In this week’s video I’m taking you on a tour of some of my favorite spots to railfan on the Paducah and Louisville Railway between Madisonville and Cecilia, Ky. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and enjoy the trains!! Please like, share, subscribe and thanks for watching!
March 29th, 2025 – Episode 117 – Railfanning Paducah and Louisville Railway
Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography In this week’s video I’m taking you on a tour of some of my favorite spots to railfan between Princeton and Madisonville, Ky on the Paducah and Louisville Railway.
Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and enjoy the trains!! Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to Subscribe and Ring the Notification Bell so you won’t miss any of my future videos! Have a blessed day everyone!!
March 22nd, 2025 – Episode 116 Railfanning the Paducah, Kentucky Area
March 22nd, 2025 – Episode 116 Railfanning the Paducah, Kentucky Area Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography In this week’s video I’m taking you on a tour of some of my favorite spots to railfan around the Paducah, Kentucky area. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and enjoy the trains!! Please like, share, subscribe and thanks for watching!
Power move on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Princeton, Ky
Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) 2100 leads the daily local south, as it arrives at their yard in Princeton, Ky after making its pickup from CSX at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky. Part of it’s pickup on January 18th, 2021, was six engines, dead in tow, bound for the National Railway Equipment shops in Paducah, Kentucky.
The power on this train was, PAL, 2100, 2121, 2101, 2104, dead in tow were, CIT/CBFX 1579, 1589 switchers, NERX 2710, 8580 (both ex SP), Northside Mining 2001 and NREX 2724, also ex-SP.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 46mm, f/4, 1/800, ISO 220.
Paducah and Louisville Railway locomotive 4503 heads up a loaded Louisville, Gas and Electric coal train
Paducah and Louisville Railway locomotive 4503 heads up a loaded Louisville, Gas and Electric coal train as they make their way out of the Warrior Coal loop after picking up a load of coal on January 30th, 2025, at Nebo, Kentucky.
Tech Info: Nikon Z30, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 320mm, f/5.6, 1/2500, ISO 2800.
Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Louisville locomotive 2013 heads north near Bremen, Ky
Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Louisville locomotive 2013 approaches the US 70 overpass, near Bremen, Kentucky as it heads north with a load of coal for the Louisville, Gas and Electric power plant, outside of Louisville, Kentucky on January 19th, 2023.
Tech Info: iPhone 14 Pro, 6.9 (24mm) Lens at 4x Zoom, f/1.8, 1/90, ISO 20, in 4K video Mode.
Paducah and Louisville Railway locomotive 4503 heads up a loaded Louisville, Gas and Electric coal train
Paducah and Louisville Railway locomotive 4503 heads up a loaded Louisville, Gas and Electric coal train as they make their way out of the Warrior Coal loop after picking up a load of coal on January 30th, 2025, at Nebo, Kentucky.
Tech Info: Nikon Z30, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 560mm, f/6.3, 1/2500, ISO 4500.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 4121 heads up a coal train at Warrior Coal, Nebo, Kentucky
Paducah and Louisville Railway 4121 heads up a coal train as they load the tail end of their train at the Warrior Coal Loop outside of Nebo, Kentucky on January 10th, 2025, during a heavy snowfall.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 2104 leads a southbound local at West Yard, Madisonville, Ky
Paducah and Louisville Railway 2104 leads a southbound local as they pass PAL 2012 in the siding with a empty coal train at West Yard, Madisonville, Ky, on a cold, snowy winter day.
Tech Info: Nikon 810, RAW, Nikon 24-70 @ 70mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 4121 heads up a coal train as they load the tail end of their train
Paducah and Louisville Railway 4121 heads up a coal train as they load the tail end of their train at the Warrior Coal Loop outside of Nebo, Kentucky on January 10th, 2025, during a heavy snowfall.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north across the lift bridge at Rockport, Ky
January 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north across the lift bridge at Rockport, Ky, with PAL’s business car, Bluegrass State 1 trailing behind it, on it’s way to Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | -1 stop | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north…
January 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north over the bridge outside of Big Clifty, Ky, with PAL’s business car, Bluegrass State 1 trailing behind it, on it’s way to Louisville, Ky.
Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8, ISO 100, Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
Union Pacific 6660 lead a loaded coke train south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Madisonville, Ky
Union Pacific 6660 lead a loaded coke train south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) line at the location known as Monarch, at Madisonville, Ky on December 26th, 2024. This location is where the PAL crosses over the CSX Henderson Subdivision where I’ve been trying to catch two trains at for several years.
This was a close one as the train I posted earlier and this one were only about 15 minutes apart! Persistence will pay off and the shot will happen!!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 140.
March 4, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville Railroad crew moves a empty coal train north…
March 4, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville Railroad crew moves a empty coal train north through the driving snow at Richland, Ky with Ferromex 4664 trailing behind Union Pacific 7190. This was the start of the 16-19 inches of snow that fell on the area overnight back in 2015.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 24-70 @ 50mm, f/3.5, 1/1000, ISO 3,200.
March 4, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville Railroad crew moves a empty coal train north at Richland, Ky
March 4, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville Railroad crew moves a empty coal train north through the driving snow at Richland, Ky with Union Pacific 7190 and Ferromex 4664 trailing. This was the start of the 16-19 inches of snow that fell on the area overnight back in 2015.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 24-70 @ 50mm, f/3.5, 1/1000, ISO 1,250.
December 28th, 2024 – Episode 104 – Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography
In this week’s video I caught Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, CSX and the Paducah and Louisville Railway from the ground and air for your viewing pleasure! Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and enjoy the trains!! Please like, share, subscribe and thanks for watching! Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to Subscribe and Ring the Notification Bell so you won’t miss any of my future videos! Have a blessed day everyone!!
December 21st, 2024 – Episode 103 – Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography
In this weeks video I caught CSX M648 with the Western Maryland and PL&E Heritage units leading along with the Paducah and Louisville Railway 35th Anniversary Units on their daily local. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and enjoy the trains!! Please like, share, subscribe and thanks for watching!
December 7th, 2024 – Episode 101 – Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography
This week we catch CSX action between Mortons Gap and Crofton and Paducah and Louisville Railway at Richland, Ky. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and enjoy the trains!! Please like, share, subscribe and thanks for watching!
Paducah and Louisville Railway 2118 heads up the morning local on January 28, 2009…
Paducah and Louisville Railway 2118 heads up the morning local on January 28, 2009 as it waits for a MOW crew to arrive at Richland, Kentucky to remove an ice laden tree from the tracks during the 2009 Ice Storm, as people around the state woke to over 2″ of ice covering most of Western Kentucky.
This photo was made from the bottom of my driveway the morning of the ice storm, after I slowly made my way down the driveway to get the photo. At this time, I was still working for the Messenger Newspaper, and it ran on the front page as well on the Associated Press wire services.
It was an interesting time and my home, which is on a hill to the right out of frame, was without power for about 10 days, till I was finally able to get a generator to power the house. Of course, a day later I got the power restored, but the generator has been used several times since then when we lost power!
Tech Info: Nikon D300, JPG, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/2.8, 1/250, ISO 1600.
October 22, 2007 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 2111 leads the way as it exits the tunnel at Dawson Springs, Ky
October 22, 2007 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 2111 leads the way as it exits the tunnel at Dawson Springs, Ky as it makes its way south.
According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway (reporting mark PAL) is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The 270-mile (430 km) line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August, 1986.
Tech Info: Nikon D200, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 48mm, f2.8, 1/500, ISO 400.
August 24th, 2024 – Episode 86 Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography
This week we catch trains between Henderson and Hopkinsville, Ky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. For our look back at the past video we catch Federal Railroad Administration inspection car DOTX 217 arriving at P&L Railroad’s West Yards at Madisonville, Ky headed up by P&L 2129 on May 25, 2011. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and enjoy the trains!! Please like, share, subscribe and thanks for watching! Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to Subscribe and Ring the Notification Bell so you won’t miss any of my future videos! Have a blessed day everyone!!