November 21, 2018 – BNSF 6504 leads an empty coal train as it heads north across the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Paducah, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailroad
November 29, 2018 – LoRam Railgrinder 405 grinds the main as it heads south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway, approaching the hwy 62 overpass at Dawson Springs, Ky.
According to Wikipedia: A railgrinder (or rail grinder) is a maintenance of way vehicle or train used to restore the profile and remove irregularities from worn tracks to extend its life and to improve the ride of trains using the track. Rail grinders were developed to increase the lifespan of the tracks being serviced for rail corrugation. Rail grinding is a process that is done to stop the deformation due to use and friction on railroad tracks by removing deformations and corrosion.
Railroad tracks that experience continual use are more likely to experience corrugation and overall wear. Rail grinders are used to grind the tracks when rail corrugation is present, or before corrugation begins to form on the tracks. Major freight train tracks use rail grinders for track maintenance based the interval of tonnage, rather than time.
Transit systems and subways in major cities continue to use scheduled rail grinding processes to combat the corrugation common to heavily used tracks. Rail-grinding equipment may be mounted on a single self-propelled vehicle or on a dedicated rail-grinding train which, when used on an extensive network, may include crew quarters. The grinding wheels, of which there may be more than 100, are set at controlled angles to restore the track to its correct profile.
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November 15, 2018 – After the recent winter storm passed through Western Kentucky, Paducah and Louisville Railways 4512 leads a loaded coal train as it waits just short of the Pride Avenue crossing in Madisonville, Ky for a signal to cross the diamond at Trident on CSX’s Morganfield Branch. From here the coal train will head back onto their own property for the trip north to the Louisville Gas Electric power plant at Louisville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 15, 2018 – After the recent winter storm passed through Western Kentucky, Paducah and Louisville Railways 4512 leads a loaded coal train through a forest of ice covered trees, on the way down CSX’s Earlington Cutoff to the East Diamond lead at Madisonville, Ky. From here the coal train will head back onto their own property for the trip north to the Louisville Gas Electric power plant at Louisville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
On this Veteran’s Day I felt it was appropriate to post something that highlighted the troops and veterans. So here’s a shot from May 14, 2017, of the Paducah and Louisville locomotives “Salute to our Troops” (2127) and “Salute to our Veterans” (2129) as they led the local on that Sunday as it did interchange work with CSX at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky. To all my fellow Veterans out there, thanks for your service! – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #veteransday
October 17, 2018 – Union Pacific 6609 leads a loaded coal train around the curve approaching MP 211.5 as it heads north along the Paducah and Louisville Railway, headed for the Calvert City Terminal, at Calvert City, Ky in the glow of the late afternoon sun. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 29, 2018 – After throwing the switch at the North End of the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard, the conductor on the CN local from Fulton, Ky keeps a watchful eye as they enter the yard at Paducah, Kentucky yard with their train. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cnrailway #canadiannationalrailway
October 29, 2018 – Newly refurbished by the NRE shops at Paducah or Progress Rail in Mayfield (not sure which), BNSF 60M’s 1448 and 1442 sit in the north end of the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Paducah, Ky as PAL 3809 and Salute the Troops 2127, work on building a train. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
October 17, 2018 – BNSF Railway 8762 heads up a coal train at the south end of Paducah and Louisville Railways yard at Paducah, Kentucky as it waits for a crew in the warm evening light. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #palrailway
October 17, 2018 – A set of 7 Paducah and Louisville Railway locomotives sit on the outside track at Calvert City Terminal after dropping off their load of coal at Calvert City, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
October 17, 2018 – Union Pacific 6609 leads a loaded coal train past the signals at MP 211.5 as it heads north along the Paducah and Louisville Railway, headed for the Calvert City Terminal, at Calvert City, Ky in the glow of the late afternoon sun. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 17, 2018 – Union Pacific 6609 leads a loaded coal train, past a string of 7 Paducah and Louisville units on an empty coal train, at the Calvert City Terminal in Calvert City, Kentucky as it prepares to unload. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
August 23, 2018 – Paducah and Louisville’s University of Kentucky 4522 70mac echos off the walls of the cut as it leads a loaded LG3 (Louisville Gas & Electric) coal train north under the highway 70 overpass outside of Bremen, Ky on its way north. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
August 20, 2018 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2110 heads up a loaded coal train as it heads downgrade from Warrior Coal loadout at Nebo, Ky though a local rain shower. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
July 27, 2018 – A loaded Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded Louisville Gas and Electric coal train comes off CSX’s Morganfield Branch, as it crosses Trident on the Henderson Subdivision, on it’s way back to its own line after passing through Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky with 4523 leading. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway
June 22, 2018 – Running long nose forward, Paducah and Louisville Salute to Veterans unit, 2129 leads a local as it crosses over the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Monarch, heading north on the PAL line at Madisonville, Ky as it heads to CSX’s Atkinson Yard to do interchange work. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
June 22, 2018 – Waiting on a train rainbow on the Paducah and Louisville Railway line at Richland, Ky. Unfortunately, train never made it! There’ll be other times though!
May 31, 2018 – CSX W865-30, a military train with BNSF 6162 leading, waits at the south end of Slaughters Siding for a northbound before it continues it’s move south on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #bnsf #bnsfrailway #militarytrain
May 31, 2018 – PAL 4516, the DPU end of a LG&E Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train, makes it’s way across Trident off CSX’s Morganfield Branch and over the Henderson Subdivision. From there it heads through Atkinson Yard where it will make it’s way back onto its own line before heading on to Louisville, Ky later in the evening. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
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