SB CSX freight out of Louisville with former Conrail EMDs on the former L&N mainline between its two namesake cities.
A group of future railfans watch from the overpass as Q541 heads into Corbin's East Yard on a chilly January morning.
Six former L&N U30Cs are in charge of the nightly Steel Train departing Corbin bound for US Steel in Gary, IN. Print film scan, sorry about quality.
My favorite beast, the L&N U30C. They are missed........
A mix of EMD and GE 4-axles hustle loads for Kentucky Utilities north up the KY at Farriston past the recently idled Interstate Coal Company loadout. One of my first B&W shots.
A hot & dry summer day and fresh loads off the Delorme Branch make for very dusty conditions along the Pokey as a mine run heads toward Williamson at track speed.
The first Redbird unit train to load on the C&M Branch in over 14 years heads north up the CV at Arkle. Very strange to see mtys running toward Corbin on the CV.
Midnight crew change in Corbin finds FURX 3043 in the consist. Ex-EMDX 6501, exx-VMV 8308, exxx-CSXT 8308, exxxx-SBD 8308, nee-LN 1232 (SD40).
EB up Big Sandy past the Calgon Carbon carbon black facility.
A mine run drops down the Guest River with a short cut of loads for Norton Yard.
Mty hopper train heading for Andover Yard is just south of Natural Tunnel, VA
SB Grain Train crosses the Licking River at Falmouth on the KY Subdivision.
Looking more like Q141, Q213 is SB down the KY with a block of intermodal cars on the headend.
SB Q213 crosses onto double track at Licking on the KY Subdivision.
NB up the KY Subdivision at remote Caldwell, KY.
