April 27, 2019 – The late evening sunlight sifts through the intermodal containers on CSX Q028 as it and Q026 behind him, wait on a signal at King on track 1, at Princeton, Indiana so they can continue their trip north on the CE&D Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
April 27, 2019 – Well, I couldn’t end this great day of railfanning without posting one, of many, favorite photos from today’s railfan trip. This is Norfolk Southern 9595 leading NS 223 as it crests the hill coming out of the yard at East Junction at Princeton, IN as it continues its trip east as the glow of sunset shines on the Southern East District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
January 17, 2019 – A Norfolk Southern autorack pulls though the yard to the crosswalk where it will do a crew change, at Princeton, Indiana on the NS Southern-East District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #norfolksouthern
January 17, 2019 – Pioneer Lines PREX 806 and 1614 sit idle in the yard at the Indiana Southwestern Railway at their Harwood Yard in Evansville, Indiana.
According to Wikipeda: Indiana Southwestern Railway (reporting mark ISW) is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp, operator of several short-line railroad companies. The ISW is a Class III railroad, and operated on 17 miles of track from Evansville, Indiana, northward to Cynthiana, Indiana. That track is currently out of service but switching still occurs in ISWs yard and surrounding industries.
The line was originally operated as part of an Illinois Central Railroad line that ran all the way to Newton, Illinois. Illinois Central sold off the line south of Browns, Illinois, to Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation; the line went through a succession of operators, all of which had to contend with the lines ancient bridge over the Wabash River near Grayville, Illinois. The bridge suffered damage from floods on more than one occasion, and one span finally collapsed completely around 1999.
Pioneer bought the line and its Evansville shops in 2000 from the Evansville Terminal Railway. However, when Pioneer stopped shipping grain, the track had to be dismantled and salvaged at the close of 2011. Only the small stretch from the interchange northwest of Evansville to just north of their yard is still used, a distance of about 4 miles.
The dates back to 1881 as part of the Evansville and Peoria Railroad, which then became part of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway through a series of purchases. The PD&E became part of Illinois Central in 1900. The ISW is currently the only remaining in-service segment of the PD&E south of Mattoon, Illinois.
January 9, 2019 – Savatrans SVTX 1986 & 1982 head up NS 431 as it sits tied down with their empty coal train at the Sitran Dock at Abee, Indiana as the train waits for it’s crew to show up. – #jimstrainphotos#indianarailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#savatrans
January 9, 2019 – The head end of Evansville Western Railway’s EVW5 (with 4501 and LTEX 8708 leading) catches to the rear end of its loaded coal train (EVWR 2103, 2108 and LTEX 8740 as DPUs) as it makes its way around the loop at the Mount Vernon Terminal at Mount Vernon, Indiana, delivering a load. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evansvillewesternrailway
January 1, 2019 – Rails are aglow from the headlights of Indiana Southern Railroad 3385 as it works Ashby Yards at Petersburg, Indiana, as light from the first day of the year begins to fade toward night. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #isrr #indianasouthernrailroad
January 1, 2019 – RJ Corman 3438 backs a string of empty autoracks into the loading area of the Toyota Plant at Princeton, Indiana. RJ Corman switching company was awarded the job at four Toyota Locations. Here’s the news release. https://www.rjcorman.com/newsroom/press-releases/r-j-corman-switching-company-llc-awarded-job-four-toyota-locations-0 – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #rjc #rjcrailroad
January 1, 2019 – CSX Q513-01, with a brand new Genesee & Wyoming motor third out, going to the Georgia Central Railway heads through the siding at Alliance as it heads south at Princeton, Indiana on the CE&D Subdivision.
