April 1, 2016 – Norfolk Southern’s 1071 Heritage Unit “Jersey Central Lines” pulls out of the Warrior Coal Mine Lead onto Paducah and Louisville Railways Main line at Madisonville, Ky as it begins it’s northbound trip to Louisville, Ky. The train tied down at Pond River, north of Madisonville till the new crew takes it on north this afternoon around 4pm CST – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/6 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 370mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway “Support our Troops” engine 2127 heads up a ballast train sitting in the number 2 track at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky waiting for a crew to take it on south to pickup a load of rock. – Tech Info: 1/250 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six units as they make their way south at the Princeton, Ky yard as PAL 2121 sits in the siding with a empty coal train waiting to head north. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty ballast train heads south, past the signals at the north end of the siding at Dawson Springs, Ky, on it’s way to Grand Rivers to pickup a load of rock, with units PAL 3808, GATX/GMTX 2207, 2698 and PAL 2125. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty ballast train heads south through Princeton, Ky, on it’s way to Grand Rivers to pickup a load, with units PAL 3808, GATX/GMTX 2207, 2698 and PAL 2125 as power. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/4.5 | ISO 110 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six engines as they make their way up the Warrior Lead after picking up a load of coal at Warrior Coal in Nebo, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/8 | ISO 900 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 122mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville southbounds at Princeton and Gilbertsville, Ky – In this video we catch a empty ballast train southbound at Princeton, Ky with PAL 3808 leading and PAL 2111 leading a loaded coal train across the bridge at Kentucky Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky also on its way south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville southbounds at Princeton and Gilbertsville, Ky from Jim Pearson on Vimeo.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six engines as they make their way south at Kentucky Dam with a loaded coal train at Gilbertsville, Ky.. – Tech Info: 1/8000, -.7 stop | f/2.8 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty ballast train heads south at Dawson Springs, Ky, on it’s way to Grand Rivers to pickup a load, with engines PAL 3808, GATX/GMTX 2207, 2698 and PAL 2125 as power. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5 | ISO 140 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 2, 2016 – A set of six Paducah and Louisville Railway locomotives head south with a loaded coal train at Richland, Ky. The coal was headed to Calvert City loadout at Calvert City, Ky and PAL has been running a loaded just about daily here for awhile. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/2.8 | ISO 110 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
February 25, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Local WW1 passes a empty CSX coal train with CSXT 792 leading, at the south end of the Pond River Siding, as it makes it’s way north at Madisonville, Ky – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/6.3 | ISO 1400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
February 22, 2016 – A Union Pacific empty coke train heads south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway with Canadian Pacific’s 9373 in the lead at MP 149.4 in Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/5.3 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 220mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 27, 2016 – The conductor for Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2114 makes his way back to the head end of their loaded coal train, at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky, as they prepare to head south to Calvert City Loadout. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5.6 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 350mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north through Cecilia, Ky, with PAL’s business car, Bluegrass State 1 trailing behind it, on it’s way to Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8 | ISO 400 | -.7 stops | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north across the Big Clifty Bridge with PAL’s business car, Bluegrass State 1 trailing behind it, at Big Clifty, Ky on it’s way to Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | -2 stops | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 19, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railways loaded coal train WW2, with engines 4512, 2013 and 4502 as power, make their way north at Central City, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/4.5 | ISO 100 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 75mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 5, 2016 – A set of CSX engines run around it’s coal train at Pond River Siding on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Madisonville, Ky preparing to take it’s train on south. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/6.3 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 7, 2016 – A Evansville Western Railway local, with engine 3836 in the lead, works at dropping off and picking up cars at the north end of Nations Siding, just outside Mount Vernon, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 1100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 6, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2105 prepares to head south from West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with a loaded coal train bound for Calvert City Loadout as the last light of the day begins to fade from the sky. – Tech Info: 1/620 | f/6.3 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.