Outstanding shot. Surprising that i have never seen one from here. Ot looks like a scene contrived by a model railroader. I have never even able to get anything more than an approximation of when it's running.
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Thank you! It is hard to catch the loaded ingot train in really nice daylight, especially at this location, since it tends to run late in the evening or overnight. The Old Road is literally in my backyard in Lexington. When this one went by I knew that I'd have the relatively rare opportunity to have nice warm late afternoon sun in downtown Frankfort, so jumped in the truck and headed off to set up.
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For those who would care to venture to the capitol of our state, there is something very interesting to see here. In the background of Mr. Bookout's photo is a street crossing, note the cross buck and it's bell. If parking can be located in the area, park and walk to the east side of the street. The bell will warn of any approaching trains. Take notice of the difference in the track structure on the tunnel side of the crossing. R.J. Corman used this tunnel to test the equipment he later used on the N.S. tunnel enlargement projects. The height of this tunnel was increased as much as possible, and would handle automobile racks. Several weeks passed until one of those flat cars loaded with stacked automotive frames went through the tunnel damaging the load. What to do ? The railroad simply started at the edge of the street and pulled out the rails and ties through the tunnel and about fifty yards east of the east portal. Then they put in steel ties that were less than half the height of normal ties and replaced the rails. The new track will clear the rack cars and looks like "Lionel" track without it's center rail. The word can't is simply not in Mr. Corman's vocabulary.
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