March 26, 2015 – Kansas City Southern engine 4178

03.26.15 KCS 4176 in siding at Caneyville, Ky

March 26, 2015 – Kansas City Southern engine 4178 heads up a Norfolk Southern loaded coal train as it sits in the siding at Caneyville, Ky, on the Paducah and Louisville Railway, waiting in the rain for a crew to take it on north towards Louisville.

March 26, 2015 – FRA DOTX 219 on the PAL

03.26.15 PAL with FRA DOTX 219 at West Yard, Madisonville, Ky

March 26, 2015 – I spent a good part of today giving chase to Paducah & Louisville’s 3807 and 1998 who were pulling Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety inspection train DOTX 219 north from Princeton to Louisville, Ky. DOTX 219 is on it’s way to New Albany, Indiana for maintenance.

03.26.15 PAL with FRA DOTX 219 2 at Richland, Ky

03.26.15 PAL with FRA DOTX 219 2 at Big Clifty, Ky

03.26.15 PAL with FRA DOTX 219 1 at Richland, Ky

03.26.15 PAL with FRA DOTX 219 1 at Big Clifty, Ky

March 10, 2015 – CSX engine 774

03.10.15 CSX Light Engine Move at White City Holdout, Mortons Gap, Ky

March 10, 2015 – CSX engine 774 brings up the rear of a light engine move as it approaches the signals at White City on the Henderson Subdivision’s Earlington Cutoff at Mortons Gap, Ky as it heads north.

March 24, 2015 – CSX empty coal train T178-14

03.24.15 CSX T178-14 NB on Cutoff at Curtis Mine Road, Madisonville, Ky

March 24, 2015 – CSX empty coal train T178-14 appears from around the curve as it heads up grade running longside Curtis Mine Road on the Earlington Cutoff at Madisonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with engine 5496 in the lead.

March 5, 2015 – CSX Q025 southbound

03.05.15 CSX Q025 Pix 2 SB at N. Nortonville, Ky

March 5, 2015 – CSX Q025 heads south out of Mortons Gap, Ky, with engine 5272 in the lead, on the the Henderson Subdivision after a heavy snowfall.

March 10, 2015 – Union Pacific 4367

03.10.15 CSX empty grain with UP Power approaching White City Holdout, Mortons Gap, Ky

March 10, 2015 – Union Pacific 4367 heads up a empty CSX grain train as it heads north at MP 269 approaching White City holdout on the Earlington Cutoff at Mortons Gap, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

March 12, 2015 – CSX Q645-10

03.12.15 CSX Q645-10, ex CNW at Crofton Cut, Crofton, Ky

March 12, 2015 – CSX Q645-10, headed up by UP 6716 (Ex. Chicago & North Western Railway Operation Lifesaver Engine) passes through Crofton Cut, north of Crofton, Ky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at dusk.

March 18, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s NDN1

03.18.15 NS NDN1 Headed to Ethnol Plant at West Franklin, In

March 18, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s NDN1 heads in with a loaded coal train for the “Sitran Dock” at West Franklin or Mount Vernon, Indiana, depending on whose map you’re looking at. The dock is a subsidiary of M-Class mining that also owns Savtrans (the 12 miles of rail between McCleansboro, Indiana and Sugar Camp mine). Once unloaded at the dock the coal is transferred by conveyor to their state-of-the-art barge loading facility nearby.

March 18, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s NDN1

03.18.15 NS NDN1 Headed up the grade at West Franklin, In

March 18, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s NDN1 heads up the SIGECO lead at Mt. Vernon, Indiana with a load of coal for the “Sitran Dock,” a subsidiary of M-Class mining that also owns Savtrans (the 12 miles of rail between McCleansboro and Sugar Camp mine). Once unloaded at the dock the coal is transferred by conveyor to their state-of-the-art barge loading facility nearby.

March 9, 2015 – CSX Q026

03.09.15 CSX Q026 NB at Pembroke, Ky

March 9, 2015 – CSX Q026 heads north on the Henderson Subdivision just outside of Pembroke, Ky with engine 3098 in the lead.

March 16, 2015 – CSX Q588

03.16.15 CSX Q588 NB at Madisonville, Ky

March 16, 2015 – CSX Q588 heads through Madisonville, Ky as it approaches the North Main Street overpass, on it’s way north on the Henderson Subdivision with engine 4001 in the lead.