CSX 695 at Madisonville, Ky

01.06.15 CSX 695 SB Loaded Coal at Madisonville, Ky

January 6, 2015 – CSX 695 leads a loaded coal train south as it approaches East Diamond on the Earlington Cutoff in Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX engine 724 at Kelly, Ky

01.05.15 CSX 724 loaded coal at Kelly, Ky

January 5, 2015 – CSX engine 724 pulls a loaded coal train through into the siding at Kelly, Ky as it makes it’s way south on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX V204 on Red River Trestle, Adams, Tn

01.05.15 CSX V204 NB at Red River Trestle

January 5, 2015 – CSX V204, an empty grain train, heads across the Red River Trestle at Adams, Tennessee, as makes it’s way north on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q028 at Pembroke, Ky

01.05.15 Q028 NB at Pembroke, Ky

January 5, 2015 – An early morning CSX Q028 makes it’s way north on the Henderson Subdivision at Pembroke, Ky.

Norfolk Southern ribbon rail train at PAL West Yard, Madisonville, Ky

01.04.15 NS Ribbon Rail Train at West Yard

January 4, 2015 – A Norfolk Southern ribbon rail train sits in the yard next to Paducah and Louisville’s 4511 at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky. Not sure why it’s there, but it is pointed toward Paducah, Ky and has been there since early this morning. It hasn’t come by my house in Richland, Ky yet so it hasn’t moved as of 3pm this afternoon.

CSX Q515 at Slaughters, Ky

January 2, 2015 - CSX Q515, with UP 7669 on point, pulls it's 8,800 foot train north on the Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Ky.

January 2, 2015 – CSX Q515, with UP 7669 on point, pulls it’s 8,800 foot train north on the Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Ky.

FURX engines at Atkinson Yard, Madisonville, Ky

January 2, 2015 - FURX engines 3036, 3035, 3044 & 3033 and 3084 along with CITX 3084 and CSX 2519 sit at the engine service facility at CSX's Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky. I suspect the lease units will be moving onto the Henderson Subdivision once they've been inspected, but don't know when or in what direction they'll move at this point.

January 2, 2015 – FURX engines 3036, 3035, 3044 & 3033 and 3084 along with CITX 3084 and CSX 2519 sit at the engine service facility at CSX’s Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky. I suspect the lease units will be moving onto the Henderson Subdivision once they’ve been inspected, but don’t know when or in what direction they’ll move at this point.

CSX Q647 at Nortonville, Ky

January 1, 2015 - CSX Q647, with engine 7814 on point, snakes it's way through a curve at Nortonville, Ky as the train approaches the north end of Romney on the Henderson Subdivision.

January 1, 2015 – CSX Q647, with engine 7814 on point, snakes it’s way through a curve at Nortonville, Ky as the train approaches the north end of Romney on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q026-31 at Mortons Gap, Ky

January 1, 2015 - CSX SD40-3, engine 4038, leads the pack on New Years's day as it moves intermodal train Q026-31 through the signals at Mortons Junction at Mortons Gap, Ky as it heads north along the Henderson Subdivision, bound for Chicago, IL.

January 1, 2015 – CSX SD40-3, engine 4038, leads the pack on New Years’s day as it moves intermodal train Q026-31 through the signals at Mortons Junction at Mortons Gap, Ky as it heads north along the Henderson Subdivision, bound for Chicago, IL.

CSX Q026-31 at Nortonville, Ky

January 1, 2015 - CSX SD40-3, engine 4038, leads the pack on New Years's day as it moves intermodal train Q026-31 through the north end of Romney at Nortonville, Ky heading north along the Henderson Subdivision, bound for Chicago, IL.

January 1, 2015 – CSX SD40-3, engine 4038, leads the pack on New Years’s day as it moves intermodal train Q026-31 through the north end of Romney at Nortonville, Ky heading north along the Henderson Subdivision, bound for Chicago, IL.

CSX Q515 at Guthrie, Ky

December 31.2014 - CSX Q515 heads south from Guthrie, Ky using it's five engines to pull its 9,000 foot train south on the Henderson Subdivision.

December 31.2014 – CSX Q515 heads south from Guthrie, Ky using it’s five engines to pull its 9,000 foot train south on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX V265-30 at Mortons Gap, Ky

December 31, 2014 - CSX V265-30, a empty UP powered grain train passes under the US 41 overpass as it heads north into Mortons Gap, Ky, with engine 5079 in the lead, as it heads towards Evansville, Indiana on the Henderson Subdivision.

December 31, 2014 – CSX V265-30, a empty UP powered grain train passes under the US 41 overpass as it heads north into Mortons Gap, Ky, with engine 5079 in the lead, as it heads towards Evansville, Indiana on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q210 at Hopkinsville, Ky

December 31, 2014 - Went out today railfanning with, Ryan Scott, a friend from Princeton, Indiana to show him some of my favorite shooting spots along the Henderson Subdivision when we caught Q210, a empty autorack train passing the old L&N Depot at Hopkinsville, Ky heading north. It's pretty rare that we get autoracks, empty or otherwise, through our area so it was a nice catch!

December 31, 2014 – Went out today railfanning with, Ryan Scott, a friend from Princeton, Indiana to show him some of my favorite shooting spots along the Henderson Subdivision when we caught Q210, a empty autorack train passing the old L&N Depot at Hopkinsville, Ky heading north. It’s pretty rare that we get autoracks, empty or otherwise, through our area so it was a nice catch!

CSX T103-26 at Madisonville, Ky

12.29.14 CSX T103-26 empty coal, McLeod Lane, Madisonville, Ky

December 29, 2014 – CSX northbound empty coal train, T103-26, approaches the McLeod Lane crossing in Madisonville, Ky as it chases the final light of the day on the Henderson Subdivision.

UP 4462 at Hopkinsville, Ky

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December 23, 2014 – A CSX mixed freight, headed up by UP 4463, waits on the #2 main at the north end of Casky for northbound CSX Q028 to to pass at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

CP engine repair at Hopkinsville, Ky

12.23.14 CP

December 23, 2014 – CSX’s Wayne Mccaffrey, left and Cole Wigley work on repairing a radiator shroud on Canadian Pacific engine 9531 on the Ft. Campbell Wye just off the Henderson Subdivision at Hopkinsville, Ky.

CSX Q649-21 at Madisonville, Ky

December 22, 22, 2014 - CSX Q649-21

December 22, 22, 2014 – CSX Q649-21, headed up by CSX engine 3099, Spirit of West Springfield, passes the signals at Poorhouse as it moves south on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky.