A run of the mill commuter train passing in the night was not a common scene on the Southern Railway's LL Branch, in fact a passenger train would have been an oddity after the Great Depression. S... (more)

Former ICG 7738, a GP8 Paducah Rebuild, charges under the old Rosemont signal bridge at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum during a members night. Both locomotive and signal represent unique items ass... (more)

A southbound tank train rolls through the CP at Rosemont with a former C&NW Operation Lifesaver AC4400 third from lead on the second day of 2016.

The ingot train rolls northbound through the S-curve at Yarnallton on a sunny January afternoon. Two of the more recently acquired yellow ingot cars are also visible in this view.

An N&W Class-J on home rails was something I had not expected to see, but here it was in all its glory hauling tuscan passenger cars over the famed Blueridge Grade. The sound for the twenty minut... (more)

The Lexington Dinner Train is returning from Versailles with a murder mystery trip on the LL Branch. This line has several wooden trestles and the one at Elkchester seemed like a good choice to a... (more)

The Lexington Dinner Train backs toward the glass house on a sunny December afternoon to unload a North Pole Express trip. Santa was riding the rear vestibule with the conductor and waved as they... (more)

Four "Tote Boats" in four different paint schemes roll empty hoppers south just outside of Carlisle, Kentucky. The colorful consist is complimented by a little bit of autumn foliage and... (more)

The intent of this photograph was to put TTI in front of the depot, but at the last minute CSX decided to show up. I'm pleased that fate intervened in this case, as it made for a more interesting... (more)

The tight radius of the curve combined with its elevation make for a dramatic telephoto at this location on Jett Hill. Work had commenced to improve this curve, but appears to have stopped for th... (more)

Northbound aluminum ingots make their way through the middle of town in Midway, Kentucky behind a former D&RGW Tunnel Motor.

Amtrak's phase I heritage unit led the 2015 New River Train eastbound. At Hinton, the three locomotives with the 156 on the east end have uncoupled from their train and run around to the west end... (more)

A northbound coal train makes its way up Cowan Hill behind four "Tote Boats" working their guts out and dropping sand in a cloud behind them. These old veterans just popped out of the C... (more)

A train of ribbon rail skirts the Ohio River at Maysville, Kentucky on its trip east.

A light power move returning to Paris after taking 45 loads of coal to Maysville earlier the same day crosses the south fork of the Licking River at Millersburg, Kentucky. The strange slow order ... (more)