June 15, 2019 – RJ Corman’s (RJC) My Old Kentucky Dinner Train with FP7A # 1941 leading passes the old T.W.Samuels Bourbon buildings, on the RJC Bardstown Line at Deatsville, Kentucky, in this low angle shot, as heads back to Bardstown with its train.
June 15, 2019 – RJ Corman’s (RJC) My Old Kentucky Dinner Train with FP7A 1941 leading the way, heads back toward Bardstown, as it passes through the crossing at the Jim Beam Distillery, on the RJC Bardstown Line at Shepherdsville, Kentucky.
June 15, 2019 – RJ Corman’s (RJC) My Old Kentucky Dinner Train with FP7A # 1940, 1941 and a string of dinning cars, passes the old L&N Depot on the RJC Bardstown Line, at Deatsville, Kentucky.
Established in 1988, R. J. Corman’s My Old Kentucky Dinner Train provides guests with a one-of-a-kind dining experience that they wont soon forget. Visitors are invited to enjoy a gourmet meal of their choice prepared and served on board our restored 1940s dining cars.
Guests board the train at the historic train depot in Bardstown, where they can visit the My Old Kentucky Dinner Train gift shop and enjoy a glass of bourbon from the full-service bar. The seasonal menu features several delicious dining options for guests to choose from. The meal is served during a 37-mile round trip journey through Kentuckys scenic countryside, where visitors see views of Jim Beam distillery, Jesse James’ safe house and the Jackson Hollow Trestle in the Bernheim Forest.
June 15, 2019 – RJ Corman’s (RJC) My Old Kentucky Dinner Train with FP7A # 1940 and a string of dining cars, passes the old T.W.Samuels Bourbon buildings, on the RJC Bardstown Line at Deatsville, Kentucky as heads back to Bardstown with its My Old Kentucky Dinner train.
June 15, 2019 – RJ Corman’s (RJC) My Old Kentucky Dinner Train with FP7A #1940 and 1941 pulling a string of dining cars, rounds the curve heading past the Jim Beam Distillery, on the RJC Bardstown Line at Shepherdsville, Kentucky.
June 15, 2019 – RJ Corman’s (RJC) My Old Kentucky Dinner Train with FP7A #1940 and 1941 pulls into Limestone Junction, Ky with a string of dining cars, on the RJC Bardstown Line. This is the turn around point for the train, where the engines run around their train before heading back to Bardstown.
According to the RJC Dinner Train brochure, Limestone Springs Junction is located at MP: 24 and is the final attraction along the route. This old-English style depot is presently owned by the Jim Beam company, but in the past it reportedly housed numerous famous and wealthy passengers on the second floor of its overnight facilities. The depot also served as a filming location for the 1981 movie Stripes featuring Bill Murray and John Candy.
June 15, 2019 – RJ Corman’s (RJC) My Old Kentucky Dinner Train with FP7A # 140 and a string of dinning cars, passes the Samuels Bourbon Rickhouses, which are used to store barrels of bourbon, on the RJC Bardstown Line at Deatsville, Kentucky. The Rickhouses store barrels of bourbon.
Established in 1988, R. J. Cormans My Old Kentucky Dinner Train provides guests with a one-of-a-kind dining experience that they wont soon forget. Visitors are invited to enjoy a gourmet meal of their choice prepared and served on board our restored 1940s dining cars.
Guests board the train at the historic train depot in Bardstown, where they can visit the My Old Kentucky Dinner Train gift shop and enjoy a glass of bourbon from the full-service bar. The seasonal menu features several delicious dining options for guests to choose from. The meal is served during a 37-mile round trip journey through Kentuckys scenic countryside, where visitors see views of Jim Beam distillery, Jesse James safe house and the Jackson Hollow Trestle in the Bernheim Forest.
January 13, 2019 – NC Piedmont commuter train 74, with locomotive 1893, City of Burlington, leading, heads north out of the NS Charlotte Yard at Charlotte, NC bound for Raleigh, NC under stormy skies.
According a 2011 press release from NCDOT, The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Rail Division commissioned the #1893 “City of Burlington” commuter locomotive into service for the use in their daily Piedmont passenger train service on December 15th, 2011. The then newly-refurbished locomotive replaced the locomotive damaged in a crash in Mebane in 2010. The #1893 “City of Burlington” is painted in the NCDOT Piedmont paint scheme, which incorporates the colors and symbols of North Carolina’s state flag. NCDOT names its locomotives for the cities along its passenger rail corridor. Each locomotive’s number corresponds to the incorporation or charter date of the city after which it is named. – #jimstrainphotos#northcarolinarailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#NC#NCrailroads
November 21, 2018 – Arriving just over 3 hours late due to mechanical problems in Chicago, Amtrak 391, the Saluki, passes a northbound CN freight at the coaling towers in Carbondale, Illinois as the last light of the day fades from the sky on the Centrailia Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrains #cn #cnrailway
November 24, 2018 – Amtrak 390, the Saluki, pulls north in the early morning sun as it begins its run to Chicago from Carbondale, Illinois on CN’s Centralia Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrainNovember 24, 2018 – Amtrak 390, the Saluki, pulls north in the early morning sun as it begins its run to Chicago from Carbondale, Illinois on CN’s Centralia Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrains #cnrailways #cnrailway
October 29, 2018 – Amtrak 390, the Illini, crosses over the Muddy River bridge as it starts it’s early morning journey north to Chicago from Carbondale, Illinois on CN’s Centralia Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #amtrak #passengertrain
October 26, 2018 – Amtrak 391, the Saluki from Chicago, Illinois, heads into it’s final station stop at Carbondale, Illinois on the CN Centrailia Subdivision, after passing the coaling towers that were built for the then Illinois Central Railroad in 1949. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #saluki #carbondale
September 2, 2018 – Chicago Transit Authority MOW workers and the engineer on a Blue Line train to Forest Park keep a close eye on each other as the train makes its way past them just outside the Damen Street Station in Chicago, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #thechicagol #chicago
September 2, 2018 – A Chicago Transit Authority Rapid transit “L” train passes through the tower 18 interlocking in downtown Chicago, Illinois. For decades, the Tower 18 junction at Lake & Wells has been billed as one of the busiest railroad junctions in the world. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #commutertrains
September 2, 2018 – A CTA Blue Line train tops a hill as it approaches the Western Station on its way to O’Hare airport from downtown Chicago, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #thechicagol #chicago
September 2, 2018 – A Chicago Transit Authority Pink line train makes its way through the tall buildings in downtown Chicago as it makes its way through the “L” loop. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #thechicagol #chicago
September 2, 2018 – A CTA train picks up and drops off passengers at the Washington/Walbash Street Station, as it makes its way through the canyons of downtown Chicago, Illinois, with Trump Tower at the end of the street. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #thechicagol #chicago
September 2, 2018 – Boats make their way up and down the Chicago River as a CTA “L” Commuter train makes it’s way through the canyons of tall buildings as it crosses the river on the Lake Street Bridge in downtown Chicago, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #thechicagol #chicago
June 6, 2018 – CSX P902-05 passes through Nortonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 9999, 9992, Kentucky Car, Indiana Car, Baltimore Car and New York Car as it’s train. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #passengertrain #businesstrain #csxbusinesstrain
I’m honored to find out that my photo of Chicago’s Tower 18 Interlocking has been has been selected as the First Place Winner in the 2017-2018 National Railroad Hall of Fame Photography Contest! If you make it to Galesburg Illinois for the Railroad Days Festival (June 23-24) stop by the public exhibition drop by and check out all the photographs in the exhibit!
March 23, 2018 – Three “L” Rapid transit trains pass through tower 18 junction, just down from the Chicago Transit Authority’s Clark/Lake Street Station, during the evening rush hour in Chicago, Illinois. For decades, the Tower 18 junction at Lake & Wells was billed as the busiest railroad junction in the world. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains#nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways#railway #cta #commutertrains.
May 17, 2018 – Amtrak’s 391 Saluki stops short of the diamond at Effingham, Illinois as it drops off a couple of passengers before continuing its trip south to Carbondale, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrains