There's black and white and there's black and gray. CSX had no monopoly on yuck, though this does seem somewhat more "tasteful". I tell myself "Cheer up, it's not Fishwicky Icky&q... (more)

Yesterday Corman's anniversary edition SD70M's made their Louisville Ky. debut with sand empties with the 2023 leading. Today it was the 1973's turn to lead loads back east. The 1973 was the forme... (more)

Corman's 50th anniversary painted SD70M's make their debut leading the empty sand train into Louisville. RJC 2023 was the former NS 2607. Trailing third behind the former NYS&W SD60 is RJC 1973 ... (more)

Unassigned power. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

At the south end of the yard a departing southbound train with an ex-WM veteran.

ACL>SCL>SBD>CSX unit demoted to yard duty but it did not have to suffer the indignity of losing the turbo and dynamic brakes. There's a shot of the other side somewhere in here.

Yard power, deturboed, with the dynamic brakes plated over. Originally L&N.

LIRC 3001 in its Veteran paint leads two NS GE's with a grain train as it rolls by the Paducah & Louisville yard where soon it will get on the NS and park the train there in a siding.

Paducah & Louisville's University of Louisville inspired SD70MAC leads the CSX transfer job as it nears Osborn Yard.

Corman's empty sand train nears its destination of Nugent Sand with a pair of former NYS&W SD60's. The bridge in the background is the former Big 4 railroad bridge last used in 1968. Today it's a ... (more)

Southbound LIRC's JXTR local has crossed the Ohio River now approaches Clagg Tower where it will soon interchange cars with the NS.

RJ Cormans empty sand train returns to Louisville as it crosses over I-64. Recently GMTX 9014 and 9059 in their New York Susquehanna & Western paint have been the power.

After exchanging cars with the NS CSX local Y128 heads back to their Osborn Yard.

Now working for the R.J. Corman for use on their sand trains NYS&W SD60 3808 still sports its original reporting marks.

A NS local job sticks it nose onto the Ohio River bridge with a nice EMD set of power. NS 6102 was built in 1975 for the N&W while CP SD60 6231 was built for the SOO in 1987 as their 6031.