CSX Lexington IT local Y150-30 exits the west portal of Princess Tunnel heading to serve the Kentucky Electric Steel plant at the end of the line with two GP40-3's rebuilt from ex-B&O and SCL bodi... (more)

CSX 411 leads the empty trash train up the 1% grade between Meads Station and Summit on the former Lexington Subdivision to Winchester. This operation was in it's waning days at this point, as af... (more)

Horizon unlevel..or train unlevel?

In the final mile of the journey from Big Run Landfill to the junction at NC Cabin on the ex-C&O Lexington Subdivision, the pusher of Y206-18 eases... (more)

Ending of an era

Local job Y206-18 passes by Gillum's Service & Repair at the former location of Meads Station south of Ashland, KY, with the pusher on the rear shoving hard to help ... (more)

CSXT 871 shoves a short train of empty trash containers over the crest of the nearly 1% grade at Summit on it's short trip from the landfill in Coalton to Russell Yard. After a short 2-year run, ... (more)

The pusher of the Lexington Branch trash train has crested the slight grade west of Ashland and is now ducking into the modified Ashland tunnel, less than a mile from the junction with the Kanawha... (more)

The show must go on

With the passing of Winter Storm Jonas, and the roads clearing up thanks to an abundance of winter warmth, the railroads have finally began reverting to normal op... (more)

With 6,800 horsepower and three gondolas from Kentucky Electric Steel, the only other customer on the remnants of the former C&O Lexington Subdivision, local Y156-15 waits for their turn to "... (more)

CSX 212 shoves hard on the last cut of loaded trash containers to be dropped off at the rail yard at Envirosolutions' Big Run Landfill. The landfill and train have become a major topic of debate ... (more)

Pulling hard out of the modified tunnel at Princess, KY on the old Lexington Subdivision, local Y206-04 is slowing down to cut off their lead locomotive before going to work, spotting cuts of tras... (more)

Easing into N.C. Cabin on a medium approach signal, eastbound CSX Y206 will soon cross over to the railroad's former Lexington Sub. with loaded waste in tow. The train is currently passing Ashland... (more)

Once a very busy junction at the meeting point of the Ashland Freight Main, the Ashland Passenger Main, and the C&O Lexington Subdivision, the C&O era signal bridge still stands guard for trains o... (more)

With the upgrading of the Lexington IT branch, scrap metal has piled up along the right of way. Presumably it will be cleaned once upgrading of the line is complete. This Ex-B&O GP40-2 is actually... (more)

"Phew, something stinks!"...the engineer chuckles, leans out the window, and shouts "I know what you mean, try being up here!". CSX 3139 has just completed pulling a train of e... (more)

After setting off a cut of empty containers on the former C&O Lexington Sub main, CSXT 3139 starts heading back east to couple to the west end of it's train and assist CSXT 405 with spotting the l... (more)