NPR's turn back to Lansford from Kramer rolls through a field of crop and flowers, a common scene for this remote operation.

RRVW's Hankinson Turn highballs Tenney, MN as it heads west over trackage rights on CP's former Soo mainline.

A loaded TTI coal train heads north toward the Ohio River transload at Maysville, seen here passing through rural Flemingsburg Jct on a quiet Thursday morning.

Now on CSX as the Z702, a loaded TTI coal train heads for the Ohio River transload passing the often photographed "Welcome to Maysville" sign painted on the floodwall.

P&L's interchange run to NS heads on the former K&IT.

A pair of remote controlled MG Rail GP20s couple to a cut of loaded grain hoppers that will then be pulled into the port for unloading. Quite the unusual industrial operation and a nice treat to ... (more)

Empty coal hoppers head for Indiana for another load of black diamonds, seen here passing the long siding at rural Waddy, KY.

A very heavy TTI coal train starts up the toughest grade on the line for loads at Pleasant Valley. By the time the rear end pushers pass, the train will be down on its knees and all seven B36s (4... (more)

SIND's daily job to CSX shoves its interchange cars down to the connection track behind a repowered Alco that sounds much more like an aircraft's APU instead of a product of Schenectady.

LIRC's local from Jeffersonville, IN heads for home after switching the cement plant in Speed, passing the 'plane on a stick' on its way south.

CSX's local to Jeffersonville, IN and surrounding areas returns to Kentucky, crossing the Ohio River on LIRC's former PRR bridge.

A quad-pack of B36's idle on the mainline as the pusher puts a loaded coal train away in the yard at Maysville. With the 'classic' CSX logo on the hopper, this place is a little bit like a time m... (more)

A trio of venerable Dash 7 GE's shove on a loaded coal train bound for the Ohio River transload at Maysville, KY, passing the tranquil farm scene at Somo.

A pair of gray KCS(M) AC4400CWs lead this southbound across the former SP Macaroni Line, soon to enter UP trackage for the run to Robstown, TX, where the train will re-gain KCS tracks for the jour... (more)

A lite power move traverses the 32nd St. interlocking as it rolls slowly west.