2011 is shaping up to be a busy year for the Paducah & Louisville RR thanks to Cane Run Coal facility in Louisville and a new NS train. Cane Run is up to three loaded trains a week.  The empties return to Armstrong Coal, at McHenry, KY, Ohio County, for reloading.

The NS unit coal train  (70J and 71J) loads at Alliance Coal at Princeton, Indiana, proceeds east across the NS (former Southern Ry) to Louisville, and interchanges with P&L in Louisville.  Then it travels  P&L to Jessup, KY (Kentucky Lake) to be unloaded.  This sequence runs about two times a week and has NS power.  The Mill Creek trains are still a daily operation.

The freight business is steadily rebounding and management wants to start running LP3 (Louisville-Paducah, southbound) and PL4 (Paducah-Louisville, northbound) six nights a week – the way we used to do it. It’s my understanding the only thing stopping that right now is a crew and power shortage.

The cement plant at Kosmosdale and the daytime local that serves it should be in full swing sometime in March or April.  – Submitted by Bill Grady, Louisville, KY