UP 4462 at Hopkinsville, Ky

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December 23, 2014 – A CSX mixed freight, headed up by UP 4463, waits on the #2 main at the north end of Casky for northbound CSX Q028 to to pass at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

CP engine repair at Hopkinsville, Ky

12.23.14 CP

December 23, 2014 – CSX’s Wayne Mccaffrey, left and Cole Wigley work on repairing a radiator shroud on Canadian Pacific engine 9531 on the Ft. Campbell Wye just off the Henderson Subdivision at Hopkinsville, Ky.

CSX Q649-21 at Madisonville, Ky

December 22, 22, 2014 - CSX Q649-21

December 22, 22, 2014 – CSX Q649-21, headed up by CSX engine 3099, Spirit of West Springfield, passes the signals at Poorhouse as it moves south on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky.

CSX engine 880 at Kelly, Ky

December 22, 2014 - CSX engine 880

December 22, 2014 – CSX engine 880 leads a loaded coal train into the siding at the north end of Kelly, Ky where it waited for a northbound intermodal, so it could continue it’s trip south on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX engine 4561 at Pembroke, Ky

December 23, 2014 - A CSX mixed freight

December 23, 2014 – A CSX mixed freight passes the W F Ware facility, with engine 4561 in the lead, as it makes it’s way north through Pembroke, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

RJ Corman engine 3813, Guthrie, Ky

December 23, 2014 - RJ Corman engine 3813

December 23, 2014 – RJ Corman engine 3813 moves a load of freight along the end of the Memphis Line at Guthrie, Ky, as prepares to do interchange work at the CSX Yards there on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Engine 732 at North Kelly, Ky

December 22, 2014 - A empty CSX coal train

December 22, 2014 – A empty CSX coal train, headed up with engine 732, rounds the curve at North Kelly, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Spirit of West Springfield at Nortonville, Ky

December 22, 22, 2014 - CSX Q649-21-2

December 22, 2014 – CSX Q649-21, headed up by CSX engine 3099, Spirit of West Springfield, the engine for the the Firefighters Safety Train, passes the the south end of Romney as it moves south on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky.

CSX engine 938 at Hanson, Ky

December 20, 2014 - A northbound empty CSX grain train

December 20, 2014 – A northbound empty CSX grain train, with engine 938 on point, rounds the curve headed into Hanson, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX Q648 at Slaughters, Ky

December 20, 2014 - CSX Q648, with engine 7787

December 20, 2014 – CSX Q648, with engine 7787 on point, passes the signals at South Slaughters, Ky as it makes it’s way north along the Henderson Subdivision.

Paducah and Louisville engine 4510

December 20, 2014 - Paducah and Louisville engine 4510

December 20, 2014 – Paducah and Louisville engine 4510 leads a loaded coal drag down CSX’s Morganfield Branch as it slows to a stop just before Trident on CSX’s Henderson Sub where it waited for a signal to cross. It’s been a little over a month since having my right knee replaced and it feels good to be back behind the wheel driving and able to do some rail fanning

ex-CSX 4522 SD70MAC at Richland, Ky

December 12, 2014 ex-CSX 4522

December 12, 2014 – Thanks to good friends Ross and Wade Workman I was able to get a good enough heads up on this local headed up by ex-CSX 4522 SD70MAC, where I could get trackside from my house here in Richland, Ky. This is my first official trackside photo since I had my knee replaced on the 17th of November. It felt good! I caught PAL 4522 (ex-CSX) as it passed through the defect defect detector headed north at Richland, Ky.

CSX engine 358 on Morganfield Branch

November 17 2014 - CSX engine 358

November 17 2014 – CSX engine 358 pulls an empty coal train along CSX’s Morganfield Branch approaching Noel Avenue Crossing at Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. It was our first snow of the year. The train is making it’s way along the Morganfield Branch headed to Warrior Coal to pickup load.

CSX engine 358 at Trident

November 17 2014 - CSX engine 358-2

November 17 2014 – CSX engine 358 pulls an empty coal train across Trident at Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. It was our first snow of the year. The train is making it’s way along the Morganfield Branch headed to Warrior Coal to pickup load. Sorry I’ve not posted much his week but a few hours after this shot I had surgery to have my right knee replaced. All went well, but I’ll not be posting from trackside with current images till I’m back on my feet. I do plan on posting some archive images however, so stay tuned! Also, thanks to all my railfan friends for the kind thoughts, words and payers!

CSX engine 5316 at dusk

11.13.14 CSX 5316 aproaching Hybrid, Evansville, In

November 13, 2014 – A late evening freight, with CSX engine 5316 on point, creeps along as it approaches Hybird crossover at Evansville, In on the Henderson Subdivision.