July 13, 2019 – NS 9497 heads up loaded rock train D51 as it makes its way along the Duke Energy’s Gibson Power Plant lead to deliver the rock to the plant at East Mt. Carmel, Indiana.
Norfolk Southern 167 pulls out of the east end…
July 13, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 167 pulls out of the east end of the Princeton, Indiana yard at East Douglas, as it pulled up to County Road 350 where it waited for two westbounds to pass, before it continued east on the NS Southern East District.
Norfolk Southern 9073 leads train 275 through CB Junction…
July 13, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 9073 leads train 275 through CB Junction as it heads east at Mt. Carmel, Illinois with an autorack train at milepost 150.1 on the NS Southern West District.
Norfolk Southern loaded coal train 71T…
July 13, 2019 – Norfolk Southern loaded coal train 71T snakes its way down the grade at East Douglas on the NS Southern-East District at Princeton, Indiana as it heads for Duke Energy at Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
NS 167, led by NS 9412, passes Consolidated Grain and Barge Company…
July 13, 2019 – NS 167, led by NS 9412, passes Consolidated Grain and Barge Company at Lyles Station, MP 157, as it heads east on the NS Southern West District at Lyles Station, Indiana.
According to Wikipedia, Lyles or Lyles Station is an unincorporated community in Patoka Township, Gibson County, Indiana. The community dates from 1849, although its early settlers first arrived in the 1830s, and it was formally named Lyles Station in 1886 to honor Joshua Lyles, a free African American who migrated with his family from Tennessee to Indiana around 1837. Lyles Station is one of Indiana’s early black rural settlements and the only one remaining.
The rural settlement reached its peak in the years between 1880 and 1912, when major structures in the community included the railroad depot, a post office, a lumber mill, two general stores, two churches, and a school. By the turn of the twentieth century,
Lyles Station had fifty-five homes, with a population of more than 800 people. The farming community never fully recovered from the Great Flood of 1913, which destroyed much of the town. Most of its residents left for economic reasons, seeking opportunities for higher paying jobs and additional education in larger cities.
By 1997 approximately fifteen families remained at Lyles Station, nearly all of them descended from the original settlers.
CSXT 3294 leads Q025-13 as it heads…
July 13, 2019 – CSXT 3294 leads Q025-13 as it heads through the south end of CSX’s Howell Yard, on its way south along the Henderson Subdivision.
CSXT 33 heads up an empty coal train…
May 15, 2019 – CSXT 33 heads up an empty coal train as it passes a string a tank cars at Evansville Western’s Belknap Siding, after coming off the Vectren lead from the A.B.Brown Power Plant, outside of Evansville, Indiana. The A. B. Brown Generating Station is a four-unit, 700 megawatt power plant, located on the northern bank of Ohio River, 8 miles east of Mount Vernon, Indiana and 5 miles southwest of Evansville, Indiana just west of the Posey-Vanderburgh County Line and is serviced by CSX via the Evansville Western Railway.
Evansville Western Railway local, with 3840 leading…
May 15, 2019 – Evansville Western Railway local, with 3840 leading, passes the CountryMark Co-Op LLP Refinery area at Mount Vernon, Indiana as works its way to their small yard just past the refinery.
Norfolk Southern 9058 leads a loaded coil train…
June 4, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 9058 leads a loaded coil train westbound on the Louisville District at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, bound for AK Steel at Rockport, Indiana.
CSXT 911, the new CSX locomotive Honoring our 1st Responders…
May 18, 2019 – CSXT 911, the new CSX locomotive Honoring our 1st Responders, heads up intermodal Q026 with CSXT 5286 trailing as it makes its down the viaduct after crossing the Ohio River Bridge at Rahm, Indiana as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Savatrans SVTX 1982 and 1912…
May 15, 2019 – Savatrans SVTX 1982 and 1912 head up a recently unloaded coal train at the Sitran Dock at West Franklin, Indiana as the train waits for a relief crew to show up to take it for another load. The Chris Cline Group are owners of the company “Savatrans” which purchased three ES44AC locomotives that operate from Sugar Camp Mine in Akin, IL to West Franklin, IN near the Mount Vernon/West Franklin area. In the background putting out all the steam is the Abengoa Bioenergy plant.
CSXT 33 heads up an empty coal train…
May 15, 2019 – CSXT 33 heads up an empty coal train as it heads down the Vectren lead from the A.B.Brown Power Plant, outside of Evansville, Indiana. The A. B. Brown Generating Station is a four-unit, 700 megawatt power plant, located on the northern bank of Ohio River, 8 miles east of Mount Vernon, Indiana and 5 miles southwest of Evansville, Indiana just west of the Posey-Vanderburgh County Line and is serviced by CSX via the Evansville Western Railway.
Indiana Southern Railroad, ISRR 3388…
May 4, 2019 – Indiana Southern Railroad, ISRR 3388 EMD SD40-2 Indianapolis power and light (IPL) coal train sits tied down on the main south of Oakland City, Indiana as it waits for a new crew just short of county road 250.
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 186 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 Washington in Daviess County, Petersburg in Pike County, Oakland City in Gibson County, Elberfeld in Warrick County and Daylight in Vanderburgh County before terminating in Evansville along the former New York Central’s Evansville & Indianapolis Branch.
A northbound CSX Q512 passes the signals…
May 4, 2019 – A northbound CSX Q512 passes the signals at at Middle King, at Princeton, Indiana on the CE&D Subdivision, with CSXT 4384 as the trailing unit that used to be referred to as the Clinchfield logo unit. I’m told It received the unauthorized yellow stripes and the word Clinchfield on the nose the night before the 74th Santa Train. CSX took the Clinchfield off the nose and the Clinchfield logo off the side but left the stripes.
Norfolk Southern, NS 8101 the NS Central of Georgia Heritage Unit…
May 4, 2019 – Norfolk Southern, NS 8101 the NS Central of Georgia Heritage Unit, sits tied down with NS 8006 at Alcoa in Newburgh, Indiana as it waits for the plant to unload its coal cars under stormy skies.
Indiana Southern Railroad, ISRR 3388…
May 4, 2019 – Indiana Southern Railroad, ISRR 3388 EMD SD40-2 Indianapolis power and light (IPL) coal train tied down on the main south of Oakland City, Indiana as it waits for a new crew just short of county road 250.
Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit 8114…
May 4, 2019 – Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit 8114 trails behind NS 9318, on 60A, as it heads toward Huntingburg, Indiana on the NS Evansville Branch. It’s returning from AK Steel in Rockport, IN after dropping off loaded cars and picking up empties for the trip back to the east toward Louisville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #nsheritageunit
Norfolk Southern 60A makes it’s way…
May 4, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 60A makes it’s way through the countryside as it heads back east on the NS Evansville Branch with a load of empties from AK Steel at Rockport, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit 8101, Central of Georgia…
May 4, 2019 – Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit 8101, Central of Georgia, sits tied down with NS 8006 at Alcoa as it waits for it’s coal cars to be unloaded at Yankee Town, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #nsheritageunit
NS DC to AC Conversion engine 4002…
May 4, 2019 – NS DC to AC Conversion engine 4002 sits on the lead at Liberty Mine in Booneville, Indiana as it waits for a crew to take it in for loading. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
Norfolk Southern 9595 leading NS 223…
April 27, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 9595 leading NS 223 as it passes the west end of Lyle Station Siding at Princeton, IN, as it continues its trip east on the Southern East District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway