Chapter Photo Contest – The Pennyrail Online Edition

January 2025 Photo Contest Winners

April 4, 2025 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section

1st Place – It had been cloudy all morning and Norfolk Southern 4471 is leading westbound train #168 down Buechel Hill when at the last few seconds, the sun popped out bringing the snow on the trees to life. Buechel, KY 1-6-2025. Photo by Bill Grady

2bd Place – Union Pacific 7273 leads a southbound at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on January 22nd, 2025. Photo by Ricky Bivins

Non Winners

RJ Corman locomotives 3803 and 3815 setting at idle in the RJ Corman distribution facility in Rockfield, Kentucky on January 19, 2025, Photo by William Farrell

With 10+ inches of snow, Norfolk Southern #219 is eastbound with 9880 leading with a Slow Order of 25 mph through the switches at Buechel, KY on 1-6-2025. Photo by Bill Grady

Following a lunar signal at Hospital Drive, CSX Henderson Sub northbound local squeaks onto the wye leg of the Morganfield Branch lead to Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, KY, Friday, January 31, 2025. The sky has cleared after a night of rain which prompted several hi-rail trips through town. Had the TTX box had a fresh coat of paint, it would have stood nicely in contrast to the blue sky and the rather drab mid-winter surroundings. Shot by Bill Thomas.

BNSF 8080 leads a southbound at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on January 31st, 2025. Photo by Ricky Bivins

September 2024 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

October 30, 2024 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section

The winners for our September 2024 photo contest were Ricky Bivins 1st Place and Chris Dees for 2nd! Congratulations Bill and our next contest runs the month of January 2025! Entries due to Jim Pearson by midnight on Febuary 7th, 2025.

Our 2025 Chapter Calendars will be available for Purchase/Order at our November meeting and available for pickup at our December Christmas Party.

1st Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS September 2024 Photo Contest – A northbound mixed freight with CN power leading the way crosses over West Broadway Street in Madisonville, Ky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on September 12^th, 2023. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

2nd Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS September 2024 Photo Contest – Held Up At Horicon – Wisconsin & Southern SD40-2 4219, GP59 5906 and another GP59 await tomorrow morning’s early call for train HJ-1 (Horicon to Janesville) at the company’s Horicon, Wisconsin engine facility. 4219 began life as a standard SD40 prior to her rebuild. – Photographed September 03, 2024 by Chris Dees

West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS September 2024 Photo Contest – A southbound mixed freight heads through downtown Mortons Gap, Ky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on September 3rd, 2023. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS September 2024 Photo Contest – A Streetcar Named Desire – On September 06, 2024, Kenosha, Wisconsin Transit Authority (KTA) streetcar 4616 awaits the first run of the day. The KTA runs a two-mile loop through downtown Kenosha, stopping on demand for citizens running errands or tourists enjoying the sights and sounds along the Lake Michigan shoreline. The 4616’s yellow colors pay homage to The Cincinnati Street Railway system. – Photo by Chris Dees

July 2024 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

August 12, 2024 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section

The winners for our July 2024 photo contest were Bill Grady 1st Place and Bill Grady for 2nd! Congratulations Bill and our next contest runs the month of September 2024! Entries due to Jim Pearson by midnight on October 7th.

1st Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS July 2024 Photo Contest – Standing at the crossing at Sebree Springs, Kentucky, CSX M647’s head-end has cleared the city Limit of Sebree and the engineer notches them out to keep rolling South in this July 7, 2024 view. Photo by Bill Grady

2nd Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS July 2024 Photo Contest – NS #168 is sounding the horn for the small community of Tazwell, Indiana. The up and down profile of NS’s Southern-East District can be seen in the “hump” here. – July 21, 2024 Photo by Bill Grady

West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS July 2024 Photo Contest – July, 30, 2024, A northbound MTA Metro North commuter train pulls into Southeast, NY, station on the “Harlem Line”. This former New York Central artery normally terminates a few more miles up the line in Wassaic, NY, but due to some heavy track maintenance Southeast it its northern terminal for a while. Shortly, this train set will back through the crossover and into the service yard unseen to the right followed by the southbound train making its way to the southbound platform from the same yard. The round trip from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, NY, was part of the travels during Bill, Angela, Joe Thomas’s trip to NY to see their daughter Fern and Angela’s sister Jodi. Top speed was about 60 mph according to the iPhone speedometer. – Photo by Bill Thomas

West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS July 2024 Photo Contest – July 28, 2024, From the former New York Central “high line” one can overlook the MTA’s Westside Yard in the Hudson Yards community of Manhattan, New York City. This section of the high line is called the Interim High Line Walkway. It was built as a ramp up to the main portion of the line along the Hudson River from W 30th to W 34th streets. The line moves east after doing a complete 180 degree turn then veers south to run parallel with 10th Ave. The historic elevated rail line replaced the street level tracks so important to the industrial businesses and life on Manhattan’s west side. The high line fell into disuse in the 1960s. CSX Transportation (RR) donated the structure to the city in 2005. Since then it has literally flourished as a walking nature trail above the streets with native plants installed among the rusting tracks. The line terminates at Ganesvoort St., in lower Manhattan. The yard tracks in this view end at the wall in the foreground. The tracks run east to Penn Station’s beautiful new Moynahan Train Hall where I arrived and departed on Amtrak 50 and 51, The Cardinal. – Photo by Bill Thomas

