Kansas City Southern at PAL West Yard, Madisonville, KY

01.19.15 KCS 4808 at West Yard, Madisonville, Ky

January 19, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville crew exits the nose of Kansas City Southern 4808 coal train, with trailing unit 3930, at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky. The empty coal train was scheduled to move north on the PAL later in the night.

KCS 3930 and 4808 at CSX Atkinson Yard, Madisonville, Ky

01.19.15 KCS 3930 at Madisonville, Ky

January 19, 2015 – A empty Kansas City Southern coal train, with engines 3930 and 4808, sits in the wye at the south end of CSX’s Atkinson Yards in Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision waiting for it’s crew. It moved onto the Paducah and Louisville to West Yard later in the afternoon where it’s going to sit till it moves north on the P&L later this evening. Guessing it’s headed to the coal facility at Beaver Dam, Ky to load, but don’t know for sure.

PAL 4512 at Warrior Lead, Madisonville, Ky

01.12.15 PAL 4512 at West Yard, Madisonville, Ky

January 12, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s 70MAC 4512 sits on the Warrior Lead, just before West Yard in Madisonville, Ky, with a loaded coal train waiting to take it’s load north.

CSX T108 Southbound at Madisonville, Ky

01.16.15 CSX T108 SB at Madisonville, Ky

January 16, 2015 – Coal dust flies from loaded coal train CSX T108 as it approaches McLeod Lane crossing as it makes it’s way south out of Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision with engine 967 on point.

CSX Q025 southbound at Madisonville, Ky

01.16.15 CSX Q025 SB at Madisonville, Ky

January 16, 2015 – CSX Q025 powers it’s way through the Hospital Drive Crossing just past Trident on the Henderson Subdivision as it heads south into downtown Madisonville, Ky with engine 426 on point.

CSX N255 Southbound at Sebree, Ky

01.14.15 CSX N255 SB at Sebree, Ky

January 15, 2015 – Loaded coal train CSX N255, with engines CSX 996, CEFX 3136 and CSX 69, heads south out of Sebree, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision, as steam from the local power plant looms over the train.

CSX Q588 crosses the Henderson, Ky bridge

01.14.15 CSX Q588 NB at Rahm, IN

January 14, 2015 – CSX Q588 heads across the Henderson, Ky, bridge as it starts down the viaduct into Rahm, Indiana on it’s way to CSX’s Howell Yard for a crew change before proceeding to it’s final destination in Chicago, IL (Barr Yard).

CSX G415 climbs the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana

01.14.15 CSX G415 at Rahm, In

January 14, 2014 – I spent the afternoon today rail-fanning to the north end of the Henderson Subdivision where I caught CSX G415 climbing the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana as it made it’s way south toward the Henderson, Ky bridge.

CSX Q588 Northbound at Duncan Lane, Slaughters, Ky

01.09.15 CSX Q588 NB at S. Slaughters, Ky

January 9, 2015 – The Conductor for CSX Q588 keeps a watchful eye on the Duncan Lane crossing at the south end of the Slaughters, Ky siding as they approach it. The crossing had malfunctioning signals and there were signal maintainers there working on them and trains were under a slow order.

CSX Q595 South, Hanson, Ky

01.09.15 Q595 SB at Tippet Road, Hanson, Ky

January 9, 2015 – CSX Q595 heads towards the Tippet Road crossing at Hanson, Ky as it makes it’s way south on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q514 and Q028 at Nortonville, Ky

01.09.15 Q028 and 514 at Nortonville, Ky

January 9, 2015 – CSX conductor for Q514 climbs onto his train after getting a ride to the head end from Q028 at the North end of the siding at Nortonville, Ky. Q514 had gone into emergency due to a car with a bad brake line, on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX T102 southbound at Earlington, Ky

01.09.15 T102 SB at Earlington, Ky

January 9, 2015 – CSX loaded coal train T102 passes the signal at Earlington, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with engine 905 in the lead.

CSX Q026 at Nortonville, KY

01.09.15 Q026 NB at N. Nortonville, Ky

January 9, 2015 – CSX Q026, with engine 5420 on point, rounds the curve at the North end of Nortonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q595 & 588 meet at Slaughters, Ky

01.09.15 Q595 SB meets Q588 NB at S. Slaughters, Ky

January 9, 2015 – The conductor for CSX Q595 prepares to do a roll-by inspection of northbound CSX Q588 as it passes his train at the south end of Slaughters siding in Slaughters, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q124 at Hanson, Ky

01.09.15 Q124 NB at Tippet Rd, Hanson, Ky

January 9, 2015 – CSX Q124 (Jacksonville, FL – Chicago, IL) (Bedford Park) approaches the Tippet Road crossing after passing through the north end of the siding at Hanson, Ky as engine 5395 leads this hot intermodal north on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision.

CSX V555 at Mortons Gap, Ky

01.08.15 CSX V255 NB at Mortons Gap, Ky

January 8, 2015 – CSX V555, an empty grain train, rounds the curve coming into Mortons Gap, Ky as it heads north on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision