August 3, 2018 – CSX loaded coal train N306-03 climbs the grade at Mortons Junction as CSXT 529 leads the trio of engines south on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
June 6, 2018 – Indiana Southern Railroad 3385 leads an empty coal train south across the NS/IS diamond at Oakland City, Indiana with 3372 in trail, as it heads for the load out at Somerville Central Mine.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property, and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012.
Indiana Southern Railroad operates 176 miles of track from Indianapolis to Evansville. From Mars Hill (a neighborhood on the southwest side of Indianapolis) southwest through Martinsville and Spencer to Bee Hunter in Greene County, the ISRR runs on tracks that once made up the majority of the former Indianapolis & Vincennes Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. State Route 67 parallels the ISRR along much of this section. From Bee Hunter to Elnora, the ISRR has trackage rights over the Indiana Rail Road. ISRR tracks resume from Elnora through Petersburg before terminating in Evansville, IN along the former New York Central’s Evansville & Indianapolis Branch.
The railroad’s traffic comes mainly from coal and grain products, including corn and soybeans. The ISRR hauled around 70,000 carloads in 2008. It also is supplying coal to the Edwardsport power plant since 2012. There are around 2 trains per week supplying it with coal and carrying byproducts from the plant. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #isrr #indianasouthernrailroad
June 18, 2018 – NS Heritage “Southern” unit, 8099, leads a loaded Duke Energy Coal train westbound past the restored depot at Princeton, Indiana, as a second train (Q0T) of 71T that runs from Francisco, IN to East Mt. Carmel, IN (Duke Energy). – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #nsheritageunit
May 26, 2018 CN 3024 leads an empty coal train approaches the south end of Central City, Ky as it heads south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway as it makes it’s way to pickup a load of coal at Armstrong’s Midway Mine in McHenry, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #cnrailroad #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
May 26, 2018 CN 3024 leads an empty coal train across the Rockport drawbridge as it heads south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Rockport, Ky. The train is on it’s way to pickup a load of coal at Armstrong’s Midway Mine at McHenry, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #cnrailroad #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
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
February 7, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 8100, the Nickel Plate unit, pulls a empty coal train around the loop at Alliance Coal past a loaded CSX train at Princeton, Indiana in preparation to pickup a load of coal.
January 17, 2018 – It’s a cold winter day as Indiana Southern Railroad’s 3371 and 3388 makes the turn heading back out of the coal loop at Peabody’s Somerville Central Mine in Somerville, Indiana. The train was about halfway loaded when the mine developed a problem with its belt-line and the train had to slow from a craw to a dead stop while it was repaired.
January 17, 2018 – A early morning Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train heads south through the snow covered cut at Charleston, Ky as it heads for the loadout at Calvert City, Ky.
December 26, 2017 – Norfolk Southern’s Bar Heritage Unit 1111, starts downgrade at East Douglas, out of the yard at Princeton, Indiana, headed to pickup another load of coal at the Francisco Mine in Francisco, IN.
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.
October 10, 2017 – Union Pacific 2715 leads CSX N052, a loaded coal train, past a CSX maintenance of way train off loading in the siding at Crofton, Ky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
August 4, 2017 – CSX Q647 (Chicago, IL (BRC)-Waycross, GA) heads south across Trident on the Henderson Subdivision, as empty coal train N013, (Warrior Coal-Palatka, FL) waits to cross over onto the Morganfield Branch at Madisonville, Ky on its way to Warrior Coal.
July 19, 2017 – Norfolk Southern 8160 leads northbound train through Paducah and Louisville’s West Yard at Madisonville, Ky with a freshly loaded coal train from Warrior Coal and a Kansas City Southern unit trailing.
May 29, 2017 – CSX loaded coal drag N050, with UP power, heads south out of Sebree, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision bound for Duke Energy’s Crystal River Energy Complex via Fitzgerald, GA.
May 29, 2017 – A loaded CSX coal train with CSXT 5346 leading, passes CSX local J724, at the Henderson Depot in Henderson, Ky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
May 29, 2017 – On this beautiful spring day, empty northbound coal train, CSX E050 (Rose Lake, IL – Red Level, FL) meets its loaded counterpart, southbound loaded N050 (Red Level, FL – Rose Lake, IL) at the south end of the siding at Slaughters, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.
May 30, 2017 – The bugs of the night are drawn to the headlights of a loaded BNSF coal train as it arrives late in the evening light at the loadout in Calvert City, Ky with engine 5900 leading the way.
May 30, 2017 – I spent a good part of my birthday trackside yesterday roaming around between Calvert City and Paducah, Ky! This shot is of a BNSF coal train as it finishes unloading at Calvert City, Ky with engines 5980, 9228 and it’s DPU was 9175.