A morning Southbound empty phosphate train (Cicero, IL (BNSF) to Mulberry, FL) passes a Northbound manifest under the Mother of God Catholic Church steeples and spires.

LIRC train JXT with the 2007 & 2302 cross the Louisville & Portland Canal section of the Ohio River as the train enters Louisville, KY with interchange traffic for the NS.

LIRC train JXT with engines 2007 & 2302 take 28 cars from Jeffersonville across the 5,218ft Ohio River bridge into Louisville, KY for interchange with the NS.

A pair of Paducah & Louisville "GP38-2"s await their next assignment at the railroad's yard in Louisville. Built in October 1984 as GP40-2s (3808 was Cotton Belt 7262, 3805 was Cotton B... (more)

The early morning sun rises and casts a warm light across the RJ Corman Kentucky Lines' yard and shop complex just outside of downtown Lexington, Kentucky. A display track sits on the corner of Ma... (more)

An RJ Corman local cuts between old and new buildings as it heads back towards the yard in Lexington, Kentucky after switching out the Standlee Hay Company. A GATC GP38-2 and an ex CSX GP15 lead t... (more)

NS 29A crosses the Green River Trestle near South Fork as it starts the climb up the mountain

A pair of RJ Corman SD70M's emerge from Tunnel 8 and catch the last tiny sliver of evening light in Ford, Kentucky after meeting a CSX coal train on the other side. Running as Z544 over CSX's CC S... (more)

In no doubt familiar territory still looking spiffy in its merger scheme this GE is hustling a southbound freight through the beautiful countryside with Nashville as the objective. Photo by Jim ... (more)

Running several hours off schedule for the third time in the past week due to equipment issues in Chicago, Amtrak No. 50 (P050 on CSX), the eastbound "Cardinal", leaves the skyline of th... (more)

The things we see come and go. Note the Union Pacific road railer. This train is southbound. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

KD tower is the far distant right of the screen. This SB train has just entered single track which will continue to Revilo several miles south. For whatever reason NS has not double tracked this... (more)

It just don't look right. For various reasons having to due with signals, avoiding turning and union contracts for s few years lo nose units ran long hood forward and had their control panels on ... (more)

As if showing the newbies around, veteran ex N&W unit leads two new GP59s at the head of an intermodal train pulling the grade after crossing the Green River.

Just north of the little hamlet double track begins even to this day. Here a northbound ballast train roars by at this favorite site. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.