West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS July 2024 Photo Contest – The CSX Conrail Heritage unit leads Conrail a northbound freight at Mortons Gap, Ky on July 18, 2024. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS July 2024 Photo Contest – The CSX track working crew at Mortons Gap, Ky on July 18, 2024. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

May 2024 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

July 15, 2024 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section

The winners for our May 2024 photo contest were Ricky Bivins for 1st Place and Bill Grady for 2nd! Congratulations to you both and our next contest runs the month of July 2024! Entries due to Jim Pearson by midnight on August 7th.

1st Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS May 2024 Photo Contest –CSX Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage Unit leads a northbound train through Mortons Gap KY on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on May 12th, 2024. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

2nd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS May 2024 Photo Contest – Reactivated CSX Autorack trains M216 and M217 are back to operating on CSX’s “Texas” Subdivision. Here is CSX M217-27 Eastbound just East of Maceo, KY on a splendid May 27, 2024. – Photo by Bill Grady

CSX locomotive # 3138 on the lead of a south bound coal drag just north of Trenton, Kentucky. Photo by William Farrell, May 23, 2024

Louisville to Owensboro “Long Distance Local” L369-11 is nearing the end of its run as it passes the M.P. 109 Signal known as “Steelton”. The crew will yard their train at Doyle Yard in Owensboro to end the day. May 11, 2024. Photo by Bill Grady

The Butlers Did It – The motive power for Union Pacific’s train LBU53, the daily turn to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, rests up for today’s run at the former Chicago & Northwestern yard in Butler, WI on Saturday May 18, 2024. GP40-2 1480 began life on the Baltimore & Ohio, GP40N 1493 is a former Penn Central unit, and GP60E 1107 started out on the Southern Pacific back in 1993. Photo by Chris Dees

Parked at Portage – Two unrebuilt Canadian Pacific SD40-2 units, 6043 and 6025, bask in the sunlight at Portage, WI on May 25, 2024 as they await their next assignment. Photo taken by Chris Dees from the northbound Amtrak Borealis (new service from Chicago to St. Paul) that just launched four day earlier on May 21, 2024.

Kentucky and West Tennessee Railway 1808 leads a freight through a crossing in the countryside. – Photo by Cooper Smith

Kentucky and West Tennessee Railway 1808 leads a freight through the countryside. – Photo by Cooper Smith

BNSF 6318 leads a train through Mortons Gap, Ky on May 1, 2024, as it heads south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

March 2024 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

March 23, 2024 Jim Pearson No Comments Bill Farrell, Bill Grady, Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Rick Bivins

The winners for our January 2024 photo contest were Bill Grady for 1^st 2^nd,Place. Congratulations to you Bill and our next contest will run the full month of May 2024!

1st Place winner of the March 2024 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest – NS #279 is on a downhill roll through Jeffersontown, KY on a splendid early spring afternoon. In just a few minutes, he will stop at Appliance Park to make his set-out. – March 26, 2024 Photo by bill Grady

2nd Place winner of the March 2024 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest – Indiana Rail Road’s Daily except Saturday SAHW (Senate Ave/Indianapolis – Hiawatha Yard/Jasonville, IN) is moving right along through Morgantown, Indiana on a clear early spring Thursday, March 28, 2024. – Photo by Bill Grady

Other March 2024 Contest Entries

March 2024 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest Entry – CSX locomotive 862 pulling a north bound mixed freight at Substation Road, on March 12th 2024. – Photo by William Farrell

March 2024 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest Entry – CSX mixed freight southbound at Mortons Gap KY on March 24, 2024. 7:20 AM. – Photo by Rick Bivins

March 2024 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest Entry – CSX mixed freight northbound at Mortons Gap KY on March 24, 2024. 7:20 AM. – Photo by Rick Bivins

January 2024 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

February 24, 2024 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section

Our membership voted at last Monday’s meeting and the winners for our January 2024 photo contest were Bill Farrell 1^st Place and Cooper Smith 2^nd,Place. Congratulations to you both and our next contest will run the full month of March!

1st Place winner of the January 2024 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest – Northbound Canadian Pacific locomotive 8705 waiting in Hopkinsville, Kentucky for the all clear to proceed, on 1/15/2024. – Photo by William Farrell

2nd Place winner of the January 2024 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest – Fort Campbell’s USAX pulling loads from the CSX interchange in Hopkinsville, KY. – Photo by Cooper Smith

Other Entries Below

CSXT 721 leads a SB at Mortons Gap KY on January 15, 2024 on the Henderson Subdivision. Photo by Rick Bivins.

RJC train MR25 dashes through the snow in Russellville, KY. – Photo by Cooper Smith

October 2023 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

October 18, 2023 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners

1st Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS October 2023 Photo Contest – NS 3663 leads NS #224 as it sits “in the hole” at Buechel, KY. It is waiting his turn to make a set out at Appliance Park while another train is making a pickup on this Fall peak week around Louisville, KY. – Photo by Bill Grady

2nd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS October 2023 Photo Contest – A northbound Canadian National mixed freight crosses the Big Muddy River just north of Carbondale IL. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

September 2023 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

September 18, 2023 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners

1st Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS September 2023 Photo Contest – CSX mixed freight heads southbound with “Geeps” leading, pass through Mortons Gap KY, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

2nd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS September 2023 Photo Contest – CSXT 4719 and 38 lead a mixed freight as they head north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

July 2023 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

August 23, 2023 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section

1st Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS May 2023 Photo Contest by Bill Grady – Norfolk Southern #60P westbound is making its way through Buechel, KY. #60P is a Unit Potash train out of Canada that is turned over to the NS at Chicago, Illinois for the trip to Louisville, KY on July 6th, 2023. – Photo by Bill Grady

2nd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS July 2023 Photo Contest by Bill Farrell – Locomotive 271, F-9 unit of the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railroad, idles before leaving the Candor Yard, North Carolina on July 30th, 2023. – Photo by Bill Farrell

3rd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS July 2023 Photo Contest by Bill Thomas – New CSX Heritage Seaboard System Locomotive 1982 heads south through the crossing at West Lake Street in Madisonville, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Bill Thomas

Other Entries

As new CSX Heritage Seaboard System Locomotive 1982 fresh from the paint shop and making its maiden run, heads up CSX I026 as his consist rolls through the 50-mph curve northbound at St, James, Indiana on a great July 4th afternoon. – photo by Bill Grady

CSX Honoring our Law Enforcement locomotive 3194 heads up an empty coal train as it heads north at Mortons Gap Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

CSX Seaboard System Heritage locomotive 1982 leads I026 as it heads north at Mortons Gap Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

May 2023 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

July 16, 2023 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section

1st Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS May 2023 Photo Contest by Ricky Bivins – CSX Operation Lifesaver engine 4568 leads a northbound freight at Mortons Gap Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

2nd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS May 2023 Photo Contest by Chris Dees – Norfolk Southern AC44C6M number 4534 leads a northbound Canadian National empty potash train through the Carroll University campus in Waukesha, WI on the morning of May 28, 2023. Photo by Chris Dees. – Photo by Chris Dees

The other entries were:

To All Trains…the exit from Chicago Union Station’s Grand Hall beckons Metra and Amtrak passengers toward a new adventure on Memorial Day 2023. Photo by Chris Dees.

BNSF 7570 leads a southbound loaded grain train at Mortons Gap Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky Bivins.

March 2023 Photo Contest Winners & Entries

May 27, 2023 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section

Congratulations to the winners of our Chapter photo contest winner for March!

1st Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS March 2023 Photo Contest by Bill Grady – Norfolk Southern Intermodal #219 is coming through the cut at Depauw, Indiana on a nice, clear, spring morning as it heads to Louisville, KY with 4530 leading the way. – Photo by Bill Grady

2nd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS March 2023 Photo Contest by Cooper Smith – PAL 3812 heads across the Tennessee River at Grand Rivers, Kentucky as it leads a coal train to West Paducah. – Photo by Cooper Smith

3rd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS March 2023 Photo Contest by Bill Farrell – CSX locomotive 3377 on the lead of train I025 at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky. Photo by Bill Farrell.

RJ Corman is celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year with these two former Norfolk Southern SD70M’s in a special paint. They are currently “testing” on the “Sand Train” that runs nightly from Nugent Sand in Louisville to the unloading point at RJ Cormans Yard in Lexington, KY. – Photo by Bill Grady

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January 2023 Photo Contest Winners

March 20, 2023 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners

First Place January 2023 West KY NRHS Photo Contest – RJ Corman locomotive 3803 eastbound, pulling a local freight between Russellville and Auburn, Kentucky. – Photo by William Farrell

Second Place January 2023 West KY NRHS Photo Contest -Norfolk Southern Intermodal #218 has taken the siding at Buechel, KY to wait for a Kentucky Utilities Coal Train #76J to charge the hill towards Danville, KY. NS #218 has no work this day and will be at the home terminal in Louisville in short order. Buechel, KY on January 27, 2023. – Photo by Bill Grady

January 2023 Photo Contest

February 25, 2023 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners

The winners and entries from the chapter’s 2023 Photo Contest! Our next contest runs from March 1-31, 2023. Each member may submit two entries as JPGs and deadline for your entries is April 7th, 2023. Your entries must be shot during the March 1-31st time frame.