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.

The RJ Corman Kentucky Line's empty Alcan aluminum slab train crosses over the Kentucky River as it comes into Frankfort, Kentucky on a bridge that parallels an abandoned road bridge that once car... (more)

A southbound merchandise train in the trench that replaced the "Rathole" tunnel that existed before. The photographer probably had his eye on one of the many "free" cedars for... (more)

Is it OK to call yourself a "pre ditch light" railfan? Just a thought. In any case, NS had two really rare models and here is one on a SB double stack train in the remote Bluegrass State country... (more)

After crossing the south fork of the Green River the CNO&TP began a major climb to this small hamlet. This used to require a narrow gassy tunnel. No more, thanks to a forward-thinking Southern R... (more)

A pair of NS rebuilds, one from Wabtec and one from Progress Rail, lead Norfolk Southern manifest freight 376 as it heads north over High Bridge, crossing over the Kentucky River in High Bridge, K... (more)

The "Rathole" is an actually a study in contrasts all the way from Cincinnati to Emory Gap. This is one of the flat areas that intersperse with the rugged territory. Hear a hot SB merc... (more)

Northbound hoppers at a location which has changed much since the days when a tower was really here. The broom sedge emerging after the line relocation has no doubt given way to scrub pines and b... (more)

Running with a pair of anniversary motors instead of F-Units, the dinner train is near the preferred photo angle by the depot. You have enough time to get both.

An RJ Corman Kentucky Lines local crew makes an evening run up to Standlee Hay Company on the north of Lexington, Kentucky to switch out boxcars. The power is RJCC 2017, an RS23BD that is a protot... (more)

A southbound merchandise with a native locomotive rolls by a good spot on the CNO&TP. I wonder how soon Cincy will figure out they made an error selling it. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my c... (more)