Twenty Five A shows no struggle climbing up the Erlanger Hill grade even for its length it fair much better then the first two Intermodal trains.

The stillness of a quaint Catawba morning is briefly disrupted as a Cincinnati bound coal train emerges from the abyss.

The Mill Creek empties head south at Dixie Beach Road on a gorgeous spring evening. All three units (4501, 4503, 4523) had fresh paint jobs from VMV at the time of this April 2014 scene.

Fresh out of the paint shop at VMV and shining like a new dollar, PAL 4516 leads the Cane Run empties south at Deering Road. Two MACs were just shy of what was needed to get the Cane Run loads ove... (more)

Happy 30th Anniversary P&L!!! August 27, 1986 - August 27, 2016. Paducah & Louisville Railway began operations 30 years ago today as a spinoff from the shrinking Illinois Central Gulf system of th... (more)

9000 feet of B&O chemical and mixed freight roll across the Big Sandy River bridge on the Kanawha Subdivision at Catlettsburg heading towards Russell Yard to drop off cars before heading on to Que... (more)

Steel slab train 60C crosses the massive Cumberland River Bridge along the Central Division in Burnside, Ky. The Central of Georgia heritage unit (#8101) leads the train, on its way toward Mobile,... (more)

With recrew on board, westbound Q317 rolls toward Russell, where it will pick up and set off cars before heading westbound for Queensgate Yard in Cincinnati. The normally massive train looks like... (more)

An eastbound NS freight lead by a Southern SD40-2 passes the east end signal at Tucker after meeting a westbound.

The NS First Responders unit leads northbound 178 as it accelerates its train out of town.

216 empty hopper cars and four motors dash through the railroad town of Ashland, passing by the once busy freight depot at 15th Street enroute to Russell Yard for a crew change and fuel. Decades ... (more)

Life in the Capitol City

The westbound loaded Alcan train crawls through the capitol city of the bluegrass state, while traffic on either side of the train continues to roll through,... (more)

Q542 pops out of tunnel 8 and rumbles onto bridge 36, beginning the climb out of the Kentucky River valley.

NS 27V comes to a stop just before Highland Crossing were it will wait for permission to proceed on to Ludlow or into Gest Street Yard.

With three on the headend and two on the rear, 7200 ft. Q539 emerges from tunnel 9 on Crooked Hill attempting their best steam engine impression.