading into the yard to drop off an engine for a northbound coal drag. The coal train’s power included U of L engine 2013 and UK engine 2012.
April 21, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville on CSX’s Morganfield Branch at Madisonville, Ky
April 21, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville U of L engine 2013, UK engine 2012 and PAL 4522 pull a load of coal from Clay, Ky up CSX’s Morganfield Branch at Madisonville, Ky, passing the grain bins at Calhoun Feed, while heading for Trident on the Henderson Subdivision. There they will cross Trident and head through Atkinson Yard to East Diamond and onto the P&L mainline.
April 21, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville coal train, Madisonville, Ky
April 21, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville U of L engine 2013, UK engine 2012 and PAL 4522 pull a load of coal up CSX’s Henderson Subdivision cutoff to the East Diamond switch at Madisonville, Ky to interchange with the PAL mainline.
April 20, 2015 – CSX Service Facility, Madisonville, Ky
April 20, 2015 – A pretty much full house today at CSX’s engine service facility at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky.
March 28, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s 6710 at Mitchell, IL
March 28, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s 6710 leads a manifest freight southbound at Lenox Tower in Mitchell, Illinois as a tank train heads north, to the left.
March 27, 2015 – CSX intermodal Q025 at Slaughters, Ky
March 27, 2015 – CSX engine 367 leads intermodal Q025 southbound as it splits the signals at the north end of the Slaughters, Ky siding on the Henderson Subdivision.
2015 Pennyrile Spring Photography Weekend
As usual, I attended the annual Spring Photography Weekend at Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, in Dawson Springs, Ky. These are the images I submitted in the Masters Division for the contest. Lots of great pictures taken by the 54 participants!
The categories were: Culture, Wildflowers/Fungi, Wildlife and Scenic Beauty. There were also three bonus categories which were Crofton, Ky, Funny and “Photoshopped.”
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- Wildlife – This was my entry and while it didn’t place it’s m favorite photo that I shot from the weekend. It looks like the groundhog is eating something, but she’s actually moving her young to a new location.
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- Senic Beauty – This is the image I submitted for this category. I liked the water rushing over the beaver dam, the stream weaving around and the sky in this photo
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- Culture – This was my submission and it received Third Place.
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- Wildflowers/Fungi – This was my entry.
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- Crofton, Ky – I liked the design of this old church. This was my entry in this category. Folks couldn’t believe I went to Crofton and didn’t come back with a train photo!
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- Funny – This was my entry. The juding was done based on the amount of laughs the picture generated. It didn’t get enough. Should have put someone on it or running toward it holding the back of their pants! ;0)
April 14, 2015 – CSX coal train E497 at Henderson, Ky
April 14, 2015 – CSX coal train E497 heads down the Texas Line at Henderson, Ky to the Henderson Subdivision where it’ll continue it’s movement north across the Ohio River and into Evansville, Indiana.
April 14, 2015 – CSX Q025 at Sebree, Ky
April 14, 2015 – CSX Q025 passes a piece of MOW equipment in a siding as it heads south approaching the north end of Sebree, Ky heading south on the Henderson Subdivision.
April 14, 2015 – CSX autorack train L204 at Henderson, Ky
April 14, 2015 – CSX autorack train L204, with engine 5308 in the lead, rounds the curve on the Texas Line at Henderson, Ky as it heads onto the Henderson Subdivision to continue it’s move north across the Ohio River to Evansville, In.