Photos from the Pennyrail Newsletter
High noon on June 17, 2023 in Union Mills, Indiana sees the Chesapeake and Indiana power resting for the weekend. The railroad’s reporting marks of CKIN earned the railroad’s nickname of “The Chicken” by local railfans. 6386 is an SD40-2 and 5115 is a GP38-2. Photo by Chris Dees
Siemens Charger number 4611 is ready to depart Carbondale, Illinois with the morning Saluki to Chicago on the morning of July 7, 2023. Superliners are being used on the Illini and Saluki trains due to their heavier weight and improved detection by the PTC signal system. Photo by Chris Dees.
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Congratulations to the winners of our Chapter photo contest winner for March!
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An all-NS day at Warrior Coal. Photo by Bill Thomas
(Apple iPhone SE (2nd generation) Wide Camera — 28 mm ƒ1.8. 2682 × 1509)
A LITTLE ODD – This loaded CSX coal train on the Warrior branch, Madisonville was long hood forward on February 10, 202, when editor Bill Thomas caught it idling and waiting on a crew.
(Apple iPhone SE (2nd generation) Wide Camera — 28 mm ƒ1.8. 2682 × 1509)
The engine number is obscured, but this late model Southern Pacific cab-forward is sticking its nose out of a dead-end tunnel. Say-what..? The location is Cascade Summit on the line from Eugene to Klamath Falls, Oregon.
A helper district from Oakridge ended here at the summit. The helpers were cut off and turned on a wye for the return trip downhill. The problem here at Cascade Summit was cramped space, and a turning wye requires a fair amount of real estate to function.
Problem solved, burrow a tunnel long enough negotiate the movement. The track leading out of the picture to the left links up with the Westbound mainline towards Klamath Falls. The other towards Oakridge and Portland. . A turntable was impractical unless covered, and snowplows easily keep the wye clear. To my knowledge this arrangement is unique to the Southern Pacific. Photo and caption submitted by Gary Ostlund.
My daughter in NY sent me this snap shot of her cat.
Anyone see any resemblance to a famous RR mascot?
Hint: Sleep like a kitten…
Editor’s Choice – Meadow River Lumber Company steam locomotive, Heisler No. 6, leads a freight train past a wetlands area at Hosterman, West Virginia during the Mountain Rail WV, Rail Heritage Photography Weekend. The event was held at the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, Durbin, WV, and Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, WV, from November 4-6th, 2022.
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A Moment in Time – It’s August 25, 1994, as Midwest Coal Handling prepares to depart P&L’s Central City, Kentucky yard back to TVA’s Paradise Steam Plant. The four locomotive consist included CF7 2508, GP7u 2005, CF7 2525, and another unidentified CF7. CF7 2525 was still wearing the paint of previous owner Nashville & Eastern. Today CF7 2508 survives in Enid, Oklahoma serving Consolidated Grain & Barge. Photo by Evan Werkema, Chris Dees collection.
CSX L382 puts out a bit of smoke as it pulls away from WF Ware after picking up a cut of grain cars at Trenton, Kentucky on July 12th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision. L382 is the local that runs between Casky yard in Hopkinsville and Guthrie, Ky and here we catch it as it starts its run back to Casky. Photo and caption by Jim Pearson.
On Saturday, June 11, the Madisonville community and some of our chapter members enjoyed the Life Steam-Up at the home of Kathy and Ed Saley, who recently purchased the old Metcalfe home on Princeton Road. Ed has constructed an elevated G gauge track system for running his and his father’s live steamers. Ed also has live steam ships and stationary steam engines on display. He can be found tinkering with the equipment most afternoons after sundown during the summer. Click images for full view!
LORAM Railgrinder RG414 grinds through a curve as it makes its way south at Nortonville, Kentucky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on May 23rd, 2022. According to LORAM’s Website: Rail grinding is the cornerstone of virtually every railroad maintenance program. It maximizes the life and value of rail assets through precision removal of fatigued metal, restoration of the rail head profile and removal of rail defects which are the optimization goals of an effective rail grinding program. Jim Pearson
The Black Hills Central Railway locomotive 108 heads through the countryside as it makes its first trip of the day in stormy, wet weather of the forest to Keystone, South Dakota on my birthday, May 30th, 2022! I for one can’t recall a better way to spend the day then chasing a steam locomotive and they later in the day riding it with family! Despite the wet and rainy weather, it was a great day, and I even got the drone up a few times! A big shout out to Cory Jakeway for all the help on finding my way around on the railroad and rail-fanning with me! Photo by Jim Pearson
