Q540 leaves Lexington with more power than train
A lone RJC geep sits by the former L&N coaling towers
Q50 leaves Lexington during the last Week of CSX operation
Southbound led by a former Conrail SD60M hustles down the old CNO&TP on a bright Fall morning with a very short intermodal train.
RJ Corman SD40T-2 5372 is backlit but looking fine in her new paint as she waits out a lazy Fall afternoon in Lexington Yard.
Southern #5228 is on the point of this consist through Lexington.
T&P #610 rests at the Lexington Depot. The next day she pulled an excursion train to Louisville and return.
CSX 114 enters the yard in Lexington.
CSX engine 545 with a coal train for Kentucky Utilities' E.W. Brown power plant waits for the Southern crew to arrive from Cincinnatti to take the train from CSX and head south to the plant.
A soon to be antique... Sperry self propelled vehicles are quickly being replaced by Hi-Rail trucks!
Long hood forward shot of RJC #9008
RJ Corman power, the exL&N coaling towers, and the Lexington, KY skyline...this will soon be a common sight in town!
CSX #2512 with the 5/3rd Bank building in the background....the unmistakable blue building in Lexington's Skyline.
Probably what is to be the last set of CSX locomotives to operate in regular CSX service at Lexington,KY.