ICG Century 636 #1101 idles under the sand tower at Oak Street Yard on a frigid morning. It and its sister Alcos regularly worked between Paducah and Louisville in the Seventies.

The eccentric crank and rods of L&N 4-6-2 #152 in repose at Kentucky Railway Museum.

Blue power under blue skies on the PAL. SD70MAC #2012 and GMTX 2661 lead train CC2 at West Point, KY.

CSX westbound MOW train W044-23 rolls through Claremont, WV behind SD50-2s 8641 and 8503. As is evident from the new ties along the right of way, track work was ongoing in the area. The classic... (more)

RJ Corman SD40T-2s 8569 and 8718 run light above Dunloup Creek from South Side to Harvey, WV after doing some switching of cars to be interchanged with CSX at Thurmond.

Amtrak’s “Salute Our Veterans” unit leads train 50, the eastbound Cardinal along the New River at Claremont, WV.

The engineer’s (or driver’s) cab position in a Brill Model 55 motor car. Sparse and utilitarian next to the motor compartment of the car. This motor car is Frankfort & Cincinnati M55-1 pres... (more)

Frankfort & Cincinnati Brill Motor car M55-1 and L&N 4-6-2 #152 had been brought out for New Haven, Kentucky’s annual Iron Horse Festival. The historic pieces were displayed in front of the Ke... (more)

The last customers have just left the Rails Restaurant Bar on Main St as CSX Q502 eases through LaGrange.

CSX train Q511 splits the signals at Crestwood, KY. This pair of hold-over signals from the L&N era are two of the few searchlight types remaining on the Shortline Subdivision.

Paducah & Louisville train LG3 passes a house in West Point, KY paint in the P&L color scheme and adored with a crossbuck at the gable end of the house. Both the train and the photographer are ru... (more)

BNSF #8519 is the trailing unit on an engine consist being set up at Paducah & Louisville’s Oak Street Yard. The locomotive will head south overnight on PAL train LP3. This new SD70 ACe P6, wh... (more)

Southern 2-10-4 #610, cylinder cocks open, departs the North Wye at K&IT’s Youngtown Yard on 6-10-78. The former T&P locomotive is taking an excursion train from Louisville to Danville, KY on a... (more)

Louisville & Indiana duo 2003 and 2871 set off cars on the Norfolk Southern interchange tracks along Louisville’s river front.

A Norfolk Southern general merchandise train led by C40-9 #8771 exits the westernmost of the two tunnels at Twin Branch, WV. The CPL signals continue to steadfastly perform their duties.