Wonderful picture, Doyle. I love that you not only got RJ Corman, but also street running. RJC tends to keep their locos on the cleaner side, but it's a bit difficult to wash the top of the train. Great catch...also that these are tunnel motors. Congrats on the Screener's Choice!
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Fabulous scene. We don't get these sort of street workings here in the UK.
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Nice angle. Is that the drone's shadow in the intersection?
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| Posted by Marc on February 10, 2015 | |
Really neat shot of something you don't see much anymore. Nice job.
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Another great drone picture, Doyle.
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I just worked this photo on Jigidi as a puzzle. The tall tower is known as the State Office Tower and houses only State Government employees. The large three story, stone building, is known as the "Old State Capitol" and serves as Kentucky History Museum. This train is a tribute to the greatness of Richard Jay Corman. The train runs from a facility in Berea, Ky. that turns aluminum cans into large ingots. The cars of this train are former pulpwood cars with the ends cut down, and cross bucks installed. Each car can carry two ingots. Leaving Berea the train runs north to Winchester, Ky. where it turns west and runs to Louisville, Ky. Leaving Louisville the train travels west to Bowling Green Ky. where it turns south towards Russellville Ky. Just south of Bowling Green, Mr. Corman built two large warehouses where the ingots are stored. One of the buildings stores ingots for Logan Aluminum, and the other building stores ingots for Commonwealth Aluminum. Once all cars are empty the train returns to Berea, Ky. empty, as seen in Doyle's wonderful photo. Ingots in storage are pulled and loaded on R.J. Corman cars and delivered to the aluminum rolling mills as needed. This unique operation came about when Rick Corman discovered that rail cars hauling ingots from Canada and other places were not being unloaded in a timely manor at the rolling mills, thus running up fees. He told each company that they were losing money and that he could stop the loss. Both companies stated that they were making plenty of money. Rick Corman was able to prove where they were losing money. Please note that this entire operation is in the State of Kentucky. The State of Kentucky is a big winner, in that a tractor trailer truck can haul only one ingot at a time and would require twice as many trips to get the job done while adding damage to the roads. My good friend Rick Corman is no longer with us, but his great legacy lives on.
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