The universities of Louisville and Kentucky in the form of Paducah and Louisville SD70MAC's have teamed up to lead westbound empties for another load of coal.

PAL's U of L and UK SD70MAC's team up to lead LG1 west for another load of coal.

UofL painted PAL 2013 leads the Mill Creek empties south through Vine Grove, with two more MACs out of site at rear of train. Now that P&L has equipped their SD70MACs with distributed power, both ... (more)

After interchanging cars with CSX, PAL's GP39 8507 returns to their yard. The 8507 was the former Bay Line 507.

A PAL high and wide creeps over the Salt River bridge. I have no idea why what looks to be a mattress pad was hanging off the back end.

A late running PL4 drops down the steep grade coming north out of Clarkson. Normally a nocturnal train, PL49 (relief crew symbol) was running hours late thanks to a frigid night and multiple broke... (more)

A Paducah & Louisville empty coal train heads East behind the 2121, slug 2100, a pair of SD40-2's lettered for the EVWR (6001 and 6002) and plain white NREX 2776.

Paducah & Louisville's UofL and UK painted MACs were the main attraction at the company's 30th anniversary party for Louisville employees and their families. The weather couldn't have been more sp... (more)

Almost finished loading a train for LG&E Mill Creek Station.

The LCL2 heads to Fort Knox from Louisville with one tank car in tow. They would return a couple hours later with hoppers for CEMEX at Kosmosdale.

Mill Creek loads and empties meet at Caneyville. After a stop and crew swap train for train at the south end of Caneyville the loaded train comes to a brief stop at north Caneyville allowing the c... (more)

An empty Paducah and Louisville coal train out of the Mill Creek Generating Station climbs over the first of two bridges over Muldraugh Hill in the quickly fading evening light.

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)