July 19, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville local with 2128, Salute the Veterans Unit, 2119 and 2112, pull a string a cars out of West yard at Madisonville, Ky as the conductor keeps an watchful eye on the operation at the switch.
March 27, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s “Salute the Troops” engine 2121 with 3807 trailing sits tied down at West Yards in Madisonville, Ky. It’s been working a ballast train that’s part of a MOW crew which has been working the area for a couple weeks now.
I’ve added a new page under my Railfanning section on Railfanning the Paducah and Louisville Railroad.
This is by no means a complete list of places to shoot along the Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL). I’ll update this list as time goes by. If you have a favorite spot send me a google map link and I’ll add it to the list. I know there’s a bunch around Louisville and Paducah I haven’t found yet.
NS runs trains via Louisville on the PAL to Madisonville to pick up coal, usually at Warrior in Nebo, Ky. CSX, UP and NS run coal/coke trains between Madisonville and Calvert City, Ky to the coal loadout there. BNSF and UP I’ve found running to Calvert City also from Paducah.
For the most part the Paducah and Louisville Railway follows Highway 62 most of the way between Paducah and Louisville, Ky. It does leave it from time to time, but it always comes back to 62. If you keep in mind which side of the highway the tracks are on you can take side roads to check out the crossings. There’s many of them I haven’t listed here. These are my favorites from a picture standpoint. (Click here for More)
July 19, 2017 – Norfolk Southern 8160 leads northbound train through Paducah and Louisville’s West Yard at Madisonville, Ky with a freshly loaded coal train from Warrior Coal and a Kansas City Southern unit trailing.
July 19, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 2129 backs into West Yard at Madisonville, Ky as it works on building a southbound local, as a set of light engines waits on the main.
July 5, 2017 – Norfolk Southern 7317 leads a loaded coal train down the Warrior Wye, approaching the Pleasantview Road overpass as it heads to the Paducah and Louisville Railway main to where it will continue north from Madisonville, Ky.
July 19, 2017 – Norfolk Southern 8160 leads a loaded coal train off the Warrior Wye onto the Paducah and Louisville main heading north at Madisonville, Ky as a PAL local, with 2112 leading, waits to head north behind it.
July 2, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railways 2107 leads a loaded coal train as it departs Warrior Coal, in Nebo, Ky, heading south on the PAL to the loadout in Calvert City, Ky.
May 30, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville engine, 3801 (GP38-2), prepares to couple up a set of tank cars from the siding at Calvert City, Ky, under the watchful eyes of the conductor.
A PAL crew on a NS empty coal train waits at Paducah & Louisville’s West Yard in Madisonville, Ky for a signal to take the Warrior Coal lead to make a pick-up.
May 30, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 1998 (GP-38-2) University of Kentucky engine passes a GATX 3309 parked at the rear of the National Railway Equipment (VMV Paducahbuilt), as 1998 returns to the yard after working local industries in the Paducah, Ky area.
May 30, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville engine 3801 (GP38-2) picks up a set of tank cars from the siding at Calvert City, Ky.
May 30, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railways #1998, University of Kentucky Wildcats engine (GP38-2), heads up a set of light engines returning to the yard after working a local job in Paducah, Ky.
May 30, 2017 – BNSF 8564 sits as the DPU on the end of a loaded coal train as it sits in the siding at CN-PAL Junction in Paducah, Ky. The two facing lights are restricting signals into the yard limits. Top head will display a flashing head when lined straight through and the bottom head will display a flashing red when lined into the sidings.
May 14, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville locomotives “Salute to our Troops” (2127) and “Salute to our Veterans” (2129) led the local Sunday as it did interchange work with CSX at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky.
April 6, 2017 – A Evansville Western Railway local, with Paducah and Louisville’s 2108 leading, passes a loaded CSX coal train at Nations Siding outside Mount Vernon, Indiana as it heads for Evansville, IN to do interchange work at CSX’s Howell Yard.
March 27, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s “Salute the Troops” engine 2121 with 3807 trailing sits tied down at West Yards in Madisonville, Ky. It’s been working a ballast train that’s part of a MOW crew which has been working the area for a couple weeks now.
March 24, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville WW1, an empty ballast train, heads south with engines 3808 and Salute the Troops engine 2127 leading the way as it passes an area known as part of Richland Bottoms, just outside of Richland, Ky. The train was on it’s way to Grand Rivers, Ky to pickup a load of ballast.
March 18, 2017 – Union Pacific Coke Train heads to Calvert City, Ky on Paducah & Louisville Railway from Jim Pearson on Vimeo.
March 7, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway local, with 2119 and 2112 as power, backs past the yard switchers at CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky as it does interchange work with CSX.
March 7, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railway local with 2119 and 2112 as power backs past the yard switchers at CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky as it does interchange work with CSX.
March 1, 2017 – Paducah and Louisville Railways 2112 heads up an empty rock train as it heads south along the main as it passes an empty coal train in the siding at PAL’s West Yard in Madisonville, Ky.