Northbound ready to leave the yard
NB intermodal waits for SB Q649 to clear the main.
Yarding train
This hopper had run aground along with three boxcars. Here it is being lowered back onto the rails.
Empty coal drag headed for the UP in St. Louis about to cross over Ohio Street along Evansville's industrial waterfront. After being received by the UP, its ID will become CBXSM 11.
Interesting sight - an FRA test car prepares to depart Howell northbound. The poor thing was equipped with an annoying electronic bell and a pathetic, whiny little two-chime airhorn. Not very aw... (more)
Empty containers about to cross Claremont Avenue on a beautiful Friday afternoon.
And to think that I used to have difficulty getting the cars on the tracks with my little HO set all those years ago...
Three GE's lead the daily empty container train into Howell Yard - here about to cross Claremont Avenue.
Some ex-conrail units sit with loaded SIGECO hoppers at Mt. Pleasant Road.
V249 is reflected in the flood waters that are encroaching the Ohio River approach structure.
Blue engine under blue skies. Nice ex-Conrail on the point of this southbound manifest heading into Howell Yard.
Ex-Conrail leads a southbound manifest around the corner and up the hill into Howell Yard.
A rather dirty 8151 leads an empty coal drag out of Evansville northbound.
This southbound manifest slowly clatters off the outside track onto the mainline as it leaves Howell Yard. The engineer leaned out of the cab and wished me a happy St. Patty's day.
