September 24, 2020 – Paducah & Louisville (PAL) 4512 and Evansville Western 4511 lead a 5,400ft loaded coal train through downtown Calvert City, Kentucky on its way to the Calvert City Loadout.
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July 13, 2019 – Evansville Western 3836 heads up a local as it pulls away from a string of cars at the south end of CSX’s Howell Yards as it does it’s work in Evansville, Indiana.
May 15, 2019 – CSXT 33 heads up an empty coal train as it passes a string a tank cars at Evansville Western’s Belknap Siding, after coming off the Vectren lead from the A.B.Brown Power Plant, outside of Evansville, Indiana. The A. B. Brown Generating Station is a four-unit, 700 megawatt power plant, located on the northern bank of Ohio River, 8 miles east of Mount Vernon, Indiana and 5 miles southwest of Evansville, Indiana just west of the Posey-Vanderburgh County Line and is serviced by CSX via the Evansville Western Railway.
May 15, 2019 – Evansville Western Railway local, with 3840 leading, passes the CountryMark Co-Op LLP Refinery area at Mount Vernon, Indiana as works its way to their small yard just past the refinery.
January 9, 2019 – The head end of Evansville Western Railway’s EVW5 (with 4501 and LTEX 8708 leading) catches to the rear end of its loaded coal train (EVWR 2103, 2108 and LTEX 8740 as DPUs) as it makes its way around the loop at the Mount Vernon Terminal at Mount Vernon, Indiana, delivering a load. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evansvillewesternrailway
August 29, 2018 – Evansville Western Railway, 6001 and 6000 lead local MVL1 as the crew performs interchange work with CSX at the south end of Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
July 25, 2018 – Evansville Western Railway 3839 leads a local north, past EVWR 6003. 6002, LTEX 8740 and 6001 siting at the yard office in Mount Vernon, Indiana. The LTEX is one of the SD60’s that CSX sold off before Hunter Harrison died. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evansvillewesternrailway
April 4, 2018 – Evansville Western Railway local MVL01 works the industrial area as it backs across the Mt Vernon Interlocking at Mount Vernon, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evwrrailway #evansvillewesternrailway
April 4, 2018 – Evansville Western Railway local MVL01 backs past the CountryMark Co-Op LLP Refinery at Mount Vernon, Indiana as it makes a drop off of some tank cars.
The refinery was built in Mount Vernon in 1940, shortly after a local gusher well was discovered nearby. The farmer owners who built the 2,000 barrel-per-day refinery had a vision of energy security and independence, and a commitment to manufacture high quality fuels.
The refinery processes 30,000 barrels of local crude oil per day, operating 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. It brings to the market 450 million gallons of finished fuel products per year. It is a supplier of market-leading energy products and services for farms, fleets and families in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evwrrailway #evansvillewesternrailway
April 4. 2018 – A Evansville Western Railway empty coal train sits at the SITRAN Coal transfer facility, in the golden glow of the setting sun. In the background putting out all the steam is the Green Plains Bioenergy plant at West Franklin, Indiana. The Sitran Terminal was commissioned in April 2012 and is owned by Foresight Energy. It is capable of receiving up to 150 car trains from mines originating on the EVWR, NS, CSX and BN Railroads via the Evansville Western Railroad. The facility can store 1 million tons of coal. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evwrrailway #coaltrain
April 4, 2018 – Evansville Western Railway MVT01 pulls out onto the main as the last light of the setting sun reflects on the train and rails, after the crew finished their pickup at the Port of Indiana at Mount Vernon, Indiana.
Contiguous to the Ohio River, Ports of IndianaMt. Vernon is the 7th largest inland port in the United States and serves as a major multi-modal hub for the region handling over 4 million trip tons of cargo a year. It is one of the major transportation engines for not only Posey County but the State of Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evansvillewesternrailway
December 29, 2017 – As the last light of the day begins to fade, a Evansville Western Railway local departs Mount Vernon, Indiana and heads south toward Evansville, with it’s headlamp lighting the way.
December 29, 2017 – SAVATRANS 1912 leads an empty coal train north as it passes the Evansville Western Local in preparing to back into the Port of Indiana at Mount Vernon, Indiana.
December 29, 2017 – SAVATRAN 1912 leads a empty coal train northbound across the Big Creek bridge, north of Mount Vernon, Indiana, as it heads to Sugar Camp mine to pickup a load of coal.
December 29, 2017 – Evansville Western Railway 4519 leads a loaded coal train south across the Big Creek bridge, north of Mount Vernon, Indiana, as it heads to the Mount Vernon Transfer Terminal.
April 14, 2017 – As the last light of day fades from the sky, Savatrans (SVTX 1912) 5 pulls away from the south end of Nations Siding, after picking up a Evansville Western Railway pusher, south of Mount Vernon, Indiana with a load of coal, for the Sitran Dock, at Abee, Indiana.
April 15, 2017 – Savatrans (SVTX) 5 heads up the Vectran lead in the late hours of the night with a load of coal, for the Sitran Dock, being pulled by SVTX 1912 and 1986 as power, at Abee, Indiana. The train also had SVTX 1982 as a mid-train helper and called in Evansville Western Railway to provide a pusher to get it’s heavy load up the Vectran lead. The Chris Cline Group are owners of the company “Savatrans” which purchased three ES44AC locomotives which operate from Sugar Camp Mine in Akin, IL to Abee, IN near the Mount Vernon/West Franklin area.
April 14, 2017 – In the still of night, aglow with light from streetlights and the occasional sound of air being release from the engines, Paducah and Louisville Railway power sits idling in the yard behind the corporate offices in Mount Vernon, Indiana.
April 6, 2017 – A Evansville Western Railway local, with Paducah and Louisville’s 2108 leading, passes a loaded CSX coal train at Nations Siding outside Mount Vernon, Indiana as it heads for Evansville, IN to do interchange work at CSX’s Howell Yard.
April 6, 2017 – Evansville Western Railway’s 3838 heads up a local as it drops off cars at the Country Mark plant in Mount Vernon, Indiana.
February 18, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railroad’s 2108 heads up a Evansville Western Railroad local as it sits in CSX’s Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana, waiting for permission to leave the yard and head for Mount Vernon, In.