August 9, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s UK 4522 and UL 2014, with PAL 4510 head through Beaver Dam, Ky as they move their loaded LG2 coal train north. – Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/6.3, ISO 1250, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 9, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s UK 4522 and UL 2014, with PAL 4510 head through Beaver Dam, Ky as they move their loaded LG2 coal train north. – Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/6.3, ISO 450, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 150mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?

August 9, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Kentucky engine 4522, University of Louisville engine 2013 and 4510, all 70MACs, pull the loaded LG2 train northbound approaching Rockport, Ky. – Tech Info all photos: 1/1250sec, f/6.3, ISO 640, Lens: Rokinon 14mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 12, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2116 leads a local freight north past the Warrior lead as it approaches west yard at Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/8, ISO 320, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 12, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2118 leads a local freight across the creek at the Richland Bottoms as it heads north between Richland and Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/8, ISO 720, – 1 stop, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 9, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s empty coal train LG1 with UK 2012 in the lead, heads into Spring Lick just south of Caneyville, Ky on it’s way south to Madisonville, Ky as dusk settles across the valley. – Tech Info: 1/400sec, f/1.4, ISO 2000, Lens: Nikon 50mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 9, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s LG2 loaded coal train heads north at McHenry, Ky with University of Kentucky engine 4522, University of Louisville engine 2013 and engine 4510 as power on their way to meet the southbound LG1 empties at Caneyville, Ky. – – Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/11, ISO 1000, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 31mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 4, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 4503 and 4518 head across Barkley Dam with a loaded coal train at Lake City, Ky on it’s way south to the load out facility at Calvert City, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/5.6, ISO 1250, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 280mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 4, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 4503 leads a loaded coal train past the north end of the siding at Dawson Springs, Ky as it heads south to Calvert City, Ky to the loadout facility there. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/6.3, ISO 900, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 4, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 4503 leads a loaded coal train around the curve heading into Gilbertsville, Ky as it heads south to Calvert City, Ky to the loadout facility there. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/6, ISO 720, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 380mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 4, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s 4503 and 4518 head southbound over the bridge at Kentucky Lake, Ky with a full load of coal, headed for the loadout at Calvert City, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/6.3, ISO 640, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW

July 28, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s University of Kentucky engines 2012 and 4522 lead a loaded coal train as it backs down the PeeVee Spur in Madisonville, Ky, to P&L’s Warrior Lead in preparation for the train to head north this evening to Louisville. – Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/7, ISO 180, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

July 2, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s UK 4522 and 4510 pull into the siding at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky after loading their coal train at Warrior Mine in Nebo, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 250, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 62 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 28, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train sits on the main at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with 4510, 4522 and 4512 as power, waiting on a crew to take the train south to Calvert City, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 78 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?

July 2, 2015 – Newly Painted in UK colors Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 4522 pulls it’s loaded coal train out onto the main from the Warrior Lead as it heads north into a siding at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 250, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 122mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?

June 22, 2015 – United States Army Genset 6524 sits outside the back gate of National Railway Equipment’s shops in Paducah, Ky, where it waits to be picked up by the Paducah and Louisville Railway for movement to Madisonville, Ky for interchange with CSX. The last one went south on the Henderson Subdivision. Don’t know where it’s headed from there. Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 1000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos

June 22, 2015 – Fresh out of the paint shop at NRE (National Railway Equipment Co.) in Paducah, Ky, Paducah and Louisville’s engine 4522 sports a brand new UK paint scheme showing all the years that the University of Kentucky has won a NCAA National Championship. This is one of series of photographs I’ll be doing for P&L over the next few months. Thanks to P&L for allowing me to share it with you. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/7, ISO 140, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos

June 22, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville engine 3801 and University of Kentucky engine 1998 sit in the yard at Paducah, Ky as they wait on a crew. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 450, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 40mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos