GTW 6224 gets dropped at Fulton, Ky

February 24, 2018 – CN 2190 cuts away from Grand Trunk Western locomotive 6224 in the Canadian National Yard at Fulton, Ky.
According to Wikipedia, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company (reporting mark GTW) is an American subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway (reporting mark CN) operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
Since a corporate restructuring in 1971 the railroad has been under CN’s subsidiary holding company the Grand Trunk Corporation. Grand Trunk Western’s routes are part of CN’s Midwest Division. Its primary mainline between Chicago, Illinois, and Port Huron, Michigan, serves as a connection between railroad interchanges in Chicago and rail lines in eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States.
The railroad’s extensive trackage in Detroit and across southern Michigan has made it an essential link for the automotive industry as a hauler of parts and automobiles from manufacturing plants.

“The J,” ex-Elgin Joliet and Eastern, EJ&E 703…

February 24, 2018 – “The J,” ex-Elgin Joliet and Eastern, EJ&E 703 EMD GP38-2 works on building a train at the Canadian National Yard in Fulton, Kentucky.

According to Wikipedia, The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (reporting mark EJE) was a Class I railroad, operating between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary and Porter Indiana. The railroad served as a link between Class I railroads traveling to and from Chicago, although it operated almost entirely within the city’s suburbs, and only entered Chicago where it served the U.S. Steel South Works on the shores of Lake Michigan. Nicknames for the railroad included “The J” and “The Chicago Outer Belt Line”. At the end of 1970, the EJ&E operated 164 miles of track and carrying 848 million ton-miles of revenue freight in that year alone.

On September 26, 2007, the Canadian National Railway announced that it planned to purchase a majority of the EJ&E, leaving a portion of the line in Indiana to be reorganized as the Gary Railway. The purchase was approved on December 24, 2008 by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, and the deal was consummated effective February 1, 2009. In the years immediately following the merger, the railroad existed as a subsidiary of Canadian National, and EJ&E locomotives that were repainted into CN colors were sub-lettered for the EJ&E.

On December 31, 2012, Canadian National announced that the merger of the EJ&E into Wisconsin Central Ltd. (Another railroad subsidiary of CN) had been completed, and would take effect the following day. On January 1, 2013, the EJ&E effectively ceased to exist.

Amtrak 391 Conductor at Carbondale, IL

February 24, 2018 – The rain pours from the sky as the conductor from Amtrak 391, The Saluki, stands beside his train at Carbondale, Illinois after arriving from Chicago via the CN Centralia Subdivision. One of the hardest things about shooting in the rain or other bad weather is just getting out the door! Many times it’s really worth it though! I always keep a golf umbrella in my SUV for times like this!

Three Way meet at Fulton, Ky

February 14, 2018 – From left, BNSF 4151 and 758 pull a mixed freight south into the CN Yard at Fulton, Ky from CN’s Cairo Subdivision, as an empty coal train heads north on the Bluford Subdivision while another mixed freight pulls south into the yard.

A Canadian National Railway freight…

February 14, 2018 – A Canadian National Railway freight, headed up by CN 2156, makes its way up track 2 approaching the north end of Buda at Fulton, Ky, as it heads north on the Cairo Subdivision in a light rain.

CN Fulton Yard, Fulton, KY

February 14, 2018 – During today’s visit to the Fulton, Ky area I caught CN 2465, IC 1024, GTW 79197 Caboose and CN 5416 tied down in the Canadian National Railway yard at Fulton, on a gloomy, overcast, rainy Valentines day. Hardest thing about photographing in bad weather is getting out the door! Bringing along a large golf umbrella helps a lot as well! LOL –

BNSF 4151 SB at Buda, Fulton, KY

February 14, 2018 – BNSF 4151 and 758 pull a mixed freight onto track 2 at the north end of Buda, as it heads south on CN’s Cairo Subdivision at Clinton, Ky.

BNSF 4151 SB at Farmer’s Gin, Clinton, KY

February 14, 2018 – BNSF 4151 and 758 pull a mixed freight past a string of Anhydrous Ammonia cars at Farmer’s Gin Co., as it heads south on CN’s Cairo Subdivision at Clinton, Ky.

CN 2156 NB at Buda Siding, Fulton, KY

February 14, 2018 – A Canadian National Railway freight, headed up by CN 2156, makes its way through the siding approaching the north end of the Buda Siding at Fulton, Ky, as it heads north on the Cairo Subdivision in a light rain.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

January 5, 2017 – Norfolk Southern’s 167 crew sits on 8046 as they wait for a crew bus to pick them up from the middle of the yard at Princeton, Indiana as CN unit train 319 sits next to them, also with a crew waiting for pickup, after arriving with their eastbound manifest train.

BNSF 8564 sits as the DPU on the end of a loaded coal train at CN-PAL Junction

May 30, 2017 – BNSF 8564 sits as the DPU on the end of a loaded coal train as it sits in the siding at CN-PAL Junction in Paducah, Ky. The two facing lights are restricting signals into the yard limits. Top head will display a flashing head when lined straight through and the bottom head will display a flashing red when lined into the sidings.

March 19, 2016 – CSX empty ethanol train K444-15 at Hopkinsville, Ky

March 19, 2016 - CSX empty ethanol train K444-15 at the north end of Pembroke at Hopkinsville, Ky with CN 2596 leading and UP 5873 trailing as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 200mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

March 19, 2016 – CSX empty ethanol train K444-15 at the north end of Pembroke at Hopkinsville, Ky with CN 2596 leading and UP 5873 trailing as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 200mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 21, 2015 – Canadian National 5484 at Paducah, Ky

August 21, 2015 - Canadian National 5484 does interchange work, as it picks up a load of cars, at the north end of Paducah and Louisville Railway yard in Paducah, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1500sec, f/13, ISO 3200, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 230mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 21, 2015 – Canadian National 5484 does interchange work, as it picks up a load of cars, at the north end of Paducah and Louisville Railway yard in Paducah, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1500sec, f/13, ISO 3200, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 230mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – Chiles Junction, Paducah, Ky

June 26, 2015 - Southbound CN manifest train with engine 5721 as it's leading engine, waits for a green signal at Chiles Junction in Paducah, Ky as light fades from the day. CN is the lower track and the upper track belongs to Paducah & Louisville Railway. - Tech Info: 1/320sec, f/5.6, ISO 4000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 185mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos

June 26, 2015 – Southbound CN manifest train with engine 5721 as it’s leading engine, waits for a green signal at Chiles Junction in Paducah, Ky as light fades from the day. CN is the lower track and the upper track belongs to Paducah & Louisville Railway. – Tech Info: 1/320sec, f/5.6, ISO 4000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 185mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos

June 26, 2015 - Southbound CN manifest train with engine 5721 in the lead, heads south at Chiles Junction in Paducah, Ky as light fades from the day. - Tech Info: 1/200sec, f/5.6, ISO 4000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos

June 26, 2015 – Southbound CN manifest train with engine 5721 in the lead, heads south at Chiles Junction in Paducah, Ky as light fades from the day. – Tech Info: 1/200sec, f/5.6, ISO 4000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos