WEB-06.15.19 RJC Dinner Train 1 at Deatsville, Ky

RJ Corman’s (RJC) My Old Kentucky Dinner Train…

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. Corman’s My Old Kentucky Dinner Train provides guests with a one-of-a-kind dining experience that they won’t 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 Kentucky’s 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

January 13, 2019 – NC Piedmont commuter train 74

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 21, 2018 – Arriving just over 3 hours late…

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 #passengertrains #cnrailway

November 24, 2018 – Amtrak 390, the Saluki, pulls north…

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 29, 2018 – Amtrak 390, the Illini, crosses over the Muddy River bridge…

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

October 26, 2018 – Amtrak 391, the Saluki from Chicago, Illinois…

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…

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…

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 Chicago Transit Authority Pink line train…

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…

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

June 6, 2018 – CSX P902-05 passes through Nortonville, Ky

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…

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.

March 23, 2018 – A CTA “L” train passes through the tower 18 interlocking…


March 23, 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.

According to Wikipedia, The Chicago “L” (short for “elevated”) is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). It is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 224.1 miles long, and the second-busiest rail mass transit system in the United States, after the New York City Subway.

Chicago’s “L” provides 24-hour service on some portions of its network, being one of only six rapid transit systems in the United States to do so. The oldest sections of the Chicago “L” started operations in 1892, making it the second-oldest rapid transit system in the Americas, after New York City’s elevated lines.

The “L” has been credited with fostering the growth of Chicago’s dense city core that is one of the city’s distinguishing features. The “L” consists of eight rapid transit lines laid out in a spoke-hub distribution paradigm focusing transit towards the Loop. Although the “L” gained its name because large parts of the system are elevated, portions of the network are also in subway tunnels, at grade level, or open cut. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #commutertrains.

March 22, 2018 – A South Shore Line Commuter train heads out of the Portage/Ogden Dunes station…

March 22, 2018 – A South Shore Line Commuter train heads out of the Portage/Ogden Dunes station at Portage, Indiana on it’s way east. The South Shore Line (reporting mark NICD) is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana, United States.
The name refers to both the physical line and the service operated over that route. The line was built in 1901–08 by predecessors of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, which continues to operate freight service. Passenger operation was assumed by the NICTD in 1989. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #southshoreline #commutertrains

March 23, 2018 – A CTA “L” train heads through the canyons of downtown Chicago…

March 23, 2018 – A CTA “L” train heads through the canyons of downtown Chicago as it approaches the Tower 18 interlocking during the start of rush hour in downtown Chicago, Illinois. This intersection is one of the busiest ones on the Chicago “L” line that circles the downtown area and branches out to other points around the Chicago area. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #chicagotrains

March 23, 2018 – A CTA “L” train passes through the Tower 18 interlocking…

March 23, 2018 – A CTA “L” train passes through the Tower 18 interlocking during the start of rush hour in downtown Chicago, Illinois. This intersection is one of the busiest ones on the Chicago “L” line that circles the downtown area and branches out to other points around the Chicago area. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #chicagotrains

March 23, 2018 – CTA Track workers get in a short amount of track time…

March 23, 2018 – CTA Track workers get in a short amount of track time during the start of rush hour in downtown Chicago, Illinois at Tower 18 after #706 clears the interlocking and heads into the Clark/Lake Street Station, with another “L” train not too far behind it. The tower 18 intersection is one of the busiest ones on the Chicago “L” line that circles the downtown area and other points around the Chicago area. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #chicagotrains