December 20, 2014 – Paducah and Louisville engine 4510 leads a loaded coal drag down CSX’s Morganfield Branch as it slows to a stop just before Trident on CSX’s Henderson Sub where it waited for a signal to cross. It’s been a little over a month since having my right knee replaced and it feels good to be back behind the wheel driving and able to do some rail fanning

December 12, 2014 – Thanks to good friends Ross and Wade Workman I was able to get a good enough heads up on this local headed up by ex-CSX 4522 SD70MAC, where I could get trackside from my house here in Richland, Ky. This is my first official trackside photo since I had my knee replaced on the 17th of November. It felt good! I caught PAL 4522 (ex-CSX) as it passed through the defect defect detector headed north at Richland, Ky.

November 17 2014 – CSX engine 358 pulls an empty coal train along CSX’s Morganfield Branch approaching Noel Avenue Crossing at Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. It was our first snow of the year. The train is making it’s way along the Morganfield Branch headed to Warrior Coal to pickup load.

November 17 2014 – CSX engine 358 pulls an empty coal train across Trident at Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. It was our first snow of the year. The train is making it’s way along the Morganfield Branch headed to Warrior Coal to pickup load. Sorry I’ve not posted much his week but a few hours after this shot I had surgery to have my right knee replaced. All went well, but I’ll not be posting from trackside with current images till I’m back on my feet. I do plan on posting some archive images however, so stay tuned! Also, thanks to all my railfan friends for the kind thoughts, words and payers!

November 15, 2014 – CSX 4720 leads a mixed freight southbound at Crofton, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

November 13, 2014 – CSX 3142 leads a mixed freight train under the North Main Street overpass as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.

November 13, 2014 – A late evening freight, with CSX engine 5316 on point, creeps along as it approaches Hybird crossover at Evansville, In on the Henderson Subdivision.

November 13, 2014 – Dusk falls on CSX Q029 (Chicago, IL (Bedford Park) – Atlanta, GA) as it prepares to head south at Hybrid just south of Evansville, IN with a loaded stack train on the Henderson Subdivision.

November 13, 2014 – Headlights reflect on the rails as CSX Y102 pulls out of Howell Yard in Evansville, In as it heads north, passing an inbound tank train.

November 13, 2014 – A CSX freight heads off the main into Atkinson Yards at Trident A to pick up some cars at Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision, with engine 3142 in the lead.

November 13, 2014 – CSX Q688 passes through Mortons Junction as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky.

November 11, 2014 – A CSX engine 4044 smokes as it is serviced at the CSX facility at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

November 11, 2014 – CSX Geometry Train, W001, heads south on the Henderson Subdivision just south of Romney siding at Mannington, Ky with engine 6025 on point.

November 10, 2014 – Finger Lakes Railway’s GMTX 3303 sits at CSX’s engine service facility at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky after being dropped off by Paducah and Louisville Railroad. The engine is out of the VMV shops in Paducah. It’s a SD 38-2. It is awaiting a CF400 inspection before heading out on the Henderson Subdivision. The inspection is to check the clearance of the engine to insure there won’t be any issues with moving it on CSX. Finger Lakes Railway is located in Geneva, NY and so I assume this engine will move north at some point over the next few days. It does have the GMTX lease markings so I am guessing they’ve leased the unit.