Cincinnati to Louisville NS 335 with the Reading heritage unit waits at Buechel for traffic to clear up and shortly a new crew.

Battered but not beaten this former L&N veteran sits proudly in the winter sunlight. Photo by Craig Hatter. From my collection.

CSX M209 leads its train through a Louisville neighborhood as it heads for Osborn yard.

The University of Louisville's football stadium sits on the site that once from 1905 to the late 80's was the L&N's south Louisville shops that built many steam locomotives and serviced diesels. T... (more)

Built for the N&W in May 1966 NS SD40 1590 leads a work train east from Louisville.

WB mixed freight with a former Southern unit in charge clatters across the CSX diamond at a place in The Falls City now vastly changed.

CSX D408-21 with the 773 up front crosses over the Ohio River as it nears the lift bridge at Clagg.

Crossing over I-64 UP's Spirit of Union Pacific 1943 nears Osborn Yard in Louisville.

SOO and CP power leads CSX Q517 south towards Louisville's Osborn yard.

Waiting for the next call to duty RJC 2613 will lead the sand train and 1561 the local. SD70M 2613 was built for the NS in March 2003 while GP15-1 was built for Conrail in November 1979 as their ... (more)

In the early days locomotives would appear lettered, and in this case painted, in PAL colors, only to last a short time. This nice looking ex-TASD unit had friction bearings, anachronistic even i... (more)

In VMV's heyday, they'd get a unit, slap VMV or PAL on the slide and assign it to PAL until the unit was sold, rebuilt or failed. The only trick was finding a PAL train running in the daytime. Th... (more)

Auto Train in Louisville? Yes, they operated there for a short time. If it had started in Chicago it might have made sense.

A northbound CSX military train waits for a signal at Central Ave. with KCS power which includes a scarce white GP38-2.

NS 167 heads east out of Louisville with a freshly rebuilt AC44C6M that was built from Dash 9 9455.