Outbound LP3 power at Louisville: PAL 2012 and PAL 2013 (UK and UofL SD70MAC's), and PAL 3803 (GP38-2).

"Buttheads" we call them. Considering Congress they don't need the insult. Switchers are passing from the scene slowly but surely so I try to get every one I can. This unit originally ca... (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)

This one had been sitting a while. Originally an L&N unit, it probably never ran again for anyone. No information but from the looks of the damage I'd guess they hit a derailed car that had leane... (more)

A southbound ballast train led by four standard cab EMD's (SD50/GP40-2/SD40-2/SD50) approaches Osborn Yard.

CSX Q511 with the 7777 rolls past U of L's Cardinal Stadium as it heads for Osborn Yard.

With the PGA Championship being played at the nearby Valhalla golf course a special BNSF passenger train consisting of sixteen cars remains parked on the RJ Corman track while its guests enjoy ... (more)

In its final weeks wearing Southern paint GP38-2 5108 works the Whitner yard.

Built in 1984 as EMDX 2 before serving Conrail the now CSX SD60 8711 leads Q242 north from Louisville's Osborn Yard.

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.

I was happy to be newly located in the area and to catch this early paint scheme, already unusual, on the equally unusual lightweight U-boat. This are nearly my favorite modern units. Their dist... (more)

In town for the Kentucky Derby and split in two to fit on the stub tracks at Norfolk Southern's Louisville Terminal, the OCS waits for the biggest two minutes in sports and an eventual return trip... (more)

Louisville & Nashville Alco FA-2 #311.