PAL's University of Kentucky inspired SD70MAC's are paired together to lead coal empties through a heavy summer thunderstorm.

PAL's University of Kentucky inspired SD70MAC's are paired together to lead coal empties southwest towards the McHenry Ky. mine.

Northbound Mill Creek coal train with the radio unit screaming like a banshee at St. John.

Paducah & Louisville empty coal train blasts out of Kosmosdale, with the Kentucky Wildcats paint scheme 2012 on point. photo by Steve Smedley

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

PAL's University of Kentucky painted 70MAC leads empties away from the LG&E power as it heads back to the mines for another load.

PAL's University of Kentucky and University of Louisville painted SD70MAC's have climbed out of the Ohio River valley for another load of western Kentucky coal.

Hopper train LG3 rolls south through Rineyville with Paducah & Louisville's UK (2012) and UofL (2013) SD70MAC's in command.

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

With a pair of SD70MAC's and a GP38-2 for power, loads for LG&E's Cane Run plant head north at Summit. The two 70MAC's are painted up to honor back-to-back NCAA basketball champions - 2012 Univers... (more)

A trio of MAC's led by PAL 2012, painted for the UK Wildcats, heads south through Millwood with empties from LG&E's Cane Run plant in Louisville.

PAL 2012, painted for the UK Wildcats, poses in front of the yard office at Louisville on a perfect May afternoon. The special scheme commemorates the University of Kentucky Wildcats' 2012 victory... (more)

Just in time for the NCAA Basketball “Sweet Sixteen” game on March 28, Paducah & Louisville parked their SD70MACs painted for the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville at th... (more)