These days, The Bates Branch Loadout tends to be a storage yard for Track Maintenance Equipment.

I guess it's GTW at this point. For a solid color this last paint scheme is pretty good. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Back when GTW had trackage rights into the Cincinnati area it was common to see their units here and on pushers up Erlanger hill. I wonder if CN still technically has those rights. Photo by Dave... (more)

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

Somewhere east of town the Lynch Turn is coming home.

Over recent years, things have surly changed at Coal Run Yard. The former Appalachian Fuels loadout no longer stands but trains are still rolling in and out of the hollows of Bevins Branch at the ... (more)

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

Out in the country just north of town a southbound train rolls through.

A southbound grain extra out in the beautiful fields of rural central Kentucky. Lead unit may know the way, being originally L&N. Photo by "Boxcar" Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.... (more)

A northbound mixed freight consist has an unusually small set of motive power. It appears the engineer had just opened the throttle a notch or two on that GE. Photo by Cal Christian, from my col... (more)

Too bad they couldn't just put new guts in these as they did on SD45s. Retired and destined for razor blades, this one sits awaiting transport.

Too bad they couldn't just put new guts in these as they did on SD45s. Retired and destined for razor blades, this one sits awaiting transport.

You ain't kidding me, it came down from somewhere high up to butcher up L&N to the max when CSX came in. Two years later many Chessie units were looking almost pristine and the "Old Reliable... (more)

After meeting a northbound this coal train has gotten a light at the south end of double track.

CSX mine run R233 crosses the first of two C&O built trestles in the small community of Hall,KY on CSX's Elkhorn & Beaver Valley Subdivision. Todays train has 107 SCWX empties for loading at Typo ... (more)