1st Place WKNRHS Photo Contest – September 2022 – Trains operate in any weather conditions and today is just another day on the NS Louisville District as NS #279 (8129 West) waits for NS #219(East) to clear the switch at Buechel, KY in a downpour that would last about 10 minutes. – Photo by Bill Grady 9/11/20222nd Place WKNRHS Photo Contest – September 2022 – CSX geometry train with EMD GP40-2, travels south on the Henderson Sub at Poor House signal between Hanson and Madisonville, KY, September 26, 2022. According to information from a post by Jim Pearson in 2021, the first car in the train is a former Southern Pacific 10-6 sleeper built in 1971. Photo by Bill Thomas, taken from Brown Badgett Loop with an iPhone 10.3rd Place WKNRHS Photo Contest – September 2022 – A BNSF crew member conducts a rollby inspection at the Big 10 Curve outside Denver, CO. on 9-14-22. – Photo by Will King
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WKNRHS Photo Contest – September 2022 – On a perfect Mid-day Sunday, NS Train #168 Westbound leans into a curve at Kyana, Indiana on the Norfolk Southern Southeast District. They will set out at Huntingburg then proceed on to Princeton, Indiana. – Photo by Bill Grady 9/18/2022WKNRHS Photo Contest – September 2022 – Three Pacifics of various heritage have arrived at the Quaker Oats facility in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa on September 8, 2022. Leading the pack is Union Pacific C44ACM number 6254. The middle locomotive is Missouri Pacific heritage SD70Ace number 1982. Trailing is Canadian Pacific SD70ACu number 7056, rebuilt by Progress Rail in Mayfield. – Photo by Chris Dees.WKNRHS Photo Contest – September 2022 – An estimated twenty-five percent of all U.S. rail traffic travels a part of its journey over short line railroads. Iowa River Railroad GP30 3004 and GP38M 3802 do their part in the supply chain, hauling ethanol from Pine Lake Corn Processors in Steamboat Rock, Iowa. Photographed by Chris Dees at Ackley, Iowa on the morning of September 8, 2022. – Photo by Chris DeesWKNRHS Photo Contest – September 2022 – CSX 3194, Honoring our Law Enforcement Unit leads a northbound through Mortons Junction at Mortons Gap, KY on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky BivinsWKNRHS Photo Contest – September 2022 – CSX Mixed freight heads north at Mortons Gap, KY with two units in elephant style, on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky BivinsWKNRHS Photo Contest – September 2022 – SD70M locomotive UP 4015 sits at Glenwood Springs, CO , on September 14th, 2022. This Loco had a tale to tell thanks to the Engineer. You can see that the trucks are painted silver because it was used behind the last run of the Big Boy.- Photo by Will King
