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
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