Illinois Central 1518 is displayed along the Ohio River floodwall in downtown Paducah, KY. The 2-8-2 was built by Lima in 1923, but like most IC steam power, was extensively modified at IC's Paduc... (more)

PAL special paint for Wildcats team GP 9 rests at the Paducah engine facility.

PAL 1998 building its train to head to Madisionville KY late that night.

Fresh out of the shops at Paducah BNSF 101 proudly wears a new coat of Warbonnet paint as it leads the northbound BNSF Paducah Centralia local out of P&L's Paducah yard

On display in downtown Paducah is Mikado 1518 that IC donated to the city in 1963. The 50 plus years on static display has faded the paint a bit but overall things don't look too bad. The locomoti... (more)

IC 3137 and BCOL 4622 lead a northbound manifest past Chiles Junction in West Paducah, Kentucky.

Rainy Paducah nights
On the eve before returning to home rails after an extensive rebuild at the Paducah Shops, Union Pacific’s A-B-A set of E9s sit in the fog and rain with a passeng... (more)

CN 8815 leads the daily pigs southbound past Bobo road at Chiles Junction in West Paducah, KY.

Plenty of old EMD power can be seen at the VMV shop in Paducah.

EVWR 4517 and PAL 4510 soak up the afternoon sun on a perfect fall day in Paducah. These units are part of a group of sixteen former CSX SD70MAC's acquired by P&L Transportation earlier this year.... (more)

Yes a unit can be too clean, as this newly repainted, ex IC gem demonstrates. Fresh from VMV back in the day when we rejoiced to see any other their locomotives in nice paint.

Indiana Southern Railroad new SD40-2 in final inspection at VMV Paducahbilt. New owner new look same power line.

A primer painted SW1001 rides a top a Kasgro Rail Lines 8 axle flatcar.

A southbound BNSF coal train (DP unit shown here) nears the end of its short run across the P&I Railroad (CN/BNSF) from Metropolis, IL as it approaches the Paducah & Louisville yard.

IC 1019 works a CN rail train on the P&I at Central Avenue in Paducah.