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.
January 17, 2018 – A early morning Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train heads south through the snow covered cut at Charleston, Ky as it heads for the loadout at Calvert City, Ky.
January 15, 2018 – Day 77 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Quietness – As I stood taking the photo looking down the tracks at the crossing in front of my home, the snow dampened the sounds surrounding the scene as the tracks disappeared into infinity at dusk. Good leading lines in your pictures can help draw your viewers into your photograph! #iphone7plus
January 5, 2018 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 2104 leads a local as it pulls through the curve southbound, leading up to highway 1337 crossing at Richland, Ky, as the last light of day fades from the winter’s day.
November 14, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway #2100 pulls into PAL’s Oak Street Yard as PAL’s UK 1998 engine pulls out during operations at Louisville, Ky.
November 14, 2017 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway local backs onto the Norfolk Southern line at LS Junction in Louisville, Ky as does interchange work with PAL 2100 leading.
November 7, 2017 – While this photo of Paducah and Louisville Railway’s “Salute to our Veterans” locomotive 2129 trailing on a northbound local at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky was taken several days ago, I felt today was the appropriate day to post it. I salute all the railroaders, railfans and others that have served our county! It’s an honor to be counted among your ranks!
Veterans Day is a U.S. legal holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars. In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in World War I, then known as “the Great War.” Commemorated in many countries as Armistice Day the following year, November 11th became a federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became legally known as Veterans Day. While it’s celebrated on the Friday before or Monday after if it falls on a weekend to allow for the federal holiday, the 11th is the traditional day of celebration.