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
May 25, 2018 – CSX Z462-25, a Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train, pulls away from Dotki Mine in Clay, Ky after loading and heads back south on CSX’s Morganfield Branch as a light rain falls. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
May 8, 2018 – Paducah and Louisville Railway local WW3 works on putting it’s train together at the yard in Princeton, Ky for the run to Madisonville, Ky to perform interchange work at CSX’s Atkinson, Yard. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
May 8, 2018 – CN 3110 approaches the highway 62 overpass at Dawson Springs, Ky as it pulls a loaded coal train south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
May 8, 2018 – CN 3110 pulls a loaded coal train south across the Tennessee River on the Paducah and Louisville Railway, with PAL UofL 2013 trailing, at Gilbertsville, Ky. Just below the train is Kentucky Dam. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
April 28, 2018 – Paducah and Louisville LGE loaded coal train heads north across Interstate 69 as it takes the East Diamond Lead off the CSX Henderson Subdivision, back onto the PAL, where it’ll head toward Louisville, Ky later in the evening. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
May 5, 2018 – Citirail 1506 brings up the rear as the DPU on a Canadian National empty coal train (C729) as it heads north through the Paducah and Louisville Railway’s West Yard at Madisonville, Ky. It’s headed to Armstrong Coal in McHenry, Ky to pickup a load of coal. PAL will be running these unit coal trains off the CN for the next few weeks from Fulton, Ky up to McHenry Ky for loading. These movements are destined for a marine terminal in Convent Louisiana, where the coal will be loaded onto barges and ships. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #cnrailroad #pal #paducahandlouisvillerailway #canadiannationalrailway
May 5, 2018 – Canadian National 2816 leads a empty coal train (C729) under the belt at Cimarron Mine, on the Paducah and Louisville Railway as it approaches the crossing at Pond River Colliers Road in Madisonville, Ky, on it’s way to Armstrong Coal in McHenry, Ky to pickup a load. PAL will be running these unit coal trains off the CN for the next few weeks from Fulton, Ky up to McHenry Ky for loading. These movements are destined for a marine terminal in Convent Louisiana, where the coal will be loaded onto barges and ships. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #cnrailroad #pal #paducahandlouisvillerailway #canadiannationalrailway
March 28, 2018 – A RJ Corman track crew offloads ties from a Paducah and Louisville Railway work train as it heads north through Richland, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
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. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond200 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway
February 20, 2018 – CSXT 3037 pulls a loaded coal train into a yard track, alongside another at Paducah and Louisville Railway’s West Yard in Madisonville, Ky. Both trains are waiting to be shuttled to the Calvert City, Ky coal load out.
February 27, 2018 – Early this morning I caught Paducah and Louisville Railway 2118 heading up a 10 engine mixed freight as it headed south at Dawson Springs, Ky. There were 4 PAL and 6 NS units and the NS units are heading to Progress to be rebuilt from SD70s to SD70ACCs, from what I’m told.
February 21, 2018 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 3112 pulls a empty ballast train past a loaded coke train at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky on a rainy afternoon as it prepares to stop at the yard to allow the northbound local to pass. Afterward it headed south to Princeton, Ky where dropped the empty cars, where Fredonia Valley railroad will take them to the Fredonia Rock Quarry in Princeton to be filled, after dropping a loaded set at the Princeton yard.
January 17, 2018 – A early morning Paducah and Louisville Railway coal train passes through the snow covered cut at Charleston, Ky as it leads it’s loaded train south to the loadout at Calvert City, Ky.
January 31, 2018 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway rock train heads south through Richland, Ky with PAL 3810, 2106 and 2107 as power.
January 31, 2018 – The Conductor on PAL Z464 throws the switch, after coming off the wye at CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky, after picking up a CSX Geometry Train set. The crew took the train south to Paducah where it spent the night. It is now headed north toward Louisville, Ky (February 1st) inspecting along the way. Not sure if they put PAL power on the front, but the consist here is, CSXT 2237, CSXT 6466, The Hocking Valley Car and Track Geometry Car TGC3.