March 2, 2015 – A CSX manifest train

03.02.15 CSX 3123 NB at Depot, Madisonville, Ky

March 2, 2015 – A CSX manifest train, headed up by engine 3123 passes the old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot at Madisonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.

March 2, 2015 – UP 7190 and Ferromex 4664

03.02.15 UP 7190 and Ferromex 4664 at West Yard, Madisonville, Ky

March 2, 2015 – UP 7190 and Ferromex 4664 wait at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky for a Paducah and Louisville Railroad crew to take the loaded coal train south toward Paducah, Ky

March 1, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville with NS 8069

03.01.15 NS 8069 on PAL at Richland, Ky

March 1, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville crews roll south with a loaded Norfolk Southern coal drag after picking up a load at Cimarron Mine in Madisonville, Ky. Lead unit was 8069 with 9881 trailing and the conductor gives a thumbs up as they pass through Richland, Ky. The other two verticals are at Dawson Springs, Ky and one shows the pushing units 1050 and 2524.

03.01.15 NS 8069 on PAL at Dawson Springs, Ky

03.01.15 NS 1050 on PAL at Dawson Springs, Ky

February 28, 2015 – CSX Q597

02.28.15 CSX Q649 at South Nortonville, Ky

February 28, 2015 – CSX Q597, with BNSF 7953 on point, leads it’s train south just past the south end of the Nortonville siding, at Nortonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

February 28, 2015 – CSX Q597-26

02.28.15 CSX Q597-27 SB at Curtis Mine Rd, Madisonville, Ky

February 28, 2015 – CSX Q597-26, with engine 273 on point, rolls along next to Curtis Mine Road at Madisonville, Ky on the Earlington Cutoff with a string of six locomotives heading south on the Henderson Subdivision. The last four were dead-in-tow SD 70 MAC’s that had work done on them at Progress Rail in Mayfield, Ky.

February 26, 2015 – CSX Q596

02.26.15 CSX Q596 NB at Mortons Gap, Ky

February 26, 2015 – CSX Q596, with engine 5400 on point, heads north out of Mortons Gap, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

February 26, 2015 – CSX Q102

02.26.15 CSX Q102 NB at Nortonville, Ky

February 26, 2015 – CSX Q102 rounds the curve just past the north end of the siding at Nortonville, Ky with engine 5447 on point as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.

February 26, 2015 – BNSF engine 692

02.26.15 CSX Q649 SB at Mortons Gap, Ky

February 26, 2015 – BNSF engine 692 with NS 6803 trailing, head up CSX Q649 through Mortons Junction as they move south at Mortons Gap, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

February 26, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville MOW

02.26.15 PAL MOW at Warrior Wye, Madisonville, Ky

February 26, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville MOW crews work on final repairs to the switch area of the Warrior Wye where several cars derailed yesterday at Madisonville, Ky on an empty coal train. Repairs have been finished and trains are running once again.

February 25, 2015 – CSX Q597

02.25.15 CSX Q597 at South Slaughters, Ky

February 25, 2015 – CSX Q597 heads through the south end of Slaughters, Ky siding as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with engine 7347 on point.

February 25, 2015 – PAL derailment at Warrior Wye

02.25.15 PAL Derailment at Warrior Wye 1, Madisonville, Ky

February 25, 2015 – Several cars derailed at the Warrior Wye north switch at Madisonville, Ky as Paducah and Louisville 4511 was pulling an empty coal train to Warrior Coal in Manitou, Ky. The cars are blocking the main and crews are working on clearing the track so normal service can resume.

02.25.15 PAL Derailment at Warrior Wye 2, Madisonville, Ky

02.25.15 PAL Derailment at Warrior Wye 3, Madisonville, Ky

 

 

February 24, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville rail train at Claxton, Ky

02.24.15 PAL Rail Train 1 at Claxton, Ky

February 24, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville rail train, with engines 3808 and UK 1998 as power, worked on laying rail between Dawson Springs and Princeton, Ky this afternoon. Here we see the train at work at Claxton, Ky, where they had to cut the rail for the crossing there, as they continued south.

02.24.15 PAL Rail Train 2 at Claxton, Ky

02.24.15 PAL Rail Train 3 at Claxton, Ky

February 7, 2015 – CSX’s Q514

02.07.15 CSX Q514 at North Casky, Hopkinsville, Ky

February 7, 2015 – CSX’s Q514 stops at the Hopkinsville Industrial park at north Casky to pickup a load of auto frames from the Metalsa plant in Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. The engine lash-up was UP 4563, CSX 651 and KCS 4029.

February 20, 2015 – CSX Q596

02.20.15 CSX Q596 at Princeton Rd, Madisonville, Ky

February 20, 2015 – CSX Q596, with engine 5381 in the lead, passes under the Princeton Road overpass as it heads north at Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

February 17, 2015 – CSX Q597

02.17.15 CSX Q597 at Mortons Junction in Mortons Gap, Ky

February 17, 2015 – CSX Q597 pulls out of the Earlington Cutoff onto the main at Mortons Junction as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky with CITX lease unit 3083 as it’s second unit.

02.17.15 CSX Q597 at Mortons Gap, Ky

February 19, 2015 – CSX K092

02.19.15 CSX K092 Tank Train with BNSF 5212 NB at Earlington, Ky

February 19, 2015 – CSX K092, an empty crude oil tank train at milepost 271 in Earlington, Ky, with BNSF 5212 leading the train northbound on the Henderson Subdivision at dusk with CSX 8554 and CP 8566 as the trailing units in the consist.

February 19, 2015 – CSX Q514

02.19.15 CSX Q514 at Crofton, Ky

February 19, 2015 – CSX Q514 with UP 5745 leading the way, heads north through Crofton, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

February 19, 2015 – CSX Q124

02.19.15 CSX Q124 at South Romney, Nortonville, Ky

February 19, 2015 – CSX Q124 makes it’s way north at dusk on the Henderson Subdivision as it approaches the south end of the siding at Romney in Nortonville, Ky with engine 3015 on point.