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.
April 15, 2015 – Paducah & Louisville Railway Tie Train at Richland, Ky
April 15, 2015 – Paducah & Louisville Railway Tie Train at Richland, Ky – A Paducah & Louisville RR work train drops ties along the right-of-way between MP 155 and 155.6 at Richland, Ky as it makes it’s way south towards Paducah, Kentucky.
April 14, 2015 – CSX Q647 at Rankin, Ky
April 14, 2015 – CSX Q647 heads south on the Henderson Subdivision after getting a green signal at the south end of the siding at Rankin, Ky, with engines 224, 7543 and 5333 as power.
April 15, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville Tie Train
April 15, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville Maintenance of Way train makes it’s way through the Richland, Ky area dropping ties along the right-of-way, heading south with PAL 3804 in the lead and 3806 trailing.
April 14, 2015 – CSX Q029 at Robards, Ky
April 14, 2015 – CSX Q029 passes the signals at the north end of the Robards, Ky siding as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with engine 3013 in the lead.
April 14, 2015 – CSX empty coal train E497 on the Texas Line
April 14, 2015 – CSX empty coal train E497 heads off CSX’s Texas Line onto the Henderson Subdivision taking its train north at Henderson, Ky. I understand coal drags don’t usually take the Texas Line, but it was right behind autorack train L204.
April 8, 2015 – LoRam Ditching machine
April 8, 2015 – LoRam Ditching machine DC-2 heads south just past the south end of Romney siding as it heads south at Mannington, Ky for its next ditching assignment on of CSX’s Henderson Subdivision.
