Category: Photo Section
Photos from the Pennyrail Newsletter
I was headed down to USI for my 1:30 class a couple weeks ago and as I was headed west on the Lloyd Expressway/SR62 I happened to noticed some thick black smoke rolling out of the city from what seemed to be the area around Franklin St. and Wabash Ave. I didn’t think anything of it as there had been some fires in town recently and it is part of the industrial area of town. I kept heading west and noticed the smoke kept moving south. As I just crossed over Fulton Ave., I realized that the smoke was following the main line south into Howell yard! My next thought was “I gotta get a picture!” So I zoomed ahead and turned down St. Joe to cut back up Ohio St just in time to snap these few pics. As the locomotive was limping into the yards, I was honestly looking for a fire to start billowing out the exhaust port anytime, but it didn’t. This locomotive had some serious problems though. The second unit was revved way up to compensate for the loss of power from this one, which sounded like it was only running on about 13 cylinders. Needless to say, an exciting few minutes. – Matt Gentry
Crew members came from various locations on the CSX system to work on upgrading crossings and track along the Henderson Subdivison that runs through Madisonville, Ky. Photos by Bill Thomas and Jim Pearson
April 23, 2010 saw P&L GP40 2119 and slug 2112 leading freshly rebuilt Metra FP40 “Village of Orland Park” #116 and Indiana Railroad’s SD90 #9009 out of Progress Rail and toward Paducah where they would spend the weekend. Monday afternoon both units made their way to Fulton where they departed Tuesday headed north. Progress has stayed busy with the FP40s as many units have made their way in and out of Mayfield. The SD90s are being re-engined with V-12 replacing the ill fated V-16s of the original units. They will be used almost exclusively in coal service. – submitted by James Futrell
If you’ve been anywhere near the Henderson Subdivision lately you have noticed the new ties and rail equipment present all along the line, even the supposedly ill-fated Earlington Main through Madisonville (which is also in the process of receiving new grade crossings between Mortons Gap and Atkinson Yard). Chuck Hinrichs sent these shots in from the Hopkinsville area.
Just like the prototypes, running a garden railroad has its hazards. Falling tree limbs seem to be my nemesis lately. I suppose it is due to all the loosely-attached hickory limbs – ice storm damage from 2009. These before and after photos tell the story of the hard work put in by the 2-man (in 1/29 scale, each hand counts as a man) track gang on the Hook Line & Singer RR this Spring. So far the station has been spared, but more wind is probable. – Bill Thomas, President and CEO, Hook Line & Singer RR
Chuck Hinrichs caught this northbound CSX manifest at Latham early afternoon January 23, 2010, with four CSX B36-7s in the consist. Chuck – “A lot of these old warhorses have been pulled from the roster and I wonder where these four might be headed.” Ed. – from looks of the cover on the trailing unit, the vintage GEs are probably dead in tow. – Photos by Chuck Hinrichs
Below, At Latham a north-bound string of empty hoppers held the main with the end of the train still blocking a couple of crossings in Hopkinsville. A southbound grain train took the siding. This train had a Conrail painted GE on the point. This train was in the siding for two more north-bounds including the train with the B36-7s and the Q120. Photos by Chuck Hinrichs.
Below are a few photos from our December 2009 Christmas Party.
