December 23, 2016 – Ferromex SD70ACe 4059 and Union Pacific SD70M 4090 sit at Paducah and Louisville Railway’s West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with a loaded coke train, waiting for a PAL crew to take it on south to Calvert City, Ky.
September 4, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 2110 heads up the local as it passes the PeeVee Spur switch, just south of PAL’s West Yard at Madisonville, Ky, as it makes it’s way north.
August 24, 2016 – Union Pacific’s 4801 heads up a empty coke train as it moves north on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Richland, Ky on a hot summer afternoon and apparently their air conditioner wasn’t working very well.
August 18, 2016 Paducah and Louisville Railway engine 3831 backs out of the Oak Street Yard in Louisville, Ky with it’s local train onto the Norfolk Southern main in Louisville, Ky.
August 18, 2016 Paducah and Louisville Railway engine 3831 leads a local train through Norfolk Southern’s L.S. Junction at Louisville, Ky as it heads to the south.
August 2, 2016 Paducah and Louisville Railway’s engine 2110 leads a local train north through the crossing at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky as the sun starts to set as it makes heads for CSX’s Atkinson Yard on the Henderson Subdivision for interchange work. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/6.3 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
August 2, 2016 A Paducah and Louisville Railway local moves slowly over a newly replaced switch at the Pee Vee Spur, just south of West Yard in Madisonville, Ky as it makes its way north. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/6.3 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 320mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 9, 2016 A Paducah and Louisville Railway coal train makes its way up the Warrior Coal lead with NREX 2776 as its 5th unit as it heads for a load of coal at their loadout at Madisonville, Ky. Near as I can tell it’s a newly painted/primered GP38 High hood unit, ex-NREX 2776 ex-NS 2776 and ex-SOU 2776. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 9, 2016 Paducah and Louisville Railway 3807 heads up a local as it prepares to head south from West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with a string of rock cars. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/5.3 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 190mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 18, 2016 Norfolk Southern empty coal train, with 8015 leading, sits on the main at Paducah and Louisville Railways West Yard at Madisonville, Ky. They were waiting for a MOW worker to finish working on the Pee Vee Spur switch so they could head to Warrior coal to pickup their load. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/5.3 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 220mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 13, 2016 A Paducah and Louisville Railway local heads under the Ky 70 West bridge as it heads south at Richland, Ky with PAL 2131 leading. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 1000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 420mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 6, 2016 Norfolk Southern Tier4 engine 3616 heads up a loaded coal train as it heads north on the Paducah and Louisville Railway cutting its way through steam rising from the roadbed after a summer rain outside Bremen, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/320 | f/6.3 | ISO 500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 Paducah and Louisville Railway LSX1 pulls its Norfolk Southern Train down the Pee Vee Spur as it heads to Warrior Coal in Madisonville, Ky with a brand new 3616 Tier 4 ET44AC leading on its first revenue run. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/2.8 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 The conductor climbs back aboard Paducah and Louisville Railways LSX1, a Norfolk Southern Train with a brand new 3616 Tier 4 ET44AC leading on its first revenue run, after throwing the Pee Vee Spur switch at West Yard as they start their early morning run to Warrior Coal in Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/6.3 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 550mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway LSX1 pulls its Norfolk Southern Train into the loop at Warrior Coal in Madisonville, Ky with a brand new 3616 Tier 4 ET44AC leading on its first revenue run. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 110 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 15, 2016 The late evening sun broke through the clouds and provided this beautiful light on the power sitting at Paducah and Louisville Railways West Yard in Madisonville, Ky while the sky was still dark in the distance. Storm light can produce some of the most spectacular photos, you just have to get out the door!. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/5.3 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 200mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 14, 2016 A Paducah and Louisville Railway local, with engine 2018 in the lead, rounds the curve approaching the Earlington Road Crossing in Richland, Ky as it heads to Princeton, Ky with a short freight. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/6.3 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 Paducah and Louisville Railways LSX1 prepares to depart from West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with its Norfolk Southern Train, in the early morning light, with a brand new Tier 4 ET44AC 3616 leading its coal train heading for Warrior Coal on it’s first revenue run. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/5.3 | ISO 2500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 230mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway DPU coal train rounds the loop at the Calvert City Loadout at Calvert City, Kentucky. I think this is the first time I can recall finding a PAL train with DPU units. It had four on the front and four on the rear of the train as it moved through the loop. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5 | ISO 140 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway U of L engine 2013 leads a loaded coal train from Dotki Mine as it approaches the old Yard Limit sign at Providence, Ky on CSX’s Morganfield Branch. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/14 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 270mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway DPU coal train rounds the loop at the Calvert City Loadout at Calvert City, Kentucky as storm clouds pass in the distance. I think this is the first time I can recall finding a PAL train with DPU units. It had four on the front and four on the rear of the train as it moved through the loop. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 48mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.