Basking in the evening sun waiting for the next days assignment.

Paducah & Louisville empty coal train blasts out of Kosmosdale, with the Kentucky Wildcats paint scheme 2012 on point. photo by Steve Smedley

The Mill Creek empties depart Kosmosdale behind University of Kentucky inspired PAL 4522, passing the Kosmos Cement plant on their way south. The recently painted unit wears a special scheme (simi... (more)

PAL 4522 leads the Mill Creek empties south through Stephensburg. The recently painted SD70MAC is one of three P&L units wearing University of Kentucky inspired colors, including PAL 1998 (GP38-2)... (more)

Sunday Silence... 3808 and 3803 sit dormant in the yard at Cecilia, KY awaiting the next assignment that will call upon their prime movers to generate some noise yet again.

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

Southbound Cane Run empties at Horton, KY. This was the last one I would shoot before LG&E Cane Run stopped receiving coal.

Loaded coal train out of Warrior mine with 6 GP's heads south bound as it meets the local heading to Madisonville with 6 units in it's train

P&L #4504 & #4516 SD70Mac's

Behind a mixed bag of power, Paducah & Louisville PL4 crosses Garrett bridge on its way down Muldraugh Hill.

Spring color is beginning to show in the hills as one of the final trains for LG&E Cane Run heads south through Spring Lick. The train will load at Armstrong Coal in McHenry, KY and return north t... (more)

A friendly wave from engineer J.L. Scott as a P&L empty coal train gets under way from the LG&E Cane Run generating station. This was one of the last trains to serve the plant which was converted... (more)

The Cane Run empties drop off Rosine Hill at Jerusalem Ridge, homeplace of Bluegrass legend Bill Monroe. The end is near for this train, with LG&E Cane Run converting to Natural Gas in the near fu... (more)

With Paducah & Louisville's UK and U of L inspired university painted GP38-2's leading the Bluegrass State 1 office car brings up the back end as it enters the Louisville yard.

Paducah & Louisville GP39 8507 is in charge of a short business car train in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 15th, 2015. Along with Power Car #10 is heavyweight Business Car #1, the "Bluegrass ... (more)