According to Wikipedia: The Georgia Central Railway (reporting mark GC) operates about 174 miles (280 km) of former Seaboard Coast Line track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. It also operates about 20 miles (32 km) of trackage between Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, switching Interstate Paper LLC. It connects with CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. The Georgia Central Railway is owned by Rail Link, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 29, 2018 – With Toyota shut down for the holidays this is about the best shot I could catch of RJ Corman’s 7697, 7908 and 3438 at Princeton, Indiana. RJC has taken over the rail operations at the automotive plant from Road And Rail Services. –#jimstrainphotos#indianarailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#rjcorman#rjcormanrailroad
November 23, 2018 – Indiana Southern Railroad’s 4020 (An ex-Rail America GP40) and 3051 sit tied down with their train in the yard at Petersburg, Indiana waiting on a crew. – #jimstrainphotos#indianarailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#indianasouthern#israilroad
December 29, 2018 – A lone bird soars through the sky above NS 9510 as it leads a loaded, short autorack train east across the NS/Indiana Southern RR diamond at Oakland City, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #d800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
November 23, 2018 – Indiana Railroad 3803 backs a set of empty hoppers into Berry Plastic at Bloomington, Indiana as it does a drop-off and pick-up from the plant. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #inrd #indianarailroad
November 3, 2018 – Illuminated by the early morning sun, CSX Q029 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) heads south on CSXs CE&D Subdivision at Sullivan, Indiana, under the old C&EI coaling tower that was built in 1941 to service steam locomotives. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 3145 leads loaded coal train N058 as it heads south across the Sulfur Creek Trestle at Springfield, Tennessee on its way south along the Henderson Subdivision with a DPU pushing from the rear. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Railroad 2302 and 2003 lead a loaded military train over the Flatrock River at Columbus, Indiana as it makes its way north to deliver its cargo to Camp Atterbury, Indiana.
Camp Atterbury, located in south-central Indiana, about 4 miles west of Edinburgh, Indiana, serves as a military and civilian training base under the auspices of the Indiana National Guard.
The Louisville and Indiana Railroad (reporting mark LIRC) is a Class III railroad that operates freight service between Indianapolis, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, with a major yard and maintenance shop in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
According to Wikipedia: The 106-mile line was purchased from Conrail in March 1994. Previous to Conrail, the line was owned by Penn Central, and before that, the Pennsylvania Railroad. It serves the cities of Franklin, Sellersburg, Seymour and Columbus, Indiana, and also serves the former Clark Maritime Center, now Port of Indiana, Jeffersonville. In Louisville, the LIRC interchanges with the Paducah and Louisville Railway, CSX Transportation and the Indiana Rail Road, former Canadian Pacific Railway (via trackage rights over CSX’s former Monon line). Traffic from them mostly is potash. In Indianapolis, the line interchanges with CSX Transportation at Avon Yard approximately 7 miles west of the Circle City.
November 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Honoring our Veterans units, 3001 and 3002, pull south toward their yard at Columbus, Indiana with a small load of freight. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #LIrailway #louisvilleandindianarailwayNovember 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Honoring our Veterans units, 3001 and 3002, pull south toward their yard at Columbus, Indiana with a small load of freight. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #LIrailway #louisvilleandindianarailway
November 23, 2018 – The Indiana Railroad 3803 leads a short freight (The Bloomington Turn) with INRD 31687 caboose bringing up the rear as it heads across the Tulip Trestle at Solsberry, Indiana.
According to Wikipedia: The Tulip Viaduct is a 2,295-foot long railroad bridge (also known as the Greene County Viaduct or Tulip Trestle, and officially designated Bridge X76-6) in Greene County, Indiana, that spans Richland Creek between Solsberry and Tulip. According to Richard Simmons and Francis Haywood Parker, authors of Railroads of Indiana, it is “easily the state’s most spectacular railroad bridge”. The bridge was built in 1905 and 1906 by the Indianapolis Southern Railway and successor Indianapolis Southern Railroad, which became part of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1911. It is now part of the IndianapolisNewton, Illinois, line of the Indiana Rail Road. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #inrd #indianarailroad
November 3, 2018 – CSX Q512 waits for a East Bound intermodal, with NS 6908 leading, to pass it on the St. Louis Line Subdivision at Danville, IN on its way to the yard at Avon, IN. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway
November 3, 2018 – A CSX mixed freight, carrying a tank car on a flat, with Kansas City Southern 4866 and 4198 leading, pass the I.U. Interlocking tower as it east on the Indianapolis Terminal Subdivision at Indianapolis, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 3, 2018 – This was an unexpected find! While traveling to another spot to shoot photos in Indianapolis, Indiana with fellow railfan Ryan Scott we stumbled across these two unusual switchers, Locomotive 1A and II! They used to be used to move coal around the Harding Street Power Station (previously E.W. Stout) until it was converted to gas and now they sit outside the power station; fate unknown, at least to this photographer. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad