A common hangout for me in those days, this was a busy place. This former C&O unit is awaiting work.
Originally C&O, on the front of a NB coal train back when almost any kind of unit could be found in that role. And back when you could actually find a train here. The Eastern Kentucky air condit... (more)
The University of Louisville's football stadium sits on the site that once from 1905 to the late 80's was the L&N's south Louisville shops that built many steam locomotives and serviced diesels. T... (more)
Nee C & O rebuilt and derated to 2000 HP.
Long live the Long & Nasty... CSX M573-28 with the L&N Heritage Mullet passing L&N 796.
Another load leaving The Coalfields, while heading back up The Rockhouse.
Topping the grade and back to double track after the stiff climb out of the valley of the south fork of the Green River this southbound covered hopper train is picking up the pace for a fast run t... (more)
Going southbound the old "Rathole" crossed the south fork of the Green River on an impressive trestle and followed Tunnel Creek up a steep grade to one of the infamous tunnels that gave ... (more)
A northbound mixed freight is rumbling across the lake on a beautiful spring day back when when we thought of high horsepower B-Bs as a recipe for speed. When will be regular have C-Cs with 900-... (more)
Back when NS had this real fetish about running long hood first this northbound freight is rattling across the famous bridge with a (then) foreign unit.
Built for the N&W in May 1966 NS SD40 1590 leads a work train east from Louisville.
WB mixed freight with a former Southern unit in charge clatters across the CSX diamond at a place in The Falls City now vastly changed.
With the yard crew on board, NS 143 starts down the west yard lead track with the Illinois Terminal and Wabash heritage units leading
With a light rain starting to fall, NS 143 crosses the Kentucky River and through the famed High Bridge behind the Illinois Terminal and Wabash heritage units on the front
A western visitor leads a tank train down The Big Sandy, through the small community of Wagner on the outskirts of Pikeville.