RJ Corman 3856 leads the Heritage Highball out of Frankfort.

Rush hour in downtown Frankfort.

A local crew works the tight quarters of the Louisville & Nashville team tracks in Frankfort, Kentucky. Today, things aren’t so tight. There is only one track and the station has been razed.

Two Louisville & Nashville 3000-horsepower GE’s haul a coal train at Frankfort, Kentucky. I can’t identify the exact location using Google Maps, any additional information is requested.

Frankfort & Cincinnati S4 107 and S2 103 wait to leave the engine facility in Frankfort on a cloudy May morning.

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)

Half of the Frankfort & Cincinnati’s Alco switcher roster exits the engine house to begin the day’s work. Three S2’s and an S4 were brought to the F&C when the Pinsley interests bought the line in... (more)

The tight radius of the curve combined with its elevation make for a dramatic telephoto at this location on Jett Hill. Work had commenced to improve this curve, but appears to have stopped for th... (more)

RJ Corman rolls another unit train of aluminum ingots through Benson Valley on a warm late summer evening. The old EMD workhorses have been used and abused over the course of their careers, but s... (more)

A train carrying aluminum rolls through the horse farms outside Frankfort, Ky., heading for Louisville.

Exiting the tunnel into downtown Frankfort, the aluminum train negotiates the median running through the city before crossing the Kentucky River and leaving town.

RJ Corman Sand Train heads south bound through downtown Frankfort, KY

Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs... It would be hard to miss the fact that the CSX Governors Kentucky Derby Train was under Blue Flag protection the day before her run to the Kentucky Derby ... (more)

The annual CSX Governers Derby train leans into the curve at Dukers KY as it prepares to drop down into the State Capitol to be staged for the trip to Louisville on Saturday morning.

Occupying the former Frankfort & Cincinnati line in downtown Frankfort, KY. The CSX Governor's Derby Train is busy getting prepped before the Saturday morning run to Louisville to take dignitarie... (more)