The wife and I were in Paducah Saturday (12/5) for some shopping and a bit of train chasing. There were three UP coal trains in the area as well as an Oakway powered coal train outbound for Grand Rivers.The  P&L local was returning to North Yard and there was the usual weekend gaggle of power at the office/shop area. The hit of the day, however, was the Oakway coal train approaching the new bridge over the Tennessee River just below Kentucky Dam. The road and railroad that used to cross the dam now cross the river on a pair of new bridges.

On Monday I was returning home from the Mall in Hopkinsville and caught an infrequent Fort Campbell Rail movement – a long string of empty flats southbound to the Fort.    I caught the pair of Army Geeps below the new Lovers Lane overpass.

Army GP10s southbound with empty flats for Ft Campbell. – Photo by Chuck Hinrichs 12/7